Portugal BWIN League

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The Benfica team travels to the north of the Portugal to measure forces with FC Porto today, October 21, at 8:15 pm, at Estádio do Dragão, in a match of the 10th round of the competition. 

This is an unavoidable duel of Portuguese soccer and will take place for the 251st time.

This season, the eagles lead the Bwin League with 25 points from 9 rounds, thanks to 8 wins and a draw. Indeed, in 18 official matches, the (unbeaten) reds have won 14 and drawn 4. Always at full speed since the beginning of August - 3rd qualifying round for the Champions League - , Roger Schmidt rotated the team a bit before Caldas, in the prova-rainha, with a 4x2x3x1 starting eleven: Helton, Gilberto, António Silva, Brooks, Grimaldo, Florentino, Enzo, Aursnes, João Mário, Draxler and Rodrigo Pinho.

FC Porto, on the other hand, has less competition and fewer games - 15 -, and has already lost on 3 occasions (one for the Bwin League and two for the Champions League). In the 2nd place in the Championship, with 22 points, they have 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In the Portuguese Cup, against Anadia, Sérgio Conceição made several changes in an eleven that was aligned in 4x4x2: Cláudio Ramos, Rodrigo Conceição, Fábio Cardoso, David Carmo, Wendell, Bruno Costa, Grujic, Otávio, Gabriel Veron, Danny Loader and Toni Martínez.

With a strong offensive nature, playing with the lines up and with strong pressure on the ball, especially when losing, this Benfica, led by Roger Schmidt, stands out in the statistics! This classic is expected to deliver a great game!