Benfica host the first leg in this deciding Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round game. Midtjylland will try their very best to bring a solid result back to MCH Arena before the return leg in 10 days.
Midtjylland have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2900 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
The visiting Midtjylland played their last game only four days ago, a Superliga match. That game, against OB, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Midtjylland.
Benfica form and stats
Last season, Benfica's Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals against Liverpool.Benfica have played 17 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 10-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Benfica enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Pacos de Ferreira's place. The match ended 2-0 with Araújo (2) scoring. Attacking player Araújo outperformed all others in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.65 out of 10. Araújo scored two goals and hit three key passes.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Pacos de Ferreira and winning 2-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Arouca are coming to town in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Benfica are scoring many of them at home; 36 on target from 17 league matches. Benfica have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Midtjylland form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated AEK Larnaca in order to reach 3rd qualifying round of Champions League. Midtjylland's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 3rd qualifying round against PSV.1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Midtjylland in their Superliga matches away.
It's the second away game in a row for Midtjylland, but there's smiles all around after the 5-1 victory versus OB last time out. As mentioned above, Midtjylland was the only team on the pitch versus OB in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Kaba, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.32. Kaba scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Midtjylland have another game away in just three sleeps, a Superliga game versus Lyngby. A gruelling diary for the visiting team!
It's early days yet, but Midtjylland has scored 5 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Dreyer 3 goals |  G. Isaksen 2 goals |  P. Sisto Ifolo Emirmija 1 goals |
Benfica missing players
Midtjylland missing players
| Benfica | Midtjylland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 51 | 31 | Scored | S | 21 | 45 | ||
| 29 | 19 | Conceded | C | 9 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 87% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | ||
| 6 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.9 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 15.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 37% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | ||
| 11.8 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.2 | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 86 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 64 | 91 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 73 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 50 | 85 |
| 3 | Benfica | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 78 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 14 | 48 | 74 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 65 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 51 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 48 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 38 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 31 | -16 | 40 |
| 8 | Famalicao | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 30 | -6 | 39 |
| 9 | Estoril | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 39 |
| 10 | Maritimo | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 44 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -5 | 38 |
| 11 | Pacos de Ferreira | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 38 |
| 12 | Boavista | 34 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 39 | 52 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 32 | -13 | 38 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 45 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -14 | 38 |
| 14 | Vizela | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 37 | -21 | 33 |
| 15 | Arouca | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -24 | 31 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -18 | 29 |
| 17 | Tondela | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 41 | 67 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 34 | -26 | 28 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 | -32 | 26 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nordsjælland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Horsens | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Midtjylland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Silkeborg | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | AGF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | København | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Viborg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 8 | Brøndby | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Randers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Lyngby | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | OB | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 1 |
| 12 | AaB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
