It's time to decide the outcome of the Champions League Women 2nd Round meeting between SL Benfica W and Apollon W. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
The hosts Benfica saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the 1st Division Women. Thankfully the previous game, versus Albergaria W, was also a home game here at Caixa Futebol Campus. The away team is better rested.
SL Benfica W form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Champions League Women for SL Benfica W, as the manager Patão led his troops to eliminate SFK Riga W and Cliftonville W, and reach the 2nd Round. SL Benfica W participated in Champions League Women the last season, where they reached the group stage.As mentioned below, SL Benfica W are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 1st Division Women games.
Benfica are confident in defense, having played 315 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
SL Benfica W's last game was hosting Albergaria W and winning 4-0. As mentioned above, SL Benfica W "killed" Albergaria W in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that game, a fine away victory at Apollon W. A Champions League Women match.
There will be little rest for Benfica after this match as they are travelling to Famalicao W for a 1st Division Women game in only four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the SL Benfica W at home in the league. 9 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Apollon W form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Nike and Ljuboten W in order to reach 2nd round of Champions League Women.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Apollon W playing as the away team in the First Division Women this season.
246 minutes! That's how long the Apollon W goalkeeper Abbie Nicole Faingold and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Champions League Women home loss versus SL Benfica W with 0-7 on the scoreboard.
Before that, Apollon W secured a home win against Omonia Nicosia W with the score 3-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Apollon W are hosting Lefkothea W in the First Division Women only four days away.
It's early days yet, but Apollon W has scored 5 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have fought before this season: Apollon W - Benfica 0-7. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Silva with 2 goals scored against Apollon W in these 1 meetings.
SL Benfica W missing players
Apollon W missing players
| SL Benfica W | Apollon W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 10 | Won | W | 10 | 24 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 103 | 59 | Scored | S | 47 | 117 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 86% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 80% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 72% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.2 | 0.6 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.3 | 0.4 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.8 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 11.6 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 6.1 | ||
| 60% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 73% | 83% | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SL Benfica W | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 12 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Valadares Gaia W | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Damaiense W | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Sporting W | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | Torreense W | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Maritimo W | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 4 |
| 8 | Famalicao W | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Racing Seixal W | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Ouriense W | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 3 |
| 11 | Albergaria W | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | -10 | 3 |
| 12 | Vilaverdense W | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | -13 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lefkothea W | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Apollon W | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 3 | Aris Limassol W | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Omonia Nicosia W | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 5 | Lakatamia W | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 6 | Karmiotissa Chrysomilia W | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
