Benfica cannot look for any pleasantries from hosts Vizela in this Liga Portugal fixture. Here's our complete preview!
- Vizela have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Benfica have the most scored goals (54) in Liga Portugal
Both squads have had time to rest since their last match. Let's have faith in that this will be an enthusiastic fixture!
Vizela form and stats
4-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Liga Portugal numbers at home for Vizela so far this season.
Vizela shared the glory with Gil Vicente in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Buntić, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.01 out of 10 in that game. Buntić saved a penalty.
Before that, Vizela drew at home versus Chaves.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Vizela had similar winning odds as today, and found 5 games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 0 and lost 5. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Vizela lost 3 similar games by at least two goals.
Vizela has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Vizela are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Do Vizela in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.
Benfica form and stats
The strength of Benfica on their travels this season is incredible with 25 points collected from 10 Liga Portugal away games. Benfica has 8-1-1 on the road, with 19 goals scored and 4 conceded. Benfica have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.
The club members enjoyed Benfica's previous fixture versus Boavista (placed 11th), a 3-1 win played at home. Defender Gilberto was the best team player with a rating of 8.75. Gilberto scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and won 3 of 9 duels.
Previously, the Champions League victory away at Club Brugge.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this side's 11 latest league matches have ended with at least three goals.
Benfica has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 10 games. Benfica's manager Schmidt has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {4 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Benfica have not lost in the last 5 games (4-1-0) against Vizela.The fixture lists shows this result when the contenders played each other previously this campaign; Benfica - Vizela 2-1. The games between these sides have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 4 red cards from the last five duels.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Ramos 13 goals |  J. Naval da Costa Eduardo 12 goals |  R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva 6 goals |
Vizela missing players
Benfica missing players
| Vizela | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | 54 |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 95% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 62% | 40% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 76% |
| 38% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 71% |
| 14% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 43% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 24% |
| 38% | 20% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 10% | 33% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 80% | 62% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 4.7 | 5.9 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 7.3 | 8.1 |
| 7 | 5.8 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| 3.5 | 3.1 | 5.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14.2 | 16.9 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 13.2 | 18 |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.9 | 7 |
| 21% | 21% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 39% | 36% |
| 14.9 | 12.9 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6 | 8.5 | 6.8 |
| 4.3 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benfica have scored more than double the goals of Vizela.
- Benfica have the fewest conceded goals (4) away in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most clean sheets (13) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most clean sheets (8) away in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most scored goals (54) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most scored goals in the first half (27) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the the best goal difference (+15) away in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have the the best goal difference (+41) in Liga Portugal
- Benfica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Vizela have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vizela have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 41 | 56 |
| 2 | Porto | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 36 | 51 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 21 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 47 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 49 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 41 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 34 |
| 6 | Casa Pia | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | Arouca | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 30 |
| 8 | Vizela | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Chaves | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 10 | Portimonense | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 26 |
| 11 | Boavista | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 26 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 24 |
| 13 | Famalicao | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 24 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 23 |
| 15 | Estoril | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 22 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | -14 | 15 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -25 | 13 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -22 | 12 |
