Liga Revelacao U23 match preview: Benfica U23 versus Portimonense U23

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Competition: Portugal Liga Revelacao U23
Date: Fri 31.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Caixa Futebol Campus (2708 seats)

Benfica U23 perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Portimonense U23 can look both up and down from their 9th position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Portimonense U23 are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Benfica U23 form and stats

Benfica U23, who have the the best goal difference (+23) in Liga Revelacao U23, are steadily winning Liga Revelacao U23 games and points here at Caixa Futebol Campus. 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games.

The Benfica U23 fans got no joy from their last match, a Liga Revelacao U23 game also here at Caixa Futebol Campus: A 0-2 defeat against Maritimo U23 (placed 8th). In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Sporting CP U23.

Benfica U23 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Caixa Futebol Campus with 24 goals in 14 league matches. Benfica U23's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Portimonense U23 form and stats

Playing away, Portimonense U23, who have the most conceded goals (52) in Liga Revelacao U23, have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 6 defeats in the Liga Revelacao U23 this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Liga Revelacao U23 home defeat versus Feirense U23 with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Belenenses U23 at their stadium, the result 2-1.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Portimonense U23 manager as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Maritimo U23.

Portimonense U23 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 13 away games so far. Portimonense U23 have conceded 26 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Portimonense U23 - Benfica U23 1-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Numbers for the last three meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Benfica U23, 1 draw and 1 win for Portimonense U23. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 0 games.

Benfica U23 missing players

Portimonense U23 missing players

Benfica U23 Portimonense U23
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 4 13 27
17 10 2 Won W 0 5 9
6 2 1 Drew D 0 2 6
4 2 1 Lost L 4 6 12
48 24 4 Scored S 5 23 47
25 14 4 Conceded C 11 26 52
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
78% 86% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 89%
56% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 85% 85%
26% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 46% 52%
11% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 38% 22%
56% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 85% 85%
33% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 11%
19% 7% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 15% 7%
 
6 6.1 6 Corners For (avg) C F 5.2 3.4 4.8
5.7 6 6.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.8 5.5 5.7
2.1 1.9 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.5 2.5
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 6
 
304 169 40 Total Shots T S 36 129 286
134 82 14 Shots on Target S O 13 57 130
36% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 40% 36%
Key stats in Liga Revelacao U23 this season:
  • Benfica U23 has the most points (32) at home
  • Benfica U23 has the most scored goals in the second half (29)
  • Benfica U23 has the the best goal difference (+23)
  • Benfica U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Portimonense U23 has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
  • Portimonense U23 has the most conceded goals (52)
  • Portimonense U23 has the most dropped points from leading position (27)
  • Portimonense U23 has the most matches over the total-line (23)
  • Portimonense U23 have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 U23 27 17 6 4 48 25 14 10 2 2 24 14 13 7 4 2 24 11 23 57
2 Rio Ave U23 28 16 7 5 47 25 14 9 2 3 21 13 14 7 5 2 26 12 22 55
3 Sporting CP U23 28 15 4 9 50 31 14 7 2 5 21 16 14 8 2 4 29 15 19 49
4 Estoril U23 28 13 8 7 46 29 14 9 3 2 28 12 14 4 5 5 18 17 17 47
5 Deportivo Aves U23 27 14 5 8 44 39 14 10 1 3 24 16 13 4 4 5 20 23 5 47
6 Sporting Braga U23 28 12 9 7 31 23 14 9 2 3 22 14 14 3 7 4 9 9 8 45
7 Belenenses U23 27 13 4 10 37 29 14 7 2 5 20 16 13 6 2 5 17 13 8 43
8 Maritimo U23 27 9 8 10 35 40 13 7 3 3 21 14 14 2 5 7 14 26 -5 35
9 Portimonense U23 27 9 6 12 47 52 14 4 4 6 24 26 13 5 2 6 23 26 -5 33
10 Leixoes U23 26 7 11 8 29 29 12 4 7 1 14 7 14 3 4 7 15 22 0 32
11 Vitoria Setubal U23 28 9 4 15 36 49 14 6 3 5 20 24 14 3 1 10 16 25 -13 31
12 Vitoria Guimaraes U23 28 8 7 13 28 44 14 4 4 6 15 25 14 4 3 7 13 19 -16 31
13 Cova da Piedade U23 27 6 12 9 32 36 12 2 5 5 16 19 15 4 7 4 16 17 -4 30
14 Academica U23 28 4 9 15 30 45 14 1 6 7 12 19 14 3 3 8 18 26 -15 21
15 Feirense U23 27 4 9 14 29 51 14 1 7 6 16 27 13 3 2 8 13 24 -22 21
16 Famalicao U23 27 3 11 13 29 51 14 2 7 5 15 23 13 1 4 8 14 28 -22 20

Read more about Liga Revelacao U23

The Campeonato Nacional de Sub-23 (U23) is the under-23 development team league in Portugal. It currently has 14 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 26 fixtures. After that, the top six in the league table play a championship round while the bottom eight play a relegation round.