It's Champions League time and the hopeful contenders are Benfica and Liverpool

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 05.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (64642 seats)

It's game one of two in the Champions League as Benfica host Liverpool. This is a Quarter-finals fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.

It's quite the trip for Liverpool when visiting Benfica as the cities are 2500 kilometers apart.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Benfica and Liverpool.

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Benfica form and stats

Benfica was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Europa League. Arsenal was too strong.

29 points is a decent return from 14 Primeira Liga games here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica for Benfica. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Benfica has performed like this (both home and away): 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses.

Benfica faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sporting Braga (2-3). The gifted forward Núñez outshone all others in that game and got a match rating of 7.81 out of 10. Núñez scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Previous to that game, a Primeira Liga home match hosting Estoril in a game that was won 2-1.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primeira Liga game versus Belenenses in only four days. This game is also played here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

Benfica can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 33 times.

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Liverpool form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the quarter-finals, when Real Madrid drew the shortest straw.

Liverpool's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Liverpool collect 33 points from their 15 away matches in the Premier League. 10 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 7 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.

The Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Ramses Becker is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 492 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Liverpool had fun at their own home (Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica) last time out, beating Watford 2-0. Fabinho and Jota scored. Jota, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.42. Jota scored one goal and hit three key passes.

hometeam won

Liverpool are a potent attacking force on the road with their 38 goals in 15 league games. Liverpool are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 13 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Benfica three wins, zero draws and Liverpool one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaD. Núñez Ribeiro
D. Núñez Ribeiro
21 goals
LiverpoolM. Salah Ghaly
M. Salah Ghaly
20 goals
LiverpoolD. Teixeira da Silva
D. Teixeira da Silva
14 goals

Benfica missing players

Liverpool missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Benfica Liverpool
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   11 25
13 7   Won W   7 18
6 4   Drew D   3 5
6 3   Lost L   1 2
53 29   Scored S   17 50
29 15   Conceded C   6 15
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 92%
92% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 68%
68% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 44%
36% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 36%
16% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
64% 71%   BTTS BTTS   27% 36%
32% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   64% 56%
8% 0%   Failed to Score F T   18% 16%
 
6.1 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   6.7 7.4
4.2 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4 3
2.4 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.2
3 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
13.4 15.2   Shots (avg) S (   14.5 18
5.1 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.8
41% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 35%
 
11.7 12.4   Shots against (avg) S A   8.6 7
3.6 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 2.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Porto 27 23 4 0 68 19 13 11 2 0 34 9 14 12 2 0 34 10 49 73
2 Sporting CP 27 21 4 2 54 17 13 11 1 1 24 5 14 10 3 1 30 12 37 67
3 Benfica 28 19 4 5 70 28 14 9 2 3 33 14 14 10 2 2 37 14 42 61
4 Sporting Braga 28 15 7 6 46 28 15 8 4 3 25 13 13 7 3 3 21 15 18 52
5 Gil Vicente 28 12 10 6 39 28 14 5 5 4 20 16 14 7 5 2 19 12 11 46
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 27 10 6 11 37 37 13 7 2 4 24 18 14 3 4 7 13 19 0 36
7 Estoril 28 8 10 10 32 34 14 3 6 5 18 19 14 5 4 5 14 15 -2 34
8 Maritimo 27 8 9 10 31 34 13 3 6 4 14 12 14 5 3 6 17 22 -3 33
9 Pacos de Ferreira 27 8 9 10 25 32 14 4 5 5 16 19 13 4 4 5 9 13 -7 33
10 Santa Clara 27 7 10 10 30 43 14 6 5 3 18 21 13 1 5 7 12 22 -13 31
11 Boavista 28 5 15 8 33 41 14 3 9 2 18 16 14 2 6 6 15 25 -8 30
12 Portimonense 28 7 8 13 26 34 14 2 4 8 11 19 14 5 4 5 15 15 -8 29
13 Vizela 28 6 11 11 31 46 14 3 6 5 13 18 14 3 5 6 18 28 -15 29
14 Famalicao 28 6 10 12 34 43 14 3 6 5 14 16 14 3 4 7 20 27 -9 28
15 Arouca 28 6 8 14 27 49 14 4 2 8 13 28 14 2 6 6 14 21 -22 26
16 Tondela 27 6 4 17 33 54 14 4 2 8 20 27 13 2 2 9 13 27 -21 22
17 Belenenses 28 4 9 15 17 46 14 4 3 7 12 26 14 0 6 8 5 20 -29 21
18 Moreirense 27 4 8 15 24 44 13 3 3 7 15 19 14 1 5 8 9 25 -20 20
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 30 23 4 3 70 18 14 11 1 2 40 10 16 12 3 1 30 8 52 73
2 Liverpool 30 22 6 2 77 20 15 12 3 0 39 7 15 10 3 2 38 13 57 72
3 Chelsea 29 17 8 4 58 23 14 7 5 2 29 14 15 10 3 2 29 9 35 59
4 Arsenal 28 17 3 8 44 31 15 10 2 3 24 12 13 7 1 5 20 19 13 54
5 Tottenham Hotspur 29 16 3 10 47 36 14 9 1 4 26 16 15 7 2 6 21 20 11 51
6 Manchester United 30 14 9 7 49 41 16 8 4 4 25 19 14 6 5 3 24 22 8 51
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 15 4 12 33 27 16 7 2 7 18 16 15 8 2 5 15 11 6 49
8 West Ham United 30 14 6 10 49 39 15 8 3 4 27 20 15 6 3 6 22 19 10 48
9 Leicester City 28 10 7 11 43 47 14 7 3 4 24 19 14 3 4 7 19 28 -4 37
10 Aston Villa 30 11 3 16 42 42 14 5 3 6 24 21 16 6 0 10 18 21 0 36
11 Southampton 30 8 12 10 37 46 15 5 7 3 20 14 15 3 5 7 17 32 -9 36
12 Crystal Palace 29 7 13 9 39 38 15 4 7 4 22 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 1 34
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 7 13 10 26 36 16 3 6 7 10 20 14 4 7 3 16 16 -10 34
14 Brentford 31 9 6 16 37 48 15 5 2 8 16 19 16 4 4 8 21 29 -11 33
15 Newcastle United 29 7 10 12 32 49 14 4 6 4 20 25 15 3 4 8 12 24 -17 31
16 Leeds United 31 7 9 15 35 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 15 3 4 8 17 38 -33 30
17 Everton 27 7 4 16 29 47 14 6 1 7 19 19 13 1 3 9 10 28 -18 25
18 Watford 30 6 4 20 29 57 14 2 1 11 14 34 16 4 3 9 15 23 -28 22
19 Burnley 28 3 12 13 22 40 14 2 6 6 10 18 14 1 6 7 12 22 -18 21
20 Norwich City 30 4 6 20 18 63 15 2 3 10 10 31 15 2 3 10 8 32 -45 18

Liverpool:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 30 23 4 3 70 18 14 11 1 2 40 10 16 12 3 1 30 8 52 73
2 Liverpool 30 22 6 2 77 20 15 12 3 0 39 7 15 10 3 2 38 13 57 72
3 Chelsea 29 17 8 4 58 23 14 7 5 2 29 14 15 10 3 2 29 9 35 59
4 Arsenal 28 17 3 8 44 31 15 10 2 3 24 12 13 7 1 5 20 19 13 54
5 Tottenham Hotspur 29 16 3 10 47 36 14 9 1 4 26 16 15 7 2 6 21 20 11 51
6 Manchester United 30 14 9 7 49 41 16 8 4 4 25 19 14 6 5 3 24 22 8 51
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 15 4 12 33 27 16 7 2 7 18 16 15 8 2 5 15 11 6 49
8 West Ham United 30 14 6 10 49 39 15 8 3 4 27 20 15 6 3 6 22 19 10 48
9 Leicester City 28 10 7 11 43 47 14 7 3 4 24 19 14 3 4 7 19 28 -4 37
10 Aston Villa 30 11 3 16 42 42 14 5 3 6 24 21 16 6 0 10 18 21 0 36
11 Southampton 30 8 12 10 37 46 15 5 7 3 20 14 15 3 5 7 17 32 -9 36
12 Crystal Palace 29 7 13 9 39 38 15 4 7 4 22 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 1 34
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 7 13 10 26 36 16 3 6 7 10 20 14 4 7 3 16 16 -10 34
14 Brentford 31 9 6 16 37 48 15 5 2 8 16 19 16 4 4 8 21 29 -11 33
15 Newcastle United 29 7 10 12 32 49 14 4 6 4 20 25 15 3 4 8 12 24 -17 31
16 Leeds United 31 7 9 15 35 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 15 3 4 8 17 38 -33 30
17 Everton 27 7 4 16 29 47 14 6 1 7 19 19 13 1 3 9 10 28 -18 25
18 Watford 30 6 4 20 29 57 14 2 1 11 14 34 16 4 3 9 15 23 -28 22
19 Burnley 28 3 12 13 22 40 14 2 6 6 10 18 14 1 6 7 12 22 -18 21
20 Norwich City 30 4 6 20 18 63 15 2 3 10 10 31 15 2 3 10 8 32 -45 18

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.