Benfica massive favourites before trip to Vizela

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Vizela (3500 seats)

Vizela confront Benfica for kudos and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • Benfica have the most scored goals (11) in Liga Portugal

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Vizela form and stats

Only two Liga Portugal home games for Vizela so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

A nice win for Vizela last time playing, versus Gil Vicente. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Pereira scoring for the victors. Finally, a league win after three matches without. Anderson was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.05 out of 10. The defender Anderson hit one key pass and won 2 of 4 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Vitoria Guimaraes.

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 Vizela have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 0 and lost 6 from 6 games. 4 defeats by at least two goals.

Vizela has scored {3 goals} so far and conceded {2 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Benfica form and stats

Things could have gone better for Benfica in their Liga Portugal away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Benfica are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the match against Vitoria Guimaraes (placed 5th). As you can tell from the results above, Benfica was very dominant against Vitoria Guimaraes, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Kökçü, María and Aursnes providing the goals. Defender Aursnes was the best team player with a rating of 9.14. Aursnes scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 10 of 14 duels.

Prior to that result Benfica won their away game at Gil Vicente. The scoreline was 3-2.

A quick return to home after this game, as Benfica are hosting Salzburg in the Champions League only four days away.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Benfica has managed {5 goals} and let in 5 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Benfica have pulled off a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (5-1-0) when playing Vizela.

The games between these teams have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last six encounters.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaR. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
3 goals
BenficaÁ. Di María Hernández
Á. Di María Hernández
3 goals
VizelaS. Essende
S. Essende
2 goals

Vizela missing players

Benfica missing players

Vizela Benfica
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
5 3 0 Scored S 0 5 11
7 2 0 Conceded C 0 5 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 75%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
25% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.2 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 7
4.2 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 2 2.5
2.5 3.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.5 3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.2 17.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14.5 19.8
5.8 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 6 7.2
22% 21% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 42% 38%
 
12 8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.5 9.8
3.2 1.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5.5 3.2
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • Benfica have the most scored goals (11) in Liga Portugal
  • Benfica have the the best goal difference (+6) in Liga Portugal
Vizela Last season Benfica
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
11 5   Won W   13 28
7 4   Drew D   2 3
16 8   Lost L   2 3
34 18   Scored S   34 82
38 19   Conceded C   8 20
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
62% 59%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 74%
41% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 62%
15% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 35%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 21%
35% 35%   BTTS BTTS   18% 32%
32% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   71% 62%
38% 47%   Failed to Score F T   18% 9%
 
5 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   8 8
6.1 5.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 3.4
3 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.9
5 3   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12.4 14.3   Shots (avg) S (   15.2 17.4
4.6 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.8 6.5
22% 21%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 37%
 
14.1 12.9   Shots against (avg) S A   8.9 7.3
4.3 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.8 2.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Boavista 4 3 1 0 10 5 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 5 10
2 Sporting CP 4 3 1 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 10
3 Porto 4 3 1 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 10
4 Benfica 4 3 0 1 11 5 2 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 0 1 5 5 6 9
5 Vitoria Guimaraes 4 3 0 1 5 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 0 9
6 Sporting Braga 4 2 1 1 9 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 7 4 2 7
7 Famalicão 4 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
8 Arouca 4 1 3 0 8 7 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 6
9 Casa Pia 4 1 2 1 6 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 5
10 Moreirense 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 0 0 2 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 -1 4
11 Rio Ave 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 4
12 Vizela 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 5 -2 4
13 Estrela Amadora 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 4
14 Gil Vicente 4 1 0 3 8 6 2 1 0 1 7 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 3
15 Farense 4 1 0 3 6 6 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 3
16 Estoril 4 1 0 3 7 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 4 6 -1 3
17 Portimonense 4 0 2 2 3 11 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 6 -8 2
18 Chaves 4 0 0 4 3 13 2 0 0 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 7 -10 0
Last season 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 34 28 3 3 82 20 17 15 1 1 48 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 62 87
2 Porto 34 27 4 3 73 22 17 15 0 2 44 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 51 85
3 Sporting Braga 34 25 3 6 75 30 17 13 2 2 40 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 45 78
4 Sporting CP 34 23 5 6 71 32 17 13 2 2 42 12 17 10 3 4 29 20 39 74
5 Arouca 34 15 9 10 36 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 17 5 7 5 14 20 -1 54
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 16 5 13 34 39 17 10 3 4 18 12 17 6 2 9 16 27 -5 53
7 Chaves 34 12 10 12 35 40 17 6 5 6 20 21 17 6 5 6 15 19 -5 46
8 Famalicão 34 13 5 16 39 47 17 9 1 7 21 19 17 4 4 9 18 28 -8 44
9 Boavista 34 12 8 14 43 54 17 8 6 3 23 21 17 4 2 11 20 33 -11 44
10 Casa Pia 34 11 8 15 31 40 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 5 3 9 13 23 -9 41
11 Vizela 34 11 7 16 34 38 17 5 4 8 18 19 17 6 3 8 16 19 -4 40
12 Rio Ave 34 10 10 14 36 43 17 8 3 6 18 14 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 40
13 Gil Vicente 34 10 7 17 32 41 17 6 6 5 15 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -9 37
14 Estoril 34 10 5 19 33 49 17 7 2 8 20 24 17 3 3 11 13 25 -16 35
15 Portimonense 34 10 4 20 25 48 17 6 3 8 14 21 17 4 1 12 11 27 -23 34
16 Maritimo 34 7 5 22 32 63 17 6 3 8 21 23 17 1 2 14 11 40 -31 26
17 Pacos de Ferreira 34 6 5 23 26 62 17 3 2 12 13 33 17 3 3 11 13 29 -36 23
18 Santa Clara 34 5 7 22 26 58 17 4 5 8 18 29 17 1 2 14 8 29 -32 22

Read more about Liga Portugal

The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.