It's game one of two in the Champions League as Benfica host PSV. This is a Play-offs fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
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 PSV.
These teams have little in common geographically as PSV have to travel 2100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica have not come this way in the Champions League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Spartak Moskva. Benfica was eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round last season in the Champions League.1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Benfica so far this season. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Benfica has won five games in a row. The Porto match was the last time out without a victory.
Benfica's last game was hosting Arouca and winning 2-0. The attacker Roman Yaremchuk was "man of the match" for Benfica with a rating of 8.31/10. Yaremchuk scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Spartak Moskva.Benfica are traveling soon after this match as the Primeira Liga match at Gil Vicente awaits in three days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Benfica at home in the league. 2 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
PSV form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Midtjylland and Galatasaray in order to reach play-offs of Champions League. PSV was sent out of Europa League in the 16th finals last season, when Olympiakos Piraeus turned out to be too strong.1-0-0 is the win-draw-loss statistic for PSV in their Eredivisie matches away. Total Champions League statistics for PSV: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
PSV play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Heracles. Midfield player Bruma was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.71/10. Bruma scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 49 successful passes (of 57 total).
Prior to that result PSV won their away game at Midtjylland in the Champions League. The scoreline was 1-0.After this away game PSV return home for a Eredivisie game against SC Cambuur. That game is only three sleeps after this.
2 goals so far away for PSV, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous three meetings): Benfica won one game, one match ended with a tie and PSV managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / zeroTop Goalscorers
  G. Waldschmidt 2 goals |  L. Verissimo da Silva 1 goals |  R. Yaremchuk 1 goals |
Benfica missing players
PSV missing players
| Benfica | PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 53 | 26 | Scored | S | 31 | 63 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.5 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.8 | 15.7 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 7.1 | ||
| 47% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 29% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Benfica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Estoril | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Gil Vicente | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Tondela | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Pacos de Ferreira | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Porto | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Sporting Braga | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Portimonense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Vizela | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 11 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Moreirense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Belenenses | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Maritimo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Boavista | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Santa Clara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Arouca | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 | Ajax | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | PSV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Fortuna Sittard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | RKC Waalwijk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | SC Heerenveen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | FC Groningen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FC Utrecht | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Feyenoord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | PEC Zwolle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | SC Cambuur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Sparta Rotterdam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Vitesse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Willem II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FC Twente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | AZ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Go Ahead Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Heracles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | NEC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |