Nacional vs Benfica

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Benfica, who just defeated Atletico Madrid handily in the Champions League, will play Nacional at the Estadio da Madeira on Sunday in their Primeira Liga return.

The Alvinegros will be hoping to snap this bad streak as they enter the weekend having lost all 20 of their games against the visiting team since December 2018.Nacional, the newcomers to the Primeira Liga, and Famalicao played to a goalless draw at Estadio Municipal de Famalicao, demonstrating their continued struggles to produce wins in the top division.

Although the Estadio Municipal de Famalicao saw a total of 27 shots, neither goalkeeper was able to get the ball in the goal, therefore a draw seemed like a fair outcome.

Tiago Margarido's team, that advanced from the second division via the playoffs, has lost four and drawn two of its first seven games, scoring four goals and giving up twelve.

Nacional is now bottom but one in the league table, tied for points with Boavista and Estrela Amadora after only five of the first fifteen points were earned. A victory on Sunday will tie them with eighth-place Moreirense.

Benfica, on the other hand, turned up a performance of the finest quality in the Champions League on Wednesday as they crushed Spanish heavyweights Atletico Madrid 4-0 at the Estadio da Luz.

Karem Arturkoglu, Angel Di Maria, Alexander Bah, and Orkun Kokcu all scored goals in a one-sided match to propel the home team to a decisive win and consign Atletico Madrid to their first loss of the year.

This was consistent with their strong performance in the Primeira Liga, where Benfica has won five of their last six games and drawn one after losing 2-0 to Famalicao in the opening match of the season in August.

With seven league games completed, Bruno Lage's team has amassed 16 points, which puts them third in the rankings, five points behind Sporting Lisbon in first place. The team has won five straight games in all competitions since the beginning of September.

This weekend, when Benfica plays a team that they have defeated in all 20 of their previous meetings—winning 18 of them and drawing two—they will be betting on themselves to continue their recent winning streak.

Manager Pellegrino Matarazzo may be able to justify his team's loss by citing the fact that Stanley N'Soki's sending off in the 18th minute, which reduced them to 10 men, but he will still be troubled by Werder Bremen's ability to tie the score by the 39th.

Following the loss, speculation on Matarazzo's future started to surface, with Wagner most recently being connected to the position.

In the Europa League, Hoffenheim defeated Dynamo Kiev 2-0 on October 3—their sole victory in the previous six games—despite their domestic problems.

Hoffenheim's away record is dismal; in their last 14 away Bundesliga games, they have won two, drawn two, and lost ten.

 

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