ᐉBenfica vs Newcastle Prediction

• Date:26/07/2022
• Competition: Club friendly
• KO:21:30 CET
• Venue: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz) (Lisboa)

Primeira Liga outfit Benfica welcomes Premier League rich boys Newcastle to the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica for a friendly fixture on Tuesday evening.

Benfica have enjoyed a strong start to their pre-season preparations, picking up four successive victories against Reading, Nice, Fulham and Girona as they look to reclaim the Portuguese title for the first time since 2019.

Big spending Newcastle have picked up 2 wins and 1 defeat in their early pre-season fixtures, including a 1:0 loss to Mainz last Monday.

Benfica vs Newcastle Betting Tips

As with any pre-season friendly, small stakes are advised, but we like Benfica´s form coming into this fixture, and they will be confident of making it 5 wins from 5 against a Newcastle side that faces two further friendlies against Atalanta and Bilbao in the next 4 days.

Given that busy schedule, we expect Eddie Howe´s side to be a little understrength compared to that of a Benfica side competing in their final friendly fixture ahead of their vital CL qualifiers at the start of August. 

With that big fixture to come next, we expect Roger Schmidt to name a near to full strength line-up, and Benfica does have a strong record in friendly fixtures in recent years, with 13 wins and 2 draws collected since losing to Anderlecht back in 2019.

As such, we´re backing the hosts to pick up the victory in what should prove a decent contest in Lisbon, with both sides capable of getting on the scoresheet.