Oliveira Hospital vs Benfica Castelo Branco match preview

Competition: Portugal 2. Division: Group C
Date: Sun 31.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

Oliveira Hospital will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Benfica Castelo Branco.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Oliveira Hospital form and stats

When playing at home, Oliveira Hospital have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games.

In their previous game, the manager Miguel Valença led his Oliveira Hospital to a defeat in the 2. Division: Group C match away at AD Nogueirense. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here . The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Torreense.

Oliveira Hospital are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 16 goals in 14 matches. Oliveira Hospital are not conceding a lot of goals here, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 14 matches.

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Benfica Castelo Branco form and stats

6-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Benfica Castelo Branco in their matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Benfica Castelo Branco as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

The supporters enjoyed Benfica Castelo Branco's previous game versus Loures (placed 12th), a 2. Division: Group C 1-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Mação.

Benfica Castelo Branco find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 15 goals from 13 away fixtures. Benfica Castelo Branco are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 13 matches.

Head 2 Head

Benfica Castelo Branco - Oliveira Hospital 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Oliveira Hospital won 0 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Benfica Castelo Branco has 1 win.

Top Goalscorers

João Vasco
11 goals
Fred Santana
5 goals
Tiago Dias
4 goals

Oliveira Hospital missing players

Benfica Castelo Branco missing players

Oliveira Hospital Benfica Castelo Branco
Total Home Statistic Away Total
27 14 Played 14 27
85% 93% Over 0.5 79% 85%
59% 50% Over 1.5 57% 59%
22% 21% Over 2.5 36% 30%
15% 14% Over 3.5 29% 15%
0% 0% Over 4.5 14% 7%
33% 29% Both teams to score 29% 37%
44% 43% Clean Sheet 64% 56%
37% 36% Failed To Score 29% 22%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Anadia 27 15 9 3 39 19 13 8 5 0 19 6 14 7 4 3 20 13 20 54
2 União de Leiria 27 17 3 7 43 22 13 10 3 0 22 5 14 7 0 7 21 17 21 54
3 Vilafranquense 27 15 8 4 37 17 13 11 2 0 25 4 14 4 6 4 12 13 20 53
4 Benfica Castelo Branco 27 14 10 3 39 15 14 8 5 1 24 7 13 6 5 2 15 8 24 52
5 Torreense 27 11 9 7 31 24 14 5 6 3 15 14 13 6 3 4 16 10 7 42
6 Sintrense 27 11 9 7 35 33 13 7 4 2 19 16 14 4 5 5 16 17 2 42
7 Oliveira Hospital 27 9 12 6 30 19 14 6 4 4 16 9 13 3 8 2 14 10 11 39
8 Oleiros 27 9 11 7 34 35 14 5 6 3 21 13 13 4 5 4 13 22 -1 38
9 Caldas 27 9 10 8 29 26 14 6 5 3 19 14 13 3 5 5 10 12 3 37
10 AD Nogueirense 27 10 7 10 27 27 14 6 5 3 18 12 13 4 2 7 9 15 0 37
11 Fátima 27 9 7 11 30 35 13 5 3 5 15 17 14 4 4 6 15 18 -5 34
12 Loures 27 9 6 12 24 22 14 4 4 6 12 12 13 5 2 6 12 10 2 33
13 Alverca 27 8 7 12 27 32 13 6 1 6 15 17 14 2 6 6 12 15 -5 31
14 Sertanense 27 4 17 6 20 27 13 2 8 3 8 10 14 2 9 3 12 17 -7 29
15 Peniche 27 5 8 14 21 34 14 3 4 7 8 14 13 2 4 7 13 20 -13 23
16 Santa Iria 27 5 8 14 24 46 13 4 4 5 14 19 14 1 4 9 10 27 -22 23
17 Alcains 27 3 7 17 15 38 13 1 5 7 9 20 14 2 2 10 6 18 -23 16
18 Macao 27 3 6 18 19 53 14 1 3 10 9 27 13 2 3 8 10 26 -34 15

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