National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Varzim or Benfica that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Varzim form and stats
Last season their Taça De Portugal adventure ended in the 4th round.17 points is a decent return from 7 Liga 3 games here at Estádio Varzim Sport Club for Varzim. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses.
A strong away win for Varzim against Fafe the last match. The match result 1-0 has happened to the home side three league games in a row!
Before that, Varzim drew at home versus Sporting Braga II.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Anadia are coming to town in four days.
Varzim have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Varzim Sport Club with 12 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Varzim have conceded only 4 goals.
Benfica form and stats
They also participated in Taça De Portugal last season. This ended in the round of 16.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Liga Portugal.
Benfica are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Portimonense. Midfielder Mário was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.04. Mário scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 45 successful passes (of 52 total).
A 0-3 defeat away at Sporting Braga before that.Benfica are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. Benfica are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Ramos 9 goals |  J. Naval da Costa Eduardo 7 goals |  R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva 6 goals |
Varzim missing players
Benfica missing players
| Varzim | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 12 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 29 | 22 | Scored | S | 25 | 57 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 6 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.3 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.2 | 17.5 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 7.4 | ||
| 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| 9.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vilaverdense | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 26 |
| 2 | Varzim | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 |
| 3 | Felgueiras 1932 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Sanjoanense | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Canelas 2010 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 6 | Sao Joao Ver | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Anadia | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Sporting Braga II | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Montalegre | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Fafe | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 12 |
| 11 | Paredes | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 12 | Vitoria Guimaraes II | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -15 | 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 | Benfica | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 28 | 40 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 24 | 34 |
| 3 | Porto | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 32 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 28 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Chaves | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Arouca | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 19 |
| 11 | Vizela | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 12 | Famalicão | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 13 | Boavista | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 14 | Estoril | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -19 | 7 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -22 | 2 |
