Looking at the odds provided by major bookmakers, this game tends to be a goal-filled game where favourite probably takes the win. Benfica B has gained 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from the last 8 games. Last 3 HOME games show us 2 wins, 1 draws and 0 losses. Their last game at HOME was on 3. January against Oliveirense, resulting in home win (4-0). Last 8 matches of Academica show us 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 losses. Last 4 AWAY games are: 2 wins, 1 draws and 1 losses. The last AWAY game was on 5. January against Arouca and that ended with away win (0-2). From this data, we see Academica taking a close win. Our football tip for 1X2: Academica to win! Medium confidence.
This will be a match involving Medium ranking team Benfica B and High ranking team Academica. Benfica B's last 10 HOME games against High ranking teams show 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 losses. At the same time Academica AWAY performance against Medium ranking teams shows 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from last 10 AWAY games. Benfica B's scoring ability is 1.6 goals scored per game vs Academica's 1.2. Defensive performance shows Benfica B with 0.9 and Academica with 1 goals conceded per game. If I consider all of the Ranking-based data and stats, I would say Benfica B being somewhat superior and probably wins the match. Our football prediction for 1X2: Benfica B to win! Medium confidence.
Last 8 games of Benfica B show us 3 Over 2.5 Goals and 5 Under 2.5 Goals. Last 8 matches of Academica have seen 4 Over 2.5´s and 4 Under 2.5´s. When we look at the ranking-based O/U 2.5 stats of Benfica B it shows us 5 Overs and 5 Unders in the last 10 HOME games against teams who perform in similar way and who have same ranking as Academica. Academica has had 5 Over 2.5´s and 5 Under 2.5´s in their last 10 AWAY encounters against teams with ranking nearly the same as Benfica B. Benfica B is scoring an average of 2 goals per game at home when Academica scores 1.25 goals per game away. This makes an average of 3.25 goals per match between the teams. Benfica B concedes 0.33 goals on average per game and Academica 0.75. Taking those numbers together we get a total of 1.08 goals conceded per match. From these averages, we expect to see 2.2 goals per match. History shows that 37.5% of games end Over 2.5 for Benfica B and 50% for Academica. Taking all of the Over/Under 2.5 facts into consideration, it is close to 2 or 3 goals total - both are possible. Under Over 2.5 tip: none!
From Benfica B's last 8 encounters 4 have been with both teams scoring a goal and 4 only one team scoring or no goals at all. From Academica's last 8 games, it is 4 with both teams scoring and 4 with only one team/no score. Considering the rank-based BTTS stats, Benfica B had 6 games where both teams scored and 4 where at least one did not. For Academica, we have seen 5 BTTS YES and 5 NO's. There is a 75% chance of Benfica B scoring today and 87.5% for Academica scoring today. Probability of conceding a goal is 75% for Benfica B and 50% for Academica. Looking at the numbers, we predict that it will be a game where BOTH TEAMS SCORE. Football prediction for BTTS: bet on BTTS-YES! High confidence.