Porto vs Benfica Prediction: Can Farioli's Side Halt Silva's Early Charge?
Porto welcome Benfica to the Estádio do Dragão on 20 September 2026 for Matchweek 7 of the Primeira Liga. Two unbeaten sides, two points separating them and a result that will set the temperature for the title race long before…
On 2026-09-20 at 20:30 GMT, Porto take on Benfica in week 7 of Primeira Liga (2026-2027).
In their last 10 matches, Referee M. Nogueira averaged 4-5 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 20 fouls.
There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between F. Farioli and Marco Silva.
In the table Porto are 1st (18 pts) and Benfica sit 2nd with 16 pts.
Porto and Benfica will both field their strongest squads with no absentees.
Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-3-3, Porto should be met by Benfica's expected 4-2-3-1.
In their last outing, Porto's highest-rated performer was D. Costa (9.3), while Benfica's standout was A. Trubin (8.6).
Both sides left it all on the pitch: Porto won 4-1 against Casa Pia, and Benfica secured a victory 2-0 over AC Milan.
Both teams have been in great form: Porto 4-0-1 and Benfica 5-0-0 over their last 5 matches.
Dominance for Porto: across 57 clashes, they've won 27 games and only lost 15 games to Benfica, with 15 stalemates.
1-2 leads the pack at 20% of all our users' guesses, with 1-1 next on 14.4%.
Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Benfica to win 2-1, despite Porto's 3-0-0 home form - Benfica's strong 3-0-0 record away with 2.33 goals/game does the trick.
FC Porto is going head to head with Benfica on 20/9/2026 19:30 GMT for the Portugal Primeira Liga. Our users most predicted score for this game is 3 - 1. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and FC Porto v Benfica H2H statistics!