DomainJava.com – Farense vs Benfica prediction in the Taca de Portugal match, Having just won their first trophy of the season, Benfica will travel to the Estadio de Sao Luis to face SC Farense in the fifth round of the Taca de Portugal on Tuesday.
Aguias are the most decorated team in cup history with 26 title wins, the last in the 2016-17 season, while the home team’s best performance was finishing runners-up in 1990.
Farense showed classy defense in their first game of the new year as they held Santa Clara to a goalless draw at the Estadio de Sao Miguel two Sundays ago.
Despite Marcos Moreno seeing a red card right towards the end of the first half, Santa Clara were unable to capitalize on their numerical advantage as they failed to penetrate a tough Farense defense despite having 17 shots on goal, 15 more than the visitors.
With the result, Toze Marreco’s men have now gone three games in a row without defeat, picking up a 2-1 win over Famalicao on December 21 before successive draws against Vitoria de Guimaraes and Santa Clara, and are unbeaten in seven of their eight games. their last in all competitions.
Farense’s only defeat in this 10-week period came on December 14, when they were beaten 1-0 by 10-man Gil Vicente at the Estadio de Sao Luis thanks to a second-half own goal from Brazilian defender Lucas Africo.
Although Leoes de Faro have bounced back in recent weeks, they remain bottom of the Primeira Liga standings, having picked up 14 points from their 17 games so far, just two points ahead of last-placed Boavista.
Farense will be looking to return to winning ways at Taca de Portugal, where they secured a 4-2 win over third division side Sanjoanense in their opening game on October 20, one month before first-half goals from Dario Poveda and Eleves Balde inspired them to a 2-1 win over Arouca in the fourth round.
Elsewhere, Benfica had to work hard in another Lisbon derby classic as they secured a penalty shootout win against rivals Sporting Lisbon in the Taca da Liga final at the Estadio Dr. Magalhaes Pessoa on Saturday.
After taking the lead through Andreas Schjelderup, Viktor Gyokeres scored two minutes before the break to equalize for Sporting Lisbon and ultimately force extra time, and with nothing to separate the two sides after 30 minutes, Benfica won 7–6 in a tense penalty shootout. .
Prior to that, Benfica suffered two successive defeats in the Primeira Liga, losing 1-0 against Sporting Lisbon on 29 December and losing 2-1 at home to Braga in their first game of the new year, before snapping that streak with a 3-0 win over Braga in the second of their two consecutive league and cup meetings on January 8.
Bruno Lage’s men, who are third in the league standings, have now turned their focus to the Taca de Portugal, where they progressed to the fifth round, taking two wins from their opening two games while scoring an astonishing nine goals and keeping two clean sheets.
Benfica began their bid for a record-extending 27th Taca de Portugal title with a 2-0 win over Campeonato de Portugal club Pevidem SC on October 19, five weeks before beating Primeira Liga side Estrela Amadora 7-0 at the Estadio da Luz in the fourth round.
As Aguias returns to cup action against an opposition team who have lost their last three meetings and failed to win their last seven, losing five and drawing two since October 2020.
Farense will have to do without Spanish defender Moreno, who will serve a domestic league ban after receiving a red card against Santa Clara at the weekend.
During his absence, former Braga man Artur Jorge will come in, forming a back three alongside Africo and Claudio Falcao, while 26-year-old Ricardo Velho will retain his role in goal.
After starting the cup opener against Braga on January 8, Schjelderup again caught the eye with his outstanding performance in Saturday’s final win over Sporting and the 20-year-old could retain his role in the XI once again.
If that is the case, he should team up with Vangelis Pavlidis and veteran striker Angel Di Maria in attack, while we expect a back four consisting of Alexander Bah, Tomas Araujo, Nicolas Otamendi and Alvaro Carreras.
Regarding injuries, Sporting are still without 23-year-old striker Tiago Gouveia, who is still out for a long time after suffering a shoulder injury in August’s match against Estrela.(ed)
(source: Sportsmole)
Farense vs Benfica Player Predictions
Farense: Old; Africo, Falcao, Jorge; Pastor, Grandson, Boy, Victor; Merghem, Tomane, Matias
Benfica : Trubin; Bah, Araujo, Otamendi, Carreras; Aursnes, Kokcu, Luis; Di Maria, Vangelis, Schjelderup
Farense vs Benfica Score Prediction: 1-3
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