In a weekend match on Saturday Oct 1st, in week 8, Benfica will travel to Guimarães to battle Vitória SC in a meeting of these two mismatched Primeira Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Vitória SC recorded a 2-2 draw against Arouca. Watshini Bukia scored the first goal for Arouca in the 33rd minute, then in the 57th minute, Michael Johnston sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Anderson Silva . Vitória SC is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while benfica is fresh off their 5-0 blowout win against Marítimo. Rafa Silva scored the first goal for Benfica in the 28th minute, then Goncalo Matias Ramos added another in the 47th minute on a feed from Alexander Bah In the end, Marítimo was frustrated by Benfica’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Benfica ended the match with the shutout victory. Benfica is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Benfica won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both David Neres and Rafa Silva have been the hottest scorers for Benfica in the last five each having scored 3 goals each. Vitória SC is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Ruben Lameiras and Anderson Silva each having 2 goals in their last five.