There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Benfica Castelo Branco leading GRAP by 10 points.
- Benfica Castelo Branco have won all their matches at home so far.
- GRAP has the most conceded goals (23) in 2. Division: Group E
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.
Benfica Castelo Branco form and stats
Perfect 2. Division: Group E season at home so far for Benfica Castelo Branco 2 wins from 2 appearances. The Benfica Castelo Branco fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estádio Municipal Vale do Romeiro and will expect new points from this game. Benfica has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.
A strong away win for Benfica against Oliveira Hospital the last match, as Amadu Turé (2) were on target. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Sertanense the opponent.
Benfica Castelo Branco has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
GRAP form and stats
No 2. Division: Group E points yet away for GRAP, from their first 3 matches. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in GRAP's last three away games as they have all been lost.
GRAP's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Carapinheirense that finished 2-2.
A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Carapinheirense. GRAP were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Luisito scoring the equalizer. The draw against Carapinheirense came from a losing position. The GRAP manager R. Ribeiro Monsanto brought on Luisito as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Goals are few and far between in GRAP's away league games. Only 0 goals from 3 travels. The GRAP manager R. Ribeiro Monsanto has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Coulibaly 1 goals | M. Danif Carvalho Abreu 1 goals | F. Pereira da Costa Oliveira Caetano 1 goals |
Benfica Castelo Branco missing players
GRAP missing players
| Benfica Castelo Branco | GRAP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 86% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 71% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.6 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 5.4 |
| 4.4 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| 23% | 12% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
- Benfica Castelo Branco have won all their matches at home so far.
- GRAP has the fewest clean sheets (0) in 2. Division: Group E
- GRAP has the fewest points (0) away in 2. Division: Group E
- GRAP has the fewest scored goals (0) away in 2. Division: Group E
- GRAP has the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in 2. Division: Group E
- GRAP has the most conceded goals (23) in 2. Division: Group E
- GRAP has the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in 2. Division: Group E
- GRAP has the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in 2. Division: Group E
- GRAP has the the worst goal difference (-19) in 2. Division: Group E
- GRAP have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- GRAP have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- GRAP have failed to score a single goal away.
- GRAP have lost all their away matches so far.
- GRAP haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- GRAP is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Condeixa | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Marinhense | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Benfica Castelo Branco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Oleiros | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Sertanense | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Vitória de Sernache | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | Carapinheirense | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Uniao de Leiria | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Oliveira Hospital | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| 10 | Mortagua | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Alcains | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 4 |
| 12 | GRAP | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -19 | 1 |