Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Benfica & Boavista face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the League Cup.19 points is a decent return from 9 Primeira Liga games here at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa for Benfica. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
A good away victory last time out for Benfica, who won 2-0 against Arouca. The Benfica coach Veríssimo and his team return home after a 2-0 draw away versus Arouca. In their previous game, the manager Veríssimo led his Benfica to a defeat away at Arouca. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa. Mário (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Mário hit one key pass.
Previous to that game, a Primeira Liga home match hosting Moreirense in a game that was won 1-1. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Primeira Liga home game that ended 1-1 versus Moreirense. Ahead of that match, Benfica lost 1-1 at home to Moreirense.Benfica are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew two and lost zero.
Goals are plentiful at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in the league this season as Benfica has scored 24 goals here in 9 home games. Benfica have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Boavista form and stats
Boavista was sent out of League Cup in the 2nd round last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Boavista so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-5 (win-draw-lose). Total League Cup statistics for Boavista: 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Two trips in a row for Boavista, whose manager Teixeira could celebrate last time after the win against Pacos de Ferreira. Boavista has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Pacos de Ferreira for a 1-1 draw. Boavista are travelling again after losing away to Pacos de Ferreira in their previous match (1-1). Midfielder Pérez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Pérez hit one key pass and had 52 successful passes (of 58 total).
Before that, Boavista secured a home win against Gil Vicente with the score 1-1. Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Gil Vicente in the Primeira Liga. A loss against Gil Vicente was the result prior to that, in a Primeira Liga home game.You'll want to know how Boavista managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found six similar matches resulting in one away win, two draws and three home wins.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Boavista as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. For Boavista, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Benfica-Boavista H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Benfica seven wins, Boavista two wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Núñez Ribeiro 15 goals |  R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva 7 goals |  R. Yaremchuk 6 goals |
Benfica missing players
Boavista missing players
| Benfica | Boavista | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 58 | 32 | Scored | S | 13 | 33 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 25 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13.1 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 42% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Porto | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 38 | 53 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | Benfica | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 36 | 44 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Estoril | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 20 |
| 11 | Boavista | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 19 |
| 12 | Pacos de Ferreira | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | Vizela | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 19 |
| 14 | Tondela | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 17 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -12 | 16 |
| 17 | Arouca | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -18 | 14 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -22 | 12 |
