The visiting Benfica U23 side should be favourites in this visit to Vitória Guimarães U23, as the away team holds a 21 point advantage from their 18 league games this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Vitória Guimarães U23 form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Liga Revelacao U23 this season. Vitória Guimarães U23 have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from their games here.
A good away victory last time out for Vitória Guimarães U23, who won 1-0 against Sporting CP U23 (placed 1st). Before that game, the home loss against Feirense U23 with the scoreline 0-2.
Vitória Guimarães U23 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 9 games. Vitória Guimarães U23 have conceded 17 from these games.
Benfica U23 form and stats
2-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Benfica U23 in their Liga Revelacao U23 matches away.
The Benfica U23 goalkeeper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 194 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two travels in a row for Benfica U23, whose manager Jorge Maciel could celebrate last time after the Liga Revelacao U23 win against Feirense U23. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Belenenses U23 that ended 0-0.
As mentioned above, Benfica U23 was the only team on the pitch versus Feirense U23 in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
Benfica U23 find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far).
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Benfica U23 - Vitória Guimarães U23 4-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last three meetings): Vitória Guimarães U23 won 0 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Benfica U23 has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 1Vitória Guimarães U23 missing players
Benfica U23 missing players
| Vitória Guimarães U23 | Benfica U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 10 | 31 |
| 31 | 17 | 9 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 89% |
| 72% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 57% | 72% |
| 44% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 43% | 50% |
| 28% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 43% | 28% |
| 11% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 50% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 56% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 43% | 39% |
| 39% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 17% |
| 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 2.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 154 | 71 | 23 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 73 | 209 |
| 64 | 35 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 27 | 94 |
| 27% | 26% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 37% | 33% |
- Benfica U23 has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
- Benfica U23 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Vitória Guimarães U23 has the fewest scored goals (17)
- Vitória Guimarães U23 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Vitória Guimarães U23 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP U23 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 23 | 39 |
| 2 | Benfica U23 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 38 |
| 3 | Rio Ave U23 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Belenenses U23 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Deportivo Aves U23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 28 |
| 6 | Estoril U23 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 7 | Sporting Braga U23 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Leixões U23 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | Marítimo U23 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 22 |
| 10 | Cova da Piedade U23 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 11 | Vitória Setúbal U23 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 20 |
| 12 | Portimonense U23 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -8 | 19 |
| 13 | Vitória Guimarães U23 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 17 |
| 14 | Feirense U23 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 16 |
| 15 | Academica U23 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Famalicao U23 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -17 | 8 |