Football Bet of the Day: Entertainment in the Algarve

Portimonense v Benfica
Wednesday 20:15

Another day, another 1-1 draw at Teddy Stadium. The Hapoels gave us a winning start to 2019 as both sides scored second-half goals to land our BTTS bet.

We're in Portugal today for one of this evening's six Primeira Liga games. Runners-up last season, Benfica are in second again this season, four points behind old rivals Porto. Rui Vitoria's men have a decent W5-D1-L1 record on the road this term, but we think their trip to Portimonense might not be straightforward.

Antonio Folha's hosts are ninth in the 18-team table. They have served up an average of four goals a game at Estadio Municipal this season (28 in seven). They're yet to keep a clean sheet there, but have scored 16 times themselves. Four previous matches against teams above them in the table have finished 2-2, 3-2, 4-2 and 1-1. Last season, they lost two meetings with Benfica 1-2 and 1-3.

In their seven previous away matches this term, Benfica have visited only one team now in the top half: they went to Belenenses and lost 0-2. The Eagles have conceded at least once on 15/24 road trips since the start of last season and we fancy Portimonense can find a way past them tonight.