Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica: Benfica vs Famalicão Liga Portugal news and facts

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Fri 03.March
Match begins: 21:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (64642 seats)

Liga Portugal: Benfica host Famalicão in what is nearly guaranteed to be an interesting football match. Tipsway gives you all the pre-match info you need!

Insights:
  • Benfica have the most scored goals (56) in Liga Portugal
  • Famalicão have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga Portugal

Both sides have had adequate rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's look for an energetic fixture!

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Benfica form and stats

10-1-0 is the performance here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica so far in the Liga Portugal, giving Benfica a total of 31 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results! The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Benfica has won six games in a row. The Sporting CP match was the last time out without a victory.

Happy days for Benfica in their previous game, a fixture away at Vizela (placed 9th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Mário (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.31/10. Mário scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 37 successful passes (of 40 total).

Ahead of that match, Benfica won a home game hosting Boavista (3-1).

Lots of goals and action? We don't know what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league games with this club has had three or more goals.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Benfica, as the Champions League home game vs Club Brugge is only four days away.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Benfica is on fire here. A stunning 35 from 11 league matches. Benfica have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Famalicão form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Famalicão so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose).

Sanca scored in Famalicão's previous match, the home game against Portimonense that ended 1-0. Famalicão goalie Júnior was high and low in the Portimonense game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Midfield player Jaime was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.23/10. Jaime served one assist, hit seven key passes and had 30 successful passes (of 36 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against Santa Clara with the score of 3-1.

The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Famalicão have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Benfica have won at least one point in the last 9 matches (6-3-0) versus Famalicão.

The teams have played each other previously this season, with the result Famalicão - Benfica 0-1 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaJ. Naval da Costa Eduardo
J. Naval da Costa Eduardo
14 goals
BenficaG. Ramos
G. Ramos
13 goals
BenficaR. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
6 goals

Benfica missing players

Famalicão missing players

Benfica Famalicão
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 11 5 Played P 4 11 22
19 10 5 Won W 0 2 8
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 4 7 11
56 35 14 Scored S 5 10 22
13 9 2 Conceded C 15 20 29
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 86%
77% 91% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 64% 55%
68% 91% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 45% 45%
41% 73% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 45% 27%
23% 36% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 36% 18%
32% 55% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 45% 36%
64% 45% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 36%
9% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 45% 41%
 
8 8.8 10.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.5 4.4
3.3 2.5 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.6 5.1
2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.9 2.5
3 2 2 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
17.7 22.4 22.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12.2 12.5
7 9 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.7
36% 35% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 26% 27%
 
6.9 5.2 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 14.9 14.9
2.2 1.8 1.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.1 5
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Benfica have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Benfica have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Benfica have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Benfica have scored more than double the goals of Famalicão.
  • Benfica have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Liga Portugal
  • Benfica have the most clean sheets (14) in Liga Portugal
  • Benfica have the most points (31) at home in Liga Portugal
  • Benfica have the most scored goals (35) at home in Liga Portugal
  • Benfica have the most scored goals (56) in Liga Portugal
  • Benfica have the most scored goals in the first half (28) in Liga Portugal
  • Benfica have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Liga Portugal
  • Benfica have the the best goal difference (+43) in Liga Portugal
  • Benfica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Benfica haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Famalicão have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Liga Portugal

  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 22 19 2 1 56 13 11 10 1 0 35 9 11 9 1 1 21 4 43 59
2 Porto 21 16 3 2 48 12 10 9 0 1 31 5 11 7 3 1 17 7 36 51
3 Sporting Braga 21 16 1 4 47 20 10 7 1 2 21 6 11 9 0 2 26 14 27 49
4 Sporting CP 21 13 2 6 43 23 10 8 0 2 27 7 11 5 2 4 16 16 20 41
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 21 10 4 7 19 20 11 7 2 2 12 7 10 3 2 5 7 13 -1 34
6 Arouca 22 9 6 7 26 31 12 7 1 4 18 15 10 2 5 3 8 16 -5 33
7 Casa Pia 22 9 5 8 18 22 11 4 3 4 8 8 11 5 2 4 10 14 -4 32
8 Famalicão 22 8 3 11 22 29 11 6 1 4 12 9 11 2 2 7 10 20 -7 27
9 Vizela 22 7 5 10 23 23 11 4 2 5 12 9 11 3 3 5 11 14 0 26
10 Chaves 21 6 8 7 21 27 10 2 5 3 11 12 11 4 3 4 10 15 -6 26
11 Boavista 21 7 5 9 24 34 11 5 4 2 15 15 10 2 1 7 9 19 -10 26
12 Portimonense 22 8 2 12 18 28 11 5 2 4 10 10 11 3 0 8 8 18 -10 26
13 Rio Ave 21 6 6 9 20 25 10 5 1 4 11 8 11 1 5 5 9 17 -5 24
14 Gil Vicente 21 6 5 10 21 28 11 3 4 4 9 11 10 3 1 6 12 17 -7 23
15 Estoril 21 6 4 11 19 29 10 3 2 5 11 17 11 3 2 6 8 12 -10 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 21 3 3 15 15 37 11 1 2 8 7 20 10 2 1 7 8 17 -22 12

Read more about Liga Portugal

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.