The first of two encounters in the Champions League Round of 16, as the hometeam Club Brugge will try to edge Benfica in their own ballpark.
Benfica have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
This promises to be an absorbing match with lots of action and energy as both sides are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Club Brugge form and stats
Brugge was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.The story so far in the Pro League for Club Brugge at their home stadium (Jan Breydelstadion) is 6 wins, 6 draws and 1 defeat. 3W-2D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Club Brugge.
Club Brugge drew their last game, also a home match. Union Saint-Gilloise was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Midfield player Vanaken got a match rating of 8.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Vanaken scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 50 successful passes (of 61 total).
A 0-0 draw away in the Pro League before that, with Antwerp the opponent.There will be little rest for Club Brugge after this match as they are travelling to Cercle Brugge for a Pro League game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Club Brugge are scoring many of them at home; 27 on target from 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Brugge have conceded 15 goals.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica's mission in Champions League last season failed in the quarter-finals against Liverpool.Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Benfica so far, with 8-1-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Liga Portugal statistics. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 8 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
The Benfica goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 397 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Sporting Braga in their previous outing. The Taça De Portugal duel ended 1-1. Midfield player Chiquinho was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.05/10. Chiquinho hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 80 successful passes (of 87 total).
Before that, Benfica secured a home win against Casa Pia with the score 3-0.Benfica are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 10 away games so far. Benfica are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {4 goals} away. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Naval da Costa Eduardo 12 goals |   H. Vanaken 9 goals |
Club Brugge missing players
Benfica missing players
| Club Brugge | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 29 | 20 | Scored | S | 30 | 55 | ||
| 34 | 21 | Conceded | C | 11 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 12% | ||
| 5.1 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 6.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.1 | 15.4 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 7 | ||
| 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 31% | ||
| 11.2 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.7 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3 | ||
| 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 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 38 | 62 |
| 2 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 26 | 56 |
| 3 | Antwerp | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 47 |
| 4 | Club Brugge | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | Gent | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
| 6 | Standard Liege | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Cercle Brugge | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | Sint-Truiden | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 35 |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 32 |
| 11 | Anderlecht | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 12 | Sporting Charleroi | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 28 |
| 13 | Mechelen | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -11 | 26 |
| 14 | AS Eupen | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -17 | 25 |
| 15 | Kortrijk | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -19 | 22 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -22 | 20 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -22 | 18 |
| 18 | KV Oostende | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -28 | 18 |
| 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 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 39 | 53 |
| 2 | Porto | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 34 | 45 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 24 | 43 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 38 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 30 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 30 |
| 7 | Arouca | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | Chaves | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 9 | Vizela | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Boavista | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 25 |
| 11 | Portimonense | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -9 | 23 |
| 12 | Estoril | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 22 |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 21 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Gil Vicente | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -8 | 19 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | -11 | 15 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -23 | 13 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -24 | 9 |
