Benfica and Maccabi Haifa get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
It's quite the trip for Maccabi Haifa when visiting Benfica as the cities are 5800 kilometers apart.
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.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals and lost against Liverpool.Perfect Primeira Liga season at home so far for Benfica 3 wins from 3 appearances. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Benfica has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Benfica's last game was hosting Vizela and winning 2-1. A late climax in the match against Vizela as the winning goal came twelve minutes into overtime; scored by Mário. Mário (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.11/10. Mário scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 52 successful passes (of 63 total).
Before that, Benfica had a Primeira Liga home game versus Pacos de Ferreira which ended with a victory 3-2.There will be little rest for Benfica after this match as they are travelling to Famalicao for a Primeira Liga game in only four days.
At Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Benfica has the goal stats of 9-3 (for/against) from 3 league fixtures.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Maccabi Haifa's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 1st qualifying round against Kairat.Maccabi Haifa are yet to lose a point on their Ligat ha'Al travels this season with 2 wins from 2 away games. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 3W-2D-1L. This is both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for Maccabi Haifa, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Hapoel Be'er Sheva last time out.
Prior to that result Maccabi won their away game at Bnei Sakhnin in the Ligat ha'Al. The scoreline was 1-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sektzia Nes Tziona in just four days.
Maccabi Haifa have the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Naval da Costa Eduardo 4 goals |   O. Atzili 4 goals |  R. Silva 2 goals |
Benfica missing players
Maccabi Haifa missing players
| Benfica | Maccabi Haifa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 59 | 37 | Scored | S | 18 | 44 | ||
| 22 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 48% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 20% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 15.3 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 11.9 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 30% | ||
| 9.2 | 7.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.7 | 9 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Juventus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Maccabi Haifa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Paris Saint Germain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Benfica | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 13 |
| 3 | Porto | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 |
| 4 | Portimonense | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Estoril | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Chaves | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Casa Pia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | Sporting CP | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Boavista | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 11 | Arouca | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 12 | Vizela | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Rio Ave | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -8 | 0 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 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 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 9 |
| 2 | Maccabi Haifa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Bnei Sakhnin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Ashdod | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 5 | Hapoel Katamon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Hapoel Haifa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Maccabi Netanya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 11 | Hapoel Hadera | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -6 | 1 |
| 12 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 13 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 14 | Beitar Jerusalem | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -8 | 0 |
