Struggling Famalicão U23 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Benfica U23 in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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!
Famalicão U23 are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture.
Famalicão U23 form and stats
With {2 Liga Revelacao U23 wins}, 7 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Famalicão U23, who have the most conceded goals (51) in Liga Revelacao U23, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The home team returns after being equal after 90 minutes with Feirense U23 (placed 16th) on their last time out; the Liga Revelacao U23 game ended 2-2. Preceding that match was the home game against Belenenses U23 that was lost 1-2.
The Famalicão U23 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. Famalicão U23 have conceded 23 from these games.
Benfica U23 form and stats
Playing away, Benfica U23 have won 7 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the Liga Revelacao U23 this season. Long winning streaks away are a rare occurrence in football, which only makes Benfica U23's record of four away victories in a row even more impressive. They last lost points away in the Estoril U23 game.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Liga Revelacao U23 home defeat versus Maritimo U23 with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result Benfica U23 won their away game at Sporting CP U23. The scoreline was 2-1.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Portimonense U23 in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Benfica U23's attacking play in away games, having scored 24 goals in 13 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (11 so far).
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Benfica U23 - Famalicão U23 2-0.Famalicão U23 missing players
Benfica U23 missing players
| Famalicão U23 | Benfica U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 11 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | 15 | 4 | Scored | S | 13 | 24 | 48 |
| 51 | 23 | 11 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| 85% | 71% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 93% |
| 70% | 57% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 69% | 78% |
| 59% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 62% | 56% |
| 41% | 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 38% | 26% |
| 22% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 11% |
| 59% | 57% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 46% | 56% |
| 19% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 38% | 33% |
| 37% | 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 19% |
| 5 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6 | 6 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 7.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 210 | 114 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 56 | 135 | 304 |
| 92 | 52 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 52 | 134 |
| 30% | 27% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 62% | 46% | 36% |
- Benfica U23 has the most scored goals in the second half (29)
- Benfica U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Benfica U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Famalicão U23 has the most conceded goals (51)
| 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 | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 55 |
| 3 | Sporting CP U23 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 22 | 49 |
| 4 | Deportivo Aves U23 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 39 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 44 |
| 5 | Estoril U23 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 43 |
| 6 | Belenenses U23 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 43 |
| 7 | Sporting Braga U23 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 42 |
| 8 | Maritimo U23 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -5 | 34 |
| 9 | Portimonense U23 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 26 | -4 | 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 | Vitória Setúbal U23 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 23 | -12 | 31 |
| 12 | Vitoria Guimaraes U23 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -17 | 28 |
| 13 | Cova da Piedade U23 | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Académica U23 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -11 | 21 |
| 15 | Famalicão U23 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | -22 | 20 |
| 16 | Feirense U23 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 50 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -23 | 18 |