International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both SL Benfica W and Cliftonville W are looking forward to this Champions League Women fight to decide who advances from the 1st Round - Semi-finals.
The hosts SL Benfica W saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super Cup Women. This match was also played here at Caixa Futebol Campus. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cliftonville W have had more rest.
SL Benfica W form and stats
SL Benfica W was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League Women.SL Benfica W have been outstanding at home so far in the 1st Division Women with 10 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss.
The home club members witnessed a 3-3 draw vs Sporting Braga in the Super Cup Women last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Amora W and winning 2-1.It's goals goals goals for Benfica who have scored 52 goals from 11 league home games. As for guarding their own goal, SL Benfica W have only let in {2 goals} at home.
Cliftonville W form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Cliftonville W so far, with 5-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Premiership Women statistics.
The supporters enjoyed Cliftonville's previous game versus Sion Swifts W, a Women's Premiership League Cup win (3-1) played at home.
Prior to that match, a home win 10-0 against Larne W in the Premiership Women.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lisburn W in just two days.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Cliftonville W alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (41 from 6 played). It's not easy to score on Cliftonville W as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
SL Benfica W missing players
Cliftonville W missing players
| SL Benfica W | Cliftonville W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Won | W | 9 | 20 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 100 | 58 | Scored | S | 60 | 126 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 90% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 56% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 4% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0.2 | 1 | ||
| 0.6 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 0.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.7 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 63% | 65% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 362% | 237% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0.7 | 1.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | SL Benfica W | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 99 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 92 | 63 |
| 2 | Sporting W | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 67 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 53 | 54 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 62 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 35 | 52 |
| 4 | Famalicao W | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 36 |
| 5 | Damaiense W | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 36 |
| 6 | Vilaverdense W | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 21 | -7 | 27 |
| 7 | Valadares Gaia W | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | -20 | 22 |
| 8 | Torreense W | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 47 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -22 | 22 |
| 9 | Albergaria W | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 35 | -33 | 21 |
| 10 | Maritimo W | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 29 | 58 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 26 | -29 | 17 |
| 11 | Ouriense W | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 25 | -30 | 15 |
| 12 | Amora W | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 71 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 42 | -60 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Glentoran BU W | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 78 | 40 |
| 2 | Cliftonville W | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 84 | 34 |
| 3 | Crusaders Strikers W | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 30 |
| 4 | Sion Swifts W | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 27 | 28 |
| 5 | Linfield W | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 27 | 25 |
| 6 | Lisburn W | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 16 | -15 | 19 |
| 7 | Larne W | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 37 | -57 | 10 |
| 8 | Mid-Ulster W | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 27 | -53 | 5 |
| 9 | Ballymena Allstars W | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 32 | -55 | 5 |
| 10 | Derry City W | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 35 | -56 | 3 |
