Primeira Liga · Portugal · Regular Season - 1

Benfica–Academico Viseu

2–2

HT 1–0

Kick-off: Sunday, 9 August 2026 at 19:30
Status: Match Finished
Venue: Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

What the model said, and what happened

Ended level — we gave the draw 16%double chance: correct

This verdict goes into the public record unchanged; we do not filter out the ones we get wrong. The model's track record

Goals and red cards

10'BenficaVangelis Pavlidis (assist: Gianluca Prestianni)
55'Academico ViseuRúben Pereira (assist: Cihan Kahraman)
58'BenficaGianluca Prestianni (assist: Enzo Barrenechea)
67'Academico ViseuAndre Clovis (assist: Robinho)

Match statistics

Match statistics
Benfica		Academico Viseu
28	Shots	8
11	Shots on target	4
24	Shots inside the box	8
2	Goalkeeper saves	8
10	Corners	2
1	Offsides	2
62%	Possession	38%
515	Passes	314
448	Accurate passes

What we expected, and what happened

Shots Benfica 28 · Academico Viseu 8; on target 11 and 4.
Benfica kept the ball more (62%).

Referee

David Rafael Oliveira da Silva, Portugal→

6.50

yellows per match

0.50

reds per match

matches of data

4 matches is a small sample — these averages are noisy and should not be read as a tendency.

Model prediction

No probability is published for this match.

One of the teams has only 0 matches in this league (at least 10 are required). A percentage produced from thin data is a guess dressed as certainty — we don't show it.

14	Fouls	13

2	Yellow cards	4

0	Red cards	0

Week 1 of the season. This prediction was computed from previous seasons. Summer transfers, budget changes and squad rebuilds aren't in the ratings yet — the model can only see that a team has been rebuilt once new results come in.

We measured this and we're not hiding it: in the opening week of past seasons the model came in 3.3 points below the accuracy it claimed (n=220) — for the rest of the season it beats its own claim. The tendency points this way, though it is not proof on its own: in the opening week it slightly over-calls home wins (said 42.7%, got 39.5%) and slightly under-calls draws (said 26.1%, got 28.2%).

This sample is small and not statistically established, which is why we do not correct the model for it. The correction we tried (pulling probabilities toward the league average) didn't win on holdout, so it wasn't added. Read opening-week predictions with a little more caution.