Benfica Castelo Branco have come here for an exciting game against the home team Praiense. Read up on the fixture with this thorough 2. Division: Group D preview!
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.
Praiense form and stats
In the previous season, Praiense's league stats were 8 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses, ending with 6th place in the 2. Division: Group G. Over these 22 matches they scored 25 goals and gave away 23. Performing as the home side in the previous season Praiense delivered 6-5-0 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 5 conceded. In general it's been a long time since Praiense tasted defeat here at Estádio Municipal da Praia da Vitória, as they have taken at least one point from their last 21 home games in the league.
Praiense faced defeat in their previous match, away at Oleiros (0-1).
Preceding that match was the home Taça De Portugal game against Ideal that was lost 0-1.Benfica Castelo Branco form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first 2. Division: Group D away game of the season. During their previous season 10 away games resulted in 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
It's the second away game in a row for Benfica Castelo Branco, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus AR Sao Martinho in the Taça De Portugal last time out.
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Vitória de Sernache.Benfica Castelo Branco have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Gonçalves Pontes de Oliveira 1 goals |
Praiense missing players
Benfica Castelo Branco missing players
| Praiense | Benfica Castelo Branco | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| Praiense | Last season | Benfica Castelo Branco | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 21 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 25 | 17 | Scored | S | 7 | 24 | ||
| 23 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | ||
| 82% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 70% | 76% | ||
| 73% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 45% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 10% | 29% | ||
| 18% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 14% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 5% | ||
| 41% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 38% | ||
| 45% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 38% | ||
| 4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.8 | ||
| 6.1 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 2.9 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7.8 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 31% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 24% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Oleiros | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Fontinhas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Peniche | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sertanense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Marinhense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 6 | Uniao Idanhense | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Benfica Castelo Branco | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Vitória de Sernache | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 9 | Praiense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Condeixa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Estrela Amadora | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 22 | 53 |
| 2 | Sporting CP II | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 49 |
| 3 | Oriental Dragon | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 37 |
| 4 | Real | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 32 |
| 5 | Fontinhas | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 6 | Praiense | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Rabo Peixe | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -8 | 27 |
| 8 | Ideal | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -8 | 23 |
| 9 | Belenenses II | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 22 |
| 10 | Fabril Barreiro | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 21 |
| 11 | Oriental Lisboa | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 12 | Olimpico do Montijo | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -24 | 16 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Uniao de Leiria | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 26 | 50 |
| 2 | Oliveira Hospital | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 37 |
| 3 | Benfica Castelo Branco | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Marinhense | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Condeixa | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 32 |
| 6 | Oleiros | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Vitória de Sernache | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 24 |
| 8 | Sertanense | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Carapinheirense | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Alcains | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | -20 | 18 |
| 11 | Mortagua | 21 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | GRAP | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | -30 | 2 |