Week 3 brings us a match on Aug 30th, where Paços de Ferreira will travel to Lisboa to battle Benfica in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Benfica recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Dynamo Kyiv. Nicolás Otamendi scored the first goal for Benfica in the 27th minute, then Rafa Silva added another in the 40th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Dynamo Kyiv couldn’t manage to score, and Benfica took the shutout win. Benfica is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 17th placed Paços de Ferreira, recorded a 0-3 loss against Estoril. João Carlos scored the first goal for Estoril in the 26th minute, then João Carlos added another in the 43rd minute on a feed from Francisco Geraldes At the end of 90 a dissapointed Paços de Ferreira couldn’t manage to score, and Estoril took the shutout win. Paços de Ferreira looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Benfica won the head to head battle with 2 wins. Rafa Silva has been the most prolific scorer on Benfica in the last 5 matches with 3 goals.