The Benfica Castelo Branco & Marinhense managers P. Ferreira Barroso and T. Esteves Vicente are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the 2. Division: Group E league table.
- Benfica Castelo Branco has the fewest conceded goals (6) in 2. Division: Group E
- Marinhense has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in 2. Division: Group E
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a 2. Division: Group E match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Uniao de Leiria, so at least Benfica are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Benfica Castelo Branco form and stats
Benfica Castelo Branco, who have the fewest conceded goals (6) in 2. Division: Group E, have collected 11 points from their 2. Division: Group E home games so far after 3-2-0. In general it's been a long time since Benfica tasted defeat here at Estádio Municipal Vale do Romeiro, as they have taken at least one point from their last 15 home games in the league.
No payout for Benfica in their previous match, an away game at Uniao de Leiria that ended in defeat 0-1. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Alcains that ended 1-1.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Benfica as they are travelling to their away game against Condeixa in the 2. Division: Group E. That match is four days after this one.
The Benfica fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Benfica have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Marinhense form and stats
Marinhense have only collected 4 points from their away games in the 2. Division: Group E, after 1-1-4 (6 played).
It's the second away game in a row for Marinhense, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus GRAP (placed 12th) in the 2. Division: Group E last time out. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Oliveira Hospital wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
As you can tell from the results above, Marinhense was very dominant against GRAP, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Dudu (3) providing the goals. It's hard not to mention Dudu's lethal finishing against GRAP. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Carapinheirense in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Marinhense have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. Marinhense's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 9 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Marinhense - Benfica 1-0, played this season. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Benfica Castelo Branco, three draws and one win for Marinhense. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Adul Seidi 7 goals |  L. Teodora da Silva 7 goals |  A. Turé 3 goals |
Benfica Castelo Branco missing players
Marinhense missing players
| Benfica Castelo Branco | Marinhense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 75% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 58% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 40% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 33% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 13.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12.8 | 11.6 |
| 4.6 | 6 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 22% | 21% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 28% |
- Benfica Castelo Branco has the fewest conceded goals (6) in 2. Division: Group E
- Benfica Castelo Branco has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in 2. Division: Group E
- Benfica Castelo Branco have not yet lost a game at home.
- Benfica Castelo Branco have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Benfica Castelo Branco have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Marinhense has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in 2. Division: Group E
- Marinhense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Marinhense haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | Marinhense | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Benfica Castelo Branco | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Oliveira Hospital | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | Vitoria de Sernache | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Oleiros | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | Condeixa | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Sertanense | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Carapinheirense | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Mortagua | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Alcains | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 12 |
| 12 | GRAP | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | -27 | 2 |