Key statistics for the Taça De Portugal fixture between Varzim and Benfica

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Competition: Portugal Taça De Portugal
Competition: Tue 10.January
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Varzim Sport Club (7280 seats)

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.

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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.

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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

BenficaG. Ramos
G. Ramos
9 goals
BenficaJ. Naval da Costa Eduardo
J. Naval da Costa Eduardo
7 goals
BenficaR. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
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