The guesting Benfica side should be the strongest party at Portimonense, as the away side own a 46 point edge from their 31 league fixtures this season.
- Benfica have the most scored goals (72) in Liga Portugal
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Portimonense form and stats
The story so far in the Liga Portugal for Portimonense at their home stadium (Estádio Municipal de Portimão) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Portimonense shared the glory with Casa Pia in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Rochez was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Casa Pia after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Pedrão was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.4 out of 10. The defender Pedrão won 8 of 10 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-4 away at Sporting Braga.Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Portimonense have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 0 and lost 5 from 5 games. 3 defeats by at least two goals.
Low-scoring affair? In this team's last 10 league matches, 8 have seen two goals or less.
Portimonense have scored {13 league goals} here from 15 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Portimonense have conceded only 14 goals.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica have an excellent away record in the Liga Portugal so far with 12-1-2 from 15 games.
The Benfica goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 270 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Benfica are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Sporting Braga (placed 3rd). Chiquinho got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, top player of the team. Chiquinho hit one key pass and had 46 successful passes (of 50 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Gil Vicente.As mentioned earlier, Benfica will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 11 wins (5 by two or more goals winning margin), 1 draw and 1 surprising defeat.
Highlight this: 12 of the last 15 league matches involving this club have ended with only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).
Benfica has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 27 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Benfica are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {5 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
The records show that this isn''t the first time these teams meet this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Benfica - Portimonense 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for Portimonense, one draw and seven wins for Benfica. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Naval da Costa Eduardo 17 goals |  G. Ramos 17 goals |  R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva 7 goals |
Portimonense missing players
Benfica missing players
| Portimonense | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 15 | 27 | 72 |
| 40 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 48% | 47% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 71% |
| 35% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 40% | 58% |
| 16% | 7% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 7% | 32% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 19% |
| 32% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 7% | 29% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 80% | 65% |
| 45% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 |
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 7.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.2 |
| 3 | 3.4 | 3.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.1 | 13.3 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.4 | 14.3 | 17.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.6 | 5.5 | 6.5 |
| 22% | 22% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 33% | 36% |
| 15.8 | 14.4 | 18.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 8.8 | 7 |
| 5.7 | 4.9 | 7.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benfica have scored more than double the goals of Portimonense.
- Benfica have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most clean sheets (12) away in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most clean sheets (20) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most points (37) away in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most scored goals (72) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most scored goals in the first half (35) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most scored goals in the second half (37) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the the best goal difference (+22) away in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the the best goal difference (+55) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 72 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 55 | 80 |
| 2 | Porto | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 63 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 44 | 73 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 31 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 66 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 18 | 40 | 71 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 61 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 33 | 64 |
| 5 | Arouca | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 48 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -7 | 44 |
| 7 | Famalicao | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -5 | 42 |
| 8 | Casa Pia | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -7 | 40 |
| 9 | Chaves | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 40 |
| 10 | Boavista | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 49 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 29 | -12 | 40 |
| 11 | Vizela | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 39 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -4 | 38 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 31 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 34 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 31 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 26 | -11 | 31 |
| 15 | Estoril | 31 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 23 | -20 | 28 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 27 | 56 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 35 | -29 | 22 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 52 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 24 | -29 | 20 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 31 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 50 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 21 | -28 | 19 |
