On the evening of September 29, 2023, Benfica and Porto, two giants of Portuguese football, clash at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The hosts, firmly in third place, are in a golden moment with five consecutive victories in Liga Portugal after the opening defeat against Boavista. Porto, on the other hand, currently in second place and still unbeaten this season, seeks their first win against a top team.

Let's analyze the most interesting statistics of the two teams:

Benfica:
- In their last match on September 24, 2023, they defeated Portimonense 1-3. 
- In this Liga Portugal season, they have won 5 times and lost once. They have scored an average of 2.67 goals per match and conceded 1.17 goals. 
- They have scored at least 1 goal in the last 14 home matches in the league. 
- They have not drawn in the last 13 home matches. 
- Benfica has scored at least 2 goals in the last 9 Liga Portugal matches.
- They have kept a clean sheet in the last 5 home matches in Liga Portugal.
- They have won the last 5 matches in Liga Portugal.
- More than 2.5 goals have been scored in the last 4 Liga Portugal matches. 

Porto:
- In their last match on September 23, 2023, they defeated Gil Vicente 2-1. 
- In this Liga Portugal season, they have won 5 times and drawn once. They have scored an average of 1.67 goals per match and conceded 0.83 goals. 
- They have scored at least 1 goal in the last 19 matches. 
- They have not lost in the last 18 Liga Portugal matches.
- They have won the last 10 away matches.
- Both teams have scored in 6 of the last 7 matches.
- They have scored at least 2 goals in 5 of the last 6 away matches. 

Head to head:
In their last direct encounter on April 7, 2023, Porto defeated Benfica away with a score of 1-2. 
In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Benfica has won once and Porto has won 4 times. Benfica has scored an average of 0.6 goals per match, while Porto has scored an average of 1.8 goals per match. 

PROBABLE LINEUPS

BENFICA
Trubin; Bah, Otamendi, Morato, Aursnes; Neves, Kokcu; Neres, Silva, Mario; Musa

PORTO
Costa; Mario, Cardoso, Carmo, Wendell; Varela, Eustaquio; Pepe, Jaime, Galeno; Taremi

BetMines predicts that both teams will score at least one goal.