Standard Liège have traveled here for an interesting Europa League fight against Benfica. Prepare for the match with this cup preview!
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica was eliminated in the 16th finals last season in the Europa League.Perfect Primeira Liga season at home so far for Benfica 3 wins from 3 appearances. Benfica haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Maritimo, 122 days ago. After failing to beat Santa Clara here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Benfica has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
Benfica are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Lech Poznan and winning 4-2.
Benfica are traveling soon after this match as the Primeira Liga match at Boavista awaits in four days.
Benfica can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. From these home matches, Benfica have conceded only 2 goals.
Standard Liège form and stats
Standard was sent out of Europa League in the group stage last season.As the visiting team in Pro League matches, Standard Liège have produced an overall stat of 3-0-2 so far. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away.
Standard Liège play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Sint-Truiden. A 0-2 loss hosting Rangers before that.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Standard as the away team, we found one results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and one defeat. The outsiders lost zero of these games by at least two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Standard Liège are hosting KV Oostende in the Pro League only three days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Standard have scored 7 goals in 5 league games away. 5 goals have been conceded by Standard Liège in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  H. Seferović 4 goals |  G. Waldschmidt 4 goals |   S. Amallah 2 goals |
Benfica missing players
Standard Liège missing players
| Benfica | Standard Liège | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 8 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 58 | 35 | Scored | S | 11 | 39 | ||
| 29 | 17 | Conceded | C | 8 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 12% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 368 | 210 | Total Shots | T S | 63 | 240 | ||
| 139 | 78 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 107 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Rangers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Lech Poznan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 15 |
| 2 | Porto | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Moreirense | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Santa Clara | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Nacional | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Famalicao | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Pacos de Ferreira | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Belenenses | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Tondela | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Boavista | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Farense | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Antwerp | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Club Brugge | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 3 | Sporting Charleroi | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Standard Liège | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | OH Leuven | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 6 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Anderlecht | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Genk | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | KV Oostende | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 | Kortrijk | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Gent | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Sint-Truiden | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -8 | 9 |
| 15 | Mechelen | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 7 |
| 17 | Waasland-Beveren | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 4 |
| 18 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 3 |