Salzburg have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Benfica. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
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
Last season, Benfica's Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals against Inter.Perfect Liga Portugal season at home so far for Benfica 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Happy days for Benfica in their previous game, a fixture away at Vizela that ended with a 2-1 victory. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in María, having scored in three consecutive games. Midfielder María was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.15 (out of ten) in that game. María scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 53 successful passes (of 65 total).
Before that, Benfica had a Liga Portugal home game versus Vitoria Guimaraes which ended with a victory 4-0.Benfica are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 11 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 8, drew 3 and lost 0.
Benfica are traveling soon after this match as the Liga Portugal match at Portimonense awaits in four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Benfica at home in the league. 6 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Salzburg form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.As the visiting team in Tipico Bundesliga matches, Salzburg have produced an overall stat of 3-1-0 so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sturm Graz in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 2-2. The draw against Sturm Graz came from a losing position. The Salzburg manager Jaissle brought on Koita as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Baidoo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.12. The defender Baidoo scored one goal and won 7 of 13 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Rapid Wien.After this away game Salzburg return home for a Tipico Bundesliga game against Blau-Wei Linz. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Salzburg create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 11 goals in 4 travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Á. Di María Hernández 4 goals |  R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva 3 goals |
Benfica missing players
Salzburg missing players
| Benfica | Salzburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | ||
| 59 | 28 | Scored | S | 25 | 52 | ||
| 23 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 16% | ||
| 6.1 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5 | ||
| 44% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 41% | ||
| 8.3 | 7.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.4 | 8.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Salzburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Benfica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Inter | 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 | Porto | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Benfica | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | Boavista | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Famalicao | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Farense | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Arouca | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Casa Pia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 12 | Moreirense | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Vizela | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Estrela Amadora | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Gil Vicente | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Estoril | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 3 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 2 |
| 18 | Chaves | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -10 | 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 | Salzburg | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 19 |
| 2 | Sturm Graz | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | LASK Linz | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Austria Klagenfurt | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Rapid Wien | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | Hartberg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -3 | 8 |
| 7 | Rheindorf Altach | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 8 | Wolfsberger AC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 9 | Austria Wien | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 10 | Blau-Wei Linz | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 5 |
| 11 | Wattens | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 2 |
| 12 | Austria Lustenau | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 2 |
