Sporting Lisbon vs Benfica prediction and betting tips on February 29, 2024
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Game Prediction
Portugal decided to hold the main match of this week on Thursday. Then the semi-final of the national cup, in which the rival neighbours, Sporting and Benfica, will meet in Lisbon for the umpteenth time, starts. Who will win the city derby this time? The expert department of the website has prepared a prediction for the match on February 29, 2024.
Sporting Lisbon is spending a great season
“The Lions” made only one really serious mistake. They lost the League Cup semi-final to Braga, who then eventually won the tournament. Still, this misfire is more than compensated for by the results in other competitions. Speaking about the Europa League, “the Lions” had no problems overcoming the group stage, albeit from 2nd place. And they started the play-offs by beating Young Boys with a 3-1 score on the away arena. The home battle against the Swiss club resulted in a 1-1 draw, which was more than enough. At the same time, “the Green and Whites”, after finishing the previous Primeira cycle in 4th place, are now fighting for the leadership, just with Benfica. In this regard, a 3-3 score in the struggle with Rio Ave in the previous round was a gift for the neighbour.
Benfica is trying to stay at the level of the previous season, but not everything is working out
“The Eagles” clearly gave up, which is noticeable from their performance in the European competition. If they had managed to make it to the play-offs several times in a row before, this time, it all ended in 3rd place in the quartet, which they jumped into only due to the fact that they beat their rival, Red Bull, in Salzburg in the last round. Having moved to the Europa League, modest Toulouse was defeated at the home arena thanks to a double scored by Di Maria, who calmly used the penalty-shots. In France, the teams played a 0-0 draw. As for the Primeira, there is no former lead; there the club is neck-and-neck with “the Lions”. And the aforementioned misfire of the “Lions” and a 4-0 score with Portimonense brought them closer to success. Well, the campaign in the League Cup ended just in the semi-finals, with a defeat made by Estoril on penalties in Leiria.
Previous head-to-head matches
Even having a kind of decline, “the Eagles” won with a 2-1 score in the current season; the previous cycle brought a couple of draws.
Free prediction for the match Sporting Lisbon vs Benfica on February 29:
“The Green and Whites” are the favourites, who will play at the home arena, but the game won’t be easy. Let’s try the bet of “both teams to score: yes” (odd: 1.666).