Benfica and Real Sociedad get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
It's quite the trip for Real Sociedad when visiting Benfica as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Benfica nor Real Sociedad as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Benfica form and stats
Perfect Liga Portugal season at home so far for Benfica 3 wins from 3 appearances.
The Benfica goalkeeper Anatolii Trubin is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 214 minutes without conceding a goal in the Liga Portugal.
Benfica are returning here after guesting Lusitania in a Taça De Portugal fixture and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Defender Aursnes got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.61/10. Aursnes signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Estoril and winning 1-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Benfica handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Benfica as they have a new game in only four days, a Liga Portugal match thankfully also at home. Casa Pia are visiting.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Benfica's attacking play is working.
Real Sociedad form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their La Liga travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Real Sociedad won their last game, 1-0 versus Mallorca played at home. Goalkeeper Remiro was absolutely vital in the Real Sociedad victory against Mallorca, making six saves. Remiro was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.11. The agile goalkeeper Remiro topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Atletico Madrid's place.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Sociedad as they have only managed to score 3 times from 4 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Á. Di María Hernández 5 goals |   T. Kubo 5 goals |  M. Oyarzabal Ugarte 4 goals |
Benfica missing players
Real Sociedad missing players
| Benfica | Real Sociedad | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 53 | 18 | Scored | S | 11 | 36 | ||
| 22 | 2 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 40% | 10% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 90% | Clean Sheets | C S | 58% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 16% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.8 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 32% | ||
| 9.1 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 11.1 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 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 | Real Sociedad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Inter | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Salzburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Benfica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 2 | Benfica | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | Porto | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Boavista | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 | Famalicao | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Gil Vicente | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | Casa Pia | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Estrela Amadora | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 8 |
| 13 | Farense | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Chaves | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 15 | Vizela | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 16 | Arouca | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 17 | Rio Ave | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 18 | Estoril | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | Atletico Madrid | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 22 |
| 3 | Girona | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 4 | Barcelona | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Athletic Club | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 7 | Real Betis | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 14 |
| 8 | Rayo Vallecano | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | -2 | 13 |
| 9 | Osasuna | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | Valencia | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Las Palmas | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Getafe | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Cadiz | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Mallorca | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 8 |
| 16 | Villarreal | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Deportivo Alaves | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | Celta de Vigo | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 19 | Granada | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 6 |
| 20 | Almeria | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -13 | 3 |
