National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Lusitânia or Benfica that keep their silverware dream alive.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Lusitânia form and stats
Lusitânia have reached this Taça De Portugal stage through battling and winning against Os Marialvas.Lusitânia are returning here after visiting Uniao de Tomar and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Machado scored the goal(s).
Preceding that game was the away draw at Vitoria de Sernache that finished 0-0.Benfica form and stats
Benfica was sent out of Taça De Portugal in the quarter-finals last season.The visitors are W4-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Liga Portugal.
Benfica play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Estoril. Late drama in the previous game, when Silva scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Estoril. Silva was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.43. The defender Silva scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.
A loss, in the Champions League away at Inter, before that. As mentioned earlier, Benfica will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 11 wins (6 by two or more goals winning margin), 1 draw and 1 surprising defeat.
A quick return to home after this game, as Benfica are hosting Real Sociedad in the Champions League only four days away.
Benfica have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 11 goals from 5 away matches. Benfica have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Á. Di María Hernández 5 goals |  R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva 3 goals |  P. Musa 3 goals |
Lusitânia missing players
Benfica missing players
| Lusitânia | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 34 | 20 | Scored | S | 31 | 49 | ||
| 26 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 23 | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 6.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8.2 | 7.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 15.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 39% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 38% | ||
| 7.8 | 6.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 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 | 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 |
