Moreirense v Benfica: top-half hosts meet unbeaten visitors | OneFootball

Moreirense host Benfica in Liga Portugal on Sunday, 14 December 2025 at Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas, with the hosts looking to consolidate a top-half spot and the visitors defending an unbeaten league run.

Benfica are third on 29 points with 26 scored and eight conceded, while Moreirense sit seventh on 20. The head to head leans the visitors' way: Benfica have 11 wins to Moreirense's one, with six draws.

Moreirense have drawn their last two league games, 3-3 at Estoril and 2-2 against Famalicão, after defeat at Braga, having won at Arouca before that. The Águias drew 1-1 with Sporting CP in the league and won away at Nacional, plus high-profile wins over Ajax and Napoli in Europe.

José Mourinho will be without forward Dodi Lukebakio through injury.

The Encarnados bring control and resilience, with six clean sheets and all 26 league goals coming from inside the box, plus seven penalties converted. Evangelos Pavlidis is joint top of the scoring chart on 10 league goals. Moreirense's route may be aerial: they have seven headed goals this season, though they have conceded seven penalties. Guilherme Schettine has eight league goals, and Dinis Pinto leads the assists list with six.

A home win would take Moreirense to 23 points and could move them closer to the European places. Victory for the Águias would lift them to 32 points and further strengthen their top-three position while preserving an unbeaten league record.