Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Benfica & Penafiel face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Benfica nor Penafiel as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Benfica form and stats
Last season, Benfica's League Cup journey ended in the final.This stadium, Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, has been a fortress for Benfica in the Liga Portugal so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-0-0.
The home followers saw a 0-0 draw against Penafiel in the League Cup last time out and are hoping for a win here. Chiquinho (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.33/10. Chiquinho hit two key passes and had 68 successful passes (of 71 total).
Before that game, a fine away win at Estrela Amadora. A League Cup game. It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Benfica have performed as huge favourites like they are today: 8 games found in the database showing 8 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Benfica is on fire here. A stunning 26 from 7 league matches. From these home matches, Benfica have conceded only 6 goals.
Penafiel form and stats
Penafiel was sent out of League Cup in the group stage last season.The visitors are W3-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Segunda Liga.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Benfica in their previous outing. The League Cup battle ended 0-0. Miguel, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.25. Miguel won 1 of 1 duels.
The fixture earlier was the League Cup-battle against Moreirense, a home loss (1-2).
Penafiel are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Benfica have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (5-1-0) when facing Penafiel.Top Goalscorers
  G. Ramos 9 goals |  J. Naval da Costa Eduardo 6 goals |  R. Silva 6 goals |
Benfica missing players
Penafiel missing players
| Benfica | Penafiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 62 | 32 | Scored | S | 15 | 31 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 7.4 | 8.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16.8 | 19.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 10.4 | ||
| 6.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 36% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | ||
| 7.4 | 6.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Moreirense | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Estrela Amadora | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Penafiel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 30 | 37 |
| 2 | Porto | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 29 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 25 |
| 5 | Casa Pia | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Portimonense | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Chaves | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 19 |
| 9 | Arouca | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 19 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Boavista | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 12 | Estoril | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -4 | 16 |
| 13 | Vizela | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Gil Vicente | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 9 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | -19 | 6 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -19 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Moreirense | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 32 |
| 2 | Farense | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Benfica II | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Estrela Amadora | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 5 | Vilafranquense | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | Academico Viseu | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Feirense | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Leixoes | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| 9 | Porto II | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 10 | Tondela | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 11 | Penafiel | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Mafra | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 16 |
| 13 | Nacional | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | UD Oliveirense | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Torreense | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Belenenses | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Trofense | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -18 | 8 |
| 18 | Sporting Covilha | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -15 | 6 |
