National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Benfica or Vitória SC that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 group stage last season in the League Cup.4-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Benfica so far this season.
2-2 away at Standard Liege before that.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Benfica played a great game against Vilafranquense and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
There will be little rest for Benfica after this match as they are travelling to Gil Vicente for a Primeira Liga game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Benfica are scoring many of them at home; 11 on target from 5 league matches. Benfica's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Vitória SC form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the semi-finals.The visitors are W3-D1-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga. Having won their last three away games Vitória SC has no reason to fear anyone.
Vitória have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Douglas Renato de Jesus. It's been 195 minutes since they last conceded in Primeira Liga.
Before that, Vitória secured a home win against Portimonense with the score 1-0.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Vitória have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. Vitória are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
Benfica-Vitória SC H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Benfica nine wins, Vitória SC zero wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  H. Seferović 6 goals |  G. Waldschmidt 5 goals |   A. Bras André 3 goals |
Benfica missing players
Vitória SC missing players
| Benfica | Vitória SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | ||
| 66 | 42 | Scored | S | 13 | 25 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 48% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 51% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| 2 | Benfica | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Porto | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Vitória SC | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Paços de Ferreira | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Belenenses | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Nacional | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Famalicao | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Farense | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Boavista | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Tondela | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 8 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Portimonense | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |