It's time for episode two of the Benfica - Club Brugge Round of 16 battle

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 07.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (64642 seats)

There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League Round of 16 meeting between Benfica and Club Brugge. Game on!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Benfica and Club Brugge.

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Benfica form and stats

Last season, Benfica's Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals against Liverpool.

Benfica have been very solid at home in the Liga Portugal so far, with 34 points collected from 12 matches (11-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 9 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos not having conceded a league goal in 212 minutes.

Benfica's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Famalicao. The home side are looking to build on that result. Defender Grimaldo got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.8/10. Grimaldo served one assist, hit three key passes and won 10 of 12 duels.

In the game before, an away victory in the Liga Portugal match versus Vizela with a 2-0 scoreline.

Benfica always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica with 37 goals in 12 league games. Benfica are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 12 matches.

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Club Brugge form and stats

Club Brugge was sent out of Champions League in the group stage last season.

5 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Club Brugge playing as the away team in the Pro League this season. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 3W-2D-2L. This is both home and away.

Club Brugge play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to KV Oostende. Midfielder Nielsen was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.02. Nielsen hit one key pass.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Gent in the Pro League.

The visiting Club Brugge have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 14 games. As opposed to that, Brugge have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The contenders have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Club Brugge - Benfica 0-2 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaJ. Naval da Costa Eduardo
J. Naval da Costa Eduardo
14 goals
Club BruggeH. Vanaken
H. Vanaken
9 goals

Benfica missing players

Club Brugge missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Benfica Club Brugge
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   13 25
19 8   Won W   3 6
4 1   Drew D   6 11
2 1   Lost L   4 8
58 25   Scored S   11 28
18 8   Conceded C   15 36
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   77% 88%
84% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 80%
48% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 44%
32% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 32%
20% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
40% 40%   BTTS BTTS   38% 48%
52% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 28%
8% 10%   Failed to Score F T   46% 36%
 
7 7.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.9
3.6 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.3
1.7 1.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 2.7
2 0   Red cards R C   3 3
 
15.8 17.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.4 10.6
7.2 7.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 3.1
32% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   34% 39%
 
8.5 6.7   Shots against (avg) S A   13.5 11.9
2.6 1.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.3 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benfica 23 20 2 1 58 13 12 11 1 0 37 9 11 9 1 1 21 4 45 62
2 Porto 22 16 3 3 49 14 11 9 0 2 32 7 11 7 3 1 17 7 35 51
3 Sporting Braga 22 16 1 5 48 22 10 7 1 2 21 6 12 9 0 3 27 16 26 49
4 Sporting CP 22 14 2 6 45 23 11 9 0 2 29 7 11 5 2 4 16 16 22 44
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 22 11 4 7 21 21 12 8 2 2 14 8 10 3 2 5 7 13 0 37
6 Arouca 23 9 7 7 26 31 12 7 1 4 18 15 11 2 6 3 8 16 -5 34
7 Casa Pia 22 9 5 8 18 22 11 4 3 4 8 8 11 5 2 4 10 14 -4 32
8 Boavista 23 8 6 9 27 35 12 5 5 2 15 15 11 3 1 7 12 20 -8 30
9 Rio Ave 22 7 6 9 21 25 11 6 1 4 12 8 11 1 5 5 9 17 -4 27
10 Famalicao 23 8 3 12 22 31 11 6 1 4 12 9 12 2 2 8 10 22 -9 27
11 Vizela 22 7 5 10 23 23 11 4 2 5 12 9 11 3 3 5 11 14 0 26
12 Gil Vicente 22 7 5 10 23 29 11 3 4 4 9 11 11 4 1 6 14 18 -6 26
13 Chaves 22 6 8 8 21 28 10 2 5 3 11 12 12 4 3 5 10 16 -7 26
14 Portimonense 22 8 2 12 18 28 11 5 2 4 10 10 11 3 0 8 8 18 -10 26
15 Estoril 22 6 4 12 19 31 10 3 2 5 11 17 12 3 2 7 8 14 -12 22
16 Maritimo 22 4 4 14 17 40 11 3 2 6 10 13 11 1 2 8 7 27 -23 16
17 Santa Clara 22 3 6 13 16 32 11 2 4 5 12 20 11 1 2 8 4 12 -16 15
18 Pacos de Ferreira 22 3 3 16 16 40 12 1 2 9 8 23 10 2 1 7 8 17 -24 12
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 27 21 3 3 65 25 14 12 1 1 36 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 40 66
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 27 17 5 5 55 33 13 9 2 2 25 12 14 8 3 3 30 21 22 56
3 Antwerp 27 16 6 5 46 24 13 10 2 1 28 9 14 6 4 4 18 15 22 54
4 Club Brugge 28 12 10 6 47 35 14 7 6 1 29 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 12 46
5 Gent 27 12 6 9 46 32 13 7 3 3 22 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 14 42
6 Westerlo 27 12 6 9 53 45 14 7 3 4 35 22 13 5 3 5 18 23 8 42
7 Standard Liege 27 12 6 9 44 36 13 7 2 4 25 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 8 42
8 Cercle Brugge 27 9 10 8 37 37 13 5 6 2 22 15 14 4 4 6 15 22 0 37
9 Anderlecht 27 10 6 11 40 37 14 5 3 6 23 20 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 36
10 Sporting Charleroi 26 10 5 11 34 37 13 6 1 6 18 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -3 35
11 Sint-Truiden 27 9 8 10 26 30 13 4 3 6 11 15 14 5 5 4 15 15 -4 35
12 OH Leuven 27 8 9 10 39 39 13 4 5 4 18 17 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 33
13 Mechelen 26 8 6 12 37 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 12 2 1 9 10 23 -9 30
14 Kortrijk 27 7 6 14 33 50 13 3 4 6 13 24 14 4 2 8 20 26 -17 27
15 AS Eupen 27 7 5 15 34 53 14 4 3 7 17 23 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 5 8 14 35 57 14 3 4 7 23 35 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 23
17 KV Oostende 28 6 5 17 29 57 14 5 1 8 16 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -28 23
18 RFC Seraing 27 5 4 18 24 51 14 1 3 10 7 21 13 4 1 8 17 30 -27 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Genk 27 21 3 3 65 25 14 12 1 1 36 10 13 9 2 2 29 15 40 66
2 Union Saint-Gilloise 27 17 5 5 55 33 13 9 2 2 25 12 14 8 3 3 30 21 22 56
3 Antwerp 27 16 6 5 46 24 13 10 2 1 28 9 14 6 4 4 18 15 22 54
4 Club Brugge 28 12 10 6 47 35 14 7 6 1 29 15 14 5 4 5 18 20 12 46
5 Gent 27 12 6 9 46 32 13 7 3 3 22 13 14 5 3 6 24 19 14 42
6 Westerlo 27 12 6 9 53 45 14 7 3 4 35 22 13 5 3 5 18 23 8 42
7 Standard Liege 27 12 6 9 44 36 13 7 2 4 25 14 14 5 4 5 19 22 8 42
8 Cercle Brugge 27 9 10 8 37 37 13 5 6 2 22 15 14 4 4 6 15 22 0 37
9 Anderlecht 27 10 6 11 40 37 14 5 3 6 23 20 13 5 3 5 17 17 3 36
10 Sporting Charleroi 26 10 5 11 34 37 13 6 1 6 18 17 13 4 4 5 16 20 -3 35
11 Sint-Truiden 27 9 8 10 26 30 13 4 3 6 11 15 14 5 5 4 15 15 -4 35
12 OH Leuven 27 8 9 10 39 39 13 4 5 4 18 17 14 4 4 6 21 22 0 33
13 Mechelen 26 8 6 12 37 46 14 6 5 3 27 23 12 2 1 9 10 23 -9 30
14 Kortrijk 27 7 6 14 33 50 13 3 4 6 13 24 14 4 2 8 20 26 -17 27
15 AS Eupen 27 7 5 15 34 53 14 4 3 7 17 23 13 3 2 8 17 30 -19 26
16 Zulte-Waregem 27 5 8 14 35 57 14 3 4 7 23 35 13 2 4 7 12 22 -22 23
17 KV Oostende 28 6 5 17 29 57 14 5 1 8 16 24 14 1 4 9 13 33 -28 23
18 RFC Seraing 27 5 4 18 24 51 14 1 3 10 7 21 13 4 1 8 17 30 -27 19

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