Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Monte Carlo & Benfica face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Monte Carlo form and stats
Monte participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the final.Monte Carlo are steadily winning Primeira Division games and points here at Canidrome. 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
The Monte Carlo club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Cheng Fung and win 2-1.
Before that game, the 11-0 home victory against Lun Lok.Monte Carlo are traveling soon after this match as the Primeira Division match at Hang Sai awaits in three days.
It's goals goals goals for Monte who have scored 40 goals from 8 league home games. Monte Carlo have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica was sent out of FA Cup in the 3rd place final last season.Benfica have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 18 points collected from 7 Primeira Division games. 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat is the record so far.
Benfica had fun at their own home (Canidrome) last time out, beating Tak Chun Ka I 11-0. As mentioned above, Benfica was the only team on the pitch versus Tak Chun Ka I in their previous game, winning 11-0. This could be a tougher task.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Toi Seng at their stadium, the result 4-1.Benfica are a potent attacking force on the road with their 20 goals in 7 league games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the last ten meetings): Monte won three games, one match ended with a draw and Benfica have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.
Monte Carlo missing players
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| Monte Carlo | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 12 | 18 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 136 | 90 | Scored | S | 53 | 89 | ||
| 23 | 13 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 53% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 16% | ||
| 5.1 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.1 | 2.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.1 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 78% | 69% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 65% | 68% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.9 | 6.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 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 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 55 | 39 |
| 2 | Monte Carlo | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 42 | 28 |
| 3 | Benfica | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 27 | 28 |
| 4 | Cheng Fung | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 24 |
| 5 | Tak Chun Ka I | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 34 | -21 | 13 |
| 6 | Lun Lok | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 23 | -29 | 10 |
| 7 | Hang Sai | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 27 | -31 | 10 |
| 8 | Sporting Macau | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 21 | -25 | 7 |
| 9 | Toi Seng | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 26 | -36 | 3 |
