Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Benfica & Sporting Macau face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Benfica form and stats
Last season, Benfica's FA Cup journey ended in the 3rd place final.When playing at home in the Primeira Division, Benfica have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.
Benfica enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Monte Carlo's place. The match ended 1-0.
Preceding that match was a Primeira Division defeat to CPK (0-5).The manager Tavares will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hang Sai in only four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Benfica at home in the league. 8 on target and 8 scored by the opposition; from 4 matches.
Sporting Macau form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Division.
Sporting Macau won their last game, 5-2 versus Tak Chun Ka I played at home. An off the wall match with heaps of goals last time out for Macau, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that fun game, will this fixture be as full of joy?
A 2-2 draw at Lun Lok's stadium before that.A quick return to home after this game, as Sporting Macau are hosting Monte Carlo in the FA Cup only four days away.
Sporting Macau have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. Sporting Macau can't defend away. 15 goals have been scored by the opposition in 4 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Benfica have won all of the 8 latest fixtures versus this opponent. Something to take note of?Benfica missing players
Sporting Macau missing players
| Benfica | Sporting Macau | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 18 | ||
| 70 | 24 | Scored | S | 10 | 20 | ||
| 26 | 15 | Conceded | C | 34 | 82 | ||
| 96% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 30% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 20% | 30% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 52% | ||
| 4.7 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.3 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 51% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 29% | ||
| 7.5 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CPK | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 43 | 30 |
| 2 | Monte Carlo | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 30 | 22 |
| 3 | Benfica | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| 4 | Cheng Fung | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 21 |
| 5 | Tak Chun Ka I | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 10 |
| 6 | Hang Sai | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 19 | -25 | 10 |
| 7 | Lun Lok | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -17 | 7 |
| 8 | Sporting Macau | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -22 | 4 |
| 9 | Toi Seng | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 22 | -28 | 3 |
