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Match preview · Liga Portugal

Benfica – FC Porto

Benfica 2nd in Liga Portugal Home 1.60 projected goals by the model
FC Porto 1st in Liga Portugal Away 1.03 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.60 1.03
Benfica FC Porto
Benfica
49%
Draw
29%
FC Porto
22%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Benfica Draw FC Porto
Fair odds 2.03 3.44 4.63
Total goals
2.64
Over 2.5 goals
50%
Both teams to score
57%
Data coverage · full

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Model vs market

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The model's case

Why the model leans Benfica

49% Benfica to win

Attack
1st vs 5th
Benfica attack v FC Porto defence
Defence
4th vs 3rd
Benfica defence v FC Porto attack
Recent xG form
+1.62 vs +1.34
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.60 – 1.03
Benfica v FC Porto
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Benfica and FC Porto compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Benfica FC Porto
xG / match (better) 2.32 · 1st 2.26 · 2nd
xGA / match (better) 0.65 · 2nd 0.98 · 7th
xGD / match (better) +1.66 · 1st +1.28 · 2nd
xPts / match (better) 2.40 · 1st 2.22 · 2nd
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +1.62 +1.34

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 35% of the model's distribution.

Benfica clean sheet
33%
Benfica 2+ goals
49%
Under 2.5 goals
50%
Both teams to score: no
43%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
14.9%
2:1
11.2%
2:0
9.2%
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Match result

Benfica to win
49.3% 2.03 —
Draw
29.1% 3.44 —
FC Porto to win
21.6% 4.63 —

Goals

Over 1.5 goals
78.1% 1.28 —
Under 1.5 goals
21.9% 4.56 —
Over 2.5 goals
50.3% 1.99 —
Under 2.5 goals
49.7% 2.01 —

Both teams to score

Both teams to score
57.2% 1.75 —
Both teams not to score
42.8% 2.33 —

Team goals — Benfica

Benfica to score
82.3% 1.22 —
Benfica not to score
17.7% 5.65 —
Benfica 2+ goals
49.1% 2.04 —
Benfica at most 1 goal
50.9% 1.96 —

Team goals — FC Porto

FC Porto to score
67.4% 1.48 —
FC Porto not to score
32.6% 3.06 —
FC Porto 2+ goals
27.7% 3.61 —
FC Porto at most 1 goal
72.3% 1.38 —

Model details

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Fit window
the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Benfica sample
20 matches
FC Porto sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Benfica
3 matches
Away xG sample · FC Porto
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.