It's early days in the 2. Division: Group E and both Marinhense and Benfica Castelo Branco are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Marinhense form and stats
The hosts won their first 2. Division: Group E game here at Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Marinhense last season were 6 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from 13 games. Two home wins in a row for Marinhense bring valid hopes of a third.
Marinhense are returning here after visiting São João Ver (after extra-time) in a Taça De Portugal game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Carapinheirense (0-1).
At Estádio Municipal da Marinha Grande, Marinhense has the goal stats of 3-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Benfica Castelo Branco form and stats
One match played away so far in the 2. Division: Group E for Benfica Castelo Branco and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses from 13 games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Benfica goalkeeper Andre Filipe Alves Martins Caio is eager to challenge this, with his 333 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
I. Coulibaly scored in Benfica Castelo Branco's previous match, the home game against Uniao de Leiria that ended 1-0. Prior to that match, the Benfica manager P. Ferreira Barroso faced defeat when travelling to Sertanense and losing 0-1.
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
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: zero - three - two (Marinhense wins - draws - Benfica Castelo Branco wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Marinhense missing players
Benfica Castelo Branco missing players
| Marinhense | Benfica Castelo Branco | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 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% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| Marinhense | Last season | Benfica Castelo Branco | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Scored | S | 16 | 35 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Conceded | C | 14 | 21 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 200 | 116 | Total Shots | T S | 38 | 129 | ||
| 77 | 50 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 51 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Vitoria de Sernache | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | Oleiros | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Sertanense | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Benfica Castelo Branco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Condeixa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Marinhense | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Carapinheirense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Mortágua | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Uniao de Leiria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 10 | Alcains | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 11 | Oliveira Hospital | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 12 | GRAP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 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 | Praiense | 25 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 28 | 53 |
| 2 | Benfica Castelo Branco | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| 3 | Anadia | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 41 |
| 4 | Sertanense | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 38 |
| 5 | Fátima | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Beira-Mar | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Caldas | 25 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| 8 | Condeixa | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Torreense | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| 10 | Oleiros | 25 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 33 |
| 11 | Marinhense | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Uniao de Leiria | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 29 |
| 13 | Agueda | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Oliveira Hospital | 25 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 28 |
| 15 | Ideal | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 27 |
| 16 | União Santarém | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 25 | -14 | 27 |
| 17 | Vitoria de Sernache | 25 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 22 |
| 18 | Fontinhas | 25 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 29 | -32 | 13 |