The visiting team comes motivated to this matchup after a victory in their previous game. Their opponent will be looking for a better result after being defeated in their last championship match.

Estoril was defeated at D. Afonso Henriques against Vitoria Guimaraes by 2-3 on the scoreboard. In the last matches of the current season, they have drawn 1 and lost 3. They have conceded 14 goals and have scored 9.

Benfica comes from a victory over Porto 1-0 at home. With 4 wins in the last matches, the visitors are in high spirits in the current season. They have scored 13 goals and have conceded 4.

The host is in the eighteenth position with 4 points (1 W - 1 D - 5 L), while the visitors have accumulated 18 points and are in second place in the championship (6 W - 1 L).

André Domingues Narciso was in charge of supervising the order of play during the game.

Álvaro Pacheco lined up with a 3-4-3 formation with goalkeeper Marcelo Carné; Vital, Volnei Feltes, and Pedro Álvaro as defenders; Rodrigo Gomes, Koba Koindredi, Mateus Fernandes, and Tiago Araújo as midfielders; and Rafik Guitane, Cassiano, and Heriberto Tavares as forwards.

On the other hand, coach Roger Schmidt deployed a 4-5-1 strategy with Anatoliy Trubin defending the goal; Fredrik Aursnes, Nicolás Otamendi, António Silva, and David Jurásek as defenders; Florentino Luís, Chiquinho, David Neres, Rafa Silva, and João Mário in the midfield; and Casper Tengstedt as the attacker.