Nacional vs Benfica Prediction and Betting Tips | November 29th 2025

Nacional will host Benfica at the Estadio da Madeira on Saturday in the 12th round of the 2025-26 Primeira Liga campaign. The hosts will need to dig deep on their return to league action to return to winning ways or risk falling lower in the league table.

Nacional were held to a 1-1 draw by Estrela Amadora in their last league outing earlier in the month before suffering a 4-2 defeat to Sporting Braga in the domestic cup on their return from the international break last weekend. Tiago Margarido’s side are winless in their last four games and sit just three points clear of the drop zone with only three wins from 11 league games so far but will remain optimistic to turn things around soon and push into the top half of the table.

Benfica, on the other hand, have had a solid start to the campaign and are yet to lose a domestic game this season with seven wins and four draws from 11 league games thus far. Jose Mourinho's men disappointingly squandered a two-goal lead in their 2-2 draw with Casa Pia in their last league game, but have since picked up back-to-back 2-0 away wins in the domestic cup and the UEFA Champions League and will hope to carry on in such form this weekend.

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Nacional vs Benfica Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two teams have met on 50 previous occasions going into this weekend's game. Nacional have won only four of those games, seven have ended in draws while Benfica have won the remaining 39.
• The hosts are winless across the last 22 editions of this fixture with their last win coming in the 2010-11 season.
• The visitors have won nine of the last 10 editions of this fixture, scoring a remarkable 37 goals across those games.
• Benfica have the third-best offensive record in the Portuguese top flight this season with 23 goals scored across 11 league games played so far.

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Nacional vs Benfica Prediction

Alvinegros are heavy underdogs going into the weekend and will have a mountain to climb to avoid defeat against one of the league's best sides.

As Águias should cruise to an easy victory away from home and will only need to avoid complacency to get the win.

Prediction: Nacional 0-2 Benfica

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Nacional vs Benfica Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Benfica to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Four of the hosts' last five league games have featured fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: No (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of the visitors' last 10 matches)