Liga Bwin: X-ray of the Boavista-Benfica match

With the qualification for the Champions League Group Stage in the pocket, it is time for Benfica to face the Liga Bwin once again. The match against Boavista is scheduled for next Saturday at 6 pm, August 27, at Estádio do Bessa.

With one game less in the league, just like Paços de Ferreira, the reds count with six points in the competition, sided by Portimonense, Arouca, Vitória de Guimarães and the next opponent, Boavista, 6^th on the Liga Bwin table. After winning the first two games, the panthers lost last Sunday, August 21, at Estádio do Jamor, against Casa Pia (2-0).

The eagles won the first two league matches – against Arouca, at Luz, by 4-0 and Casa Pia, away, by 0-1 –, and will face Boavista after reaching the qualification for the Champions League Group Stage, with two victories against Dynamo Kyiv (0-2 in Lodz and 3-0 at Luz).

The team led by Roger Schmidt is 100% successful this season, with 6 wins in 6 matches, scoring 17 goals and conceding only 2 (four "clean sheets").

The team led by Petit was defeated for the first time last weekend. At Estádio Nacional, Boavista played with 3x4x3 formation, with Rafael Bracalli, Cannon, Sasso, Abascal, Makouta, Pérez, Malheiro, Filipe Ferreira, Salvador Agra, Gorré and Bozeník.

Salvador Agra (CD Tondela), Bruno Lourenço (Estoril), Sasso (Servette), Robson Reis (Santos), Diego Llorente (CD El Egido 2012), Ricardo Mangas (Bordeaux) Masaki Watai (Tokushima Vortis), Róbert Bozeník (Feyenoord), César (Bahia) and Bruno Onyemaechi (Feirense) are the new faces in the team.

PREVIOUS CLASHES

Traditionally, the games at Bessa turn out to be very difficult. Nevertheless, Benfica leads the record. In 59 games, the reds won 25 and drew 21, scored 88 goals and conceded 57.