Casa Pia v Benfica: unbeaten visitors meet relegation play-off strugglers | OneFootball

Casa Pia host Benfica in Liga Portugal on Monday, 6 April 2026 at the Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior, with the hosts in the relegation play-off place and the visitors unbeaten in the league and third.

Casa Pia and Benfica drew 2-2 in November. The hosts also won 3-1 at home against the visitors in January 2025, but the stakes now centre on survival versus consolidating a top-three finish.

Águias arrive in strong domestic form, beating Arouca and Vitória S.C. either side of a draw with Porto to make four wins and a draw in their last five league matches. Casa Pia have one win in five and lost 4-0 at Estrela Amadora last time out.

Encarnados list midfielders Nuno Felix and João Veloso as injured.

Encarnados have scored 58 league goals and conceded 17, with 13 clean sheets, controlling games with 58% possession and 85.08% passing accuracy. Evangelos Pavlidis leads the line with 21 league goals, while Sidny Cabral has six goals and five assists. Casa Pia average one goal per game and have conceded 48, and they have given away 10 penalties. Águias have converted all 10 awarded and could punish further errors. Their 11 headed goals also point to a threat from deliveries.

A win would move Encarnados to 68 points and tighten their grip on third. Victory for Casa Pia would ease relegation fears and could lift them out of the relegation play-off place.