How to watch today's Nacional vs Benfica Liga Portugal game: Live stream, TV channel, and start time

Nacional will face Benfica on Saturday at Estádio da Madeira in a Liga Portugal match.  

Nacional is currently 10th in the league with 12 points from 11 games, while Benfica holds third place with 25 points, making this a key matchup between mid-table and top-tier teams.

Here, GOAL brings you everything you need to know about how to watch, including TV channel, streaming details and more.   

How to watch Nacional vs Benfica online - TV channels & live streams

	Fubo	Watch here
	DirecTV Stream	Watch here
	Fanatiz	Watch here
	GolTV	Watch here

The match will be shown live on fubo, DirecTV, Fanatiz and GolTV in the US. Live updates can be found here on GOAL.

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Nacional vs Benfica kick-off time

Liga Portugal - Liga Portugal

Estadio da Madeira

The match will be played on Saturday at Estádio da Madeira, with kick-off at 1pm ET for fans in the US. 

Team news & squads

Nacional vs Benfica lineups

Nacional

4-3-3

Formation

4-2-3-1

BEN

1

Kaique Pereira

16

A. Nunez

38

Z. Vitor

34

L. Santos

5

J. Gomes

8

M. Baeza

28

Liziero

6

M. Dias

11

Paulinho Boia

9

C

J. Ramirez

17

M. Nourani

1

A. Trubin

4

A. Silva

26

S. Dahl

17

A. Dedic

30

C

N. Otamendi

10

G. Sudakov

18

L. Barreiro

5

E. Barrenechea

8

F. Aursnes

67

R. Rego

14

V. Pavlidis

4-2-3-1

BEN

NAC

-Line up

• 1

  Kaique Pereira

• 16

  A. Nunez

• 38

  Z. Vitor

• 34

  L. Santos

• 5

  J. Gomes

• 8

  M. Baeza

  59’

• 28

  Liziero

• 6

  M. Dias

• 11

  Paulinho Boia

  60’

  83’

• 9

  J. Ramirez (C)

  60’

  71’

  78’

• 17

  M. Nourani

  55’

  60’

Substitutes

• 19

  L. Joao

  78’

• 26

  J. da Silva

  83’

• 15

  C. Labidi

  59’

  65’

• 7

  Witi

  60’

• 30

  M. Watts

• 37

  Lucas Franca

• 33

  C. Goncalves

• 88

  Deivison

• 18

  A. Sousa

Manager

• T. Margarido

BEN

-Line up

• 1

  A. Trubin

• 4

  A. Silva

• 26

  S. Dahl

• 17

  A. Dedic

  89’

• 30

  N. Otamendi (C)

• 10

  G. Sudakov

• 18

  L. Barreiro

  76’

• 5

  E. Barrenechea

  55’

  64’

• 8

  F. Aursnes

• 67

  R. Rego

  58’

• 14

  V. Pavlidis

  90’ + 5’

Substitutes

• 16

  M. Silva

• 21

  A. Schjelderup

  76’

  90’ + 5’

• 68

  J. Veloso

• 9

  F. Ivanovic

  64’

• 25

  G. Prestianni

  58’

  84’

  89’

• 84

  J. Rego

• 24

  S. Soares

• 44

  T. Araujo

• 66

  J. Wynder

Manager

• J. Mourinho

Nacional team news

Midfielder Deivison could make his first Primeira Liga appearance of the campaign after recovering from injury.

With his return, Nacional are missing only Ivanildo Fernandes and Filipe Soares for certain, while Pablo Ruan is still a doubt after sitting out the previous three matches.

Benfica team news

On the visitors’ side, Richard Rios is unavailable due to a suspension.

Dodi Lukebakio is still out with an ankle fracture, and long-term absentees Alexander Bah and Bruma remain in rehabilitation as they work their way back to full fitness.

Form

Head-to-Head Record

NAC

Last 5 matches

BEN

0

Wins

1

Draw

4

Wins

• Benfica

  3

  -

  0

  Nacional

• Nacional

  0

  -

  2

  Benfica

• Nacional

  1

  -

  3

  Benfica

• Benfica

  1

  -

  1

  Nacional

• Benfica

  10

  -

  0

  Nacional

2

Goals scored

19

Games over 2.5 goals

3/5

Both teams scored

2/5

Standings

Useful links

• Latest betting updates
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• Benfica team page
• Nacional team page
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