Benfica have traveled here for an interesting Champions League fight against Maccabi Haifa. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
Benfica have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 5800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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.
Maccabi Haifa form and stats
Last season, Maccabi Haifa's Champions League journey ended in the 1st qualifying round against Kairat.Maccabi Haifa have played 5 Ligat ha'Al games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Champions League, Maccabi Haifa has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses.
Maccabi's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Ashdod. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Paris Saint Germain in the Champions League.
Maccabi Haifa are traveling soon after this match as the Ligat ha'Al match at Beitar Jerusalem awaits in four days.
Goals are plentiful at Sammy Ofer Stadium in the league this season as Maccabi Haifa has scored 13 goals here in 5 home games. Maccabi Haifa have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica was sent out of Champions League in the quarter-finals last season, when Liverpool turned out to be too strong.4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Benfica playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 7W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.
Benfica have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos. It's been 184 minutes since they last conceded in Primeira Liga.
Impressive finishing from Ramos, Grimaldo, Silva, Musa and Neres secured the home win 5-0 against Chaves in their previous game. As you can tell from the results above, Benfica was very dominant against Chaves, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Ramos, Grimaldo, Silva, Musa and Neres providing the goals. Which player has scored three games in a row for the away team? The correct answer is Silva and that is solid stuff! Grimaldo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.4. Grimaldo scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.
Before that match, the win at home hosting Juventus in the Champions League (4-3).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Primeira Liga trip to Estoril.
The visiting Benfica have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games.
Head 2 Head
Surprisingly enough, the last time Benfica kept a "clean sheet" was also facing this opposition, five league games ago (Benfica - Maccabi Haifa 2-0).
Top Goalscorers
  O. Atzili 6 goals |   R. Silva 6 goals |
Maccabi Haifa missing players
Benfica missing players
| Maccabi Haifa | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 7 | 21 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 42 | 25 | Scored | S | 15 | 67 | ||
| 37 | 10 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 60% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 4% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 13.8 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 16.8 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 6.9 | ||
| 28% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| 9.5 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.4 | 7.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 2 | Benfica | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Juventus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 3 |
| 4 | Maccabi Haifa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 3 |
| 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 Haifa | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 24 |
| 2 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 22 |
| 3 | Hapoel Katamon | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | Hapoel Hadera | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 6 | Ashdod | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Bnei Sakhnin | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 8 | Maccabi Bnei Raina | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 12 |
| 9 | Beitar Jerusalem | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 10 | Hapoel Haifa | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 11 | Maccabi Netanya | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Sektzia Nes Tziona | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -10 | 8 |
| 14 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 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 | Benfica | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 31 |
| 2 | Porto | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 23 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 17 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Arouca | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 8 | Boavista | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | Estoril | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Portimonense | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Chaves | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 | Vizela | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -6 | 9 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 18 | -18 | 5 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -13 | 2 |
