Academico Viseu vs Benfica prediction and preview

Liga Portugal · Sunday 17 January 2027, 00:00 UTC

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Academico Viseu vs Benfica

Liga Portugal · Sunday 17 January 2027, 00:00 UTC · Estádio Municipal do Fontelo, Viseu

Academico Viseu · Benfica · Liga Portugal predictions

Academico Viseu vs Benfica preview

Academico Viseu welcome Benfica at Estádio Municipal do Fontelo in Viseu on Sunday 17 January 2027 (00:00 UTC) in Liga Portugal. Academico Viseu are 6th in the table with 20 points from 10, while Benfica are 2nd in the table with 25 points from 10.

Academico Viseu come into the game with a W-W-W-W-W run in the league (5 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats in their last 5), while Benfica's recent sequence reads W-W-W-W-W. Over their last 6, Academico Viseu have scored 1.8 and conceded 0.7 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. Benfica average 2.7 scored and 0.7 conceded across their last 6, with 2 clean sheets.

The sides have met 1 time in the records we hold: Academico Viseu won 0, 1 game was drawn and Benfica won 0. Those games averaged 4.0 goals, 1 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 1. The most recent meeting, on 9 Aug 2026, ended Benfica 2-2 Academico Viseu.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
2Benfica10811278+1925WLWWW
6Academico Viseu106221512+320WWWWW

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Head-to-head

1 meetings: Academico Viseu 0, draws 1, Benfica 0.

Team news

Academico Viseu expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ewerton, Nikolaos Michelis, Robinho, Anthony Correia, Miguel Ángel Brau, Luís Silva, Soufiane Messeguem, João Guilherme, Cihan Kahraman, André Clóvis

Benfica expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Anatoliy Trubin, Tomás Araújo, Clément Lenglet, Andreas Schjelderup, Georgiy Sudakov

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