This pair of sides are happy with a nice season so far and match dates like this could be key. Here's the preview for Benfica - Porto!
- Benfica have the most scored goals (16) in Liga Portugal
- Porto is in the best form (5-1-0) in Liga Portugal
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Benfica form and stats
Perfect Liga Portugal season at home so far for Benfica 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Benfica are returning here after visiting Portimonense and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Musa, Bah and Neres scored the goal(s). Neres (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.0/10. Neres scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 73 successful passes (of 79 total).
Ahead of that fixture, an unexpected home defeat against Salzburg in the Champions League. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Benfica handle that role? We have found 4 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Benfica are traveling soon after this match as the Champions League match at Inter awaits in four days.
Benfica has scored {6 goals} so far and conceded {0 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Porto form and stats
Porto are yet to lose a point on their Liga Portugal travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.
Impressive finishing from Jaime and Eustaquio secured the home win 2-1 against Gil Vicente in their previous game. Late drama in the previous game, when Eustaquio scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Gil Vicente. Eustaquio got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, top player of the team. Eustaquio scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 50 successful passes (of 60 total).
Previously, the Champions League victory away at Shakhtar Donetsk. We have checked recent matches where Porto have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Porto are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Benfica wins - draws - Porto wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 8 red cards from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  Á. Di María Hernández 4 goals |  R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva 3 goals |  P. Musa 3 goals |
Benfica missing players
Porto missing players
| Benfica | Porto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 83% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.8 | 10 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7.7 | 8.5 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.3 | 4 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 5 | 3.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18.5 | 25 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.3 | 16.5 |
| 7 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| 38% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 36% | 31% |
| 10.3 | 8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 8.3 | 9.2 |
| 3.2 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
- All of Benfica's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benfica have scored in all their matches so far.
- Benfica have the most scored goals (16) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the the best goal difference (+9) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have won all their matches at home so far.
- Benfica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Benfica have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Benfica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Porto have scored in all their matches so far.
- Porto have the most points from losing position (7) in Liga Portugal
- Porto have won all their away games so far.
- Porto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Porto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Porto is in the best form (5-1-0) in Liga Portugal
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Benfica | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Boavista | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Famalicao | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Sporting Braga | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Casa Pia | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Moreirense | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Farense | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Arouca | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 14 | Vizela | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Estrela Amadora | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
| 17 | Estoril | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 4 |
| 18 | Chaves | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -13 | 1 |
