Soccer match preview: Benfica confident before travelling to Belenenses

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Mon 08.March
Match begins: 20:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Nacional (37593 seats)

Belenenses will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 20 points behind Benfica.

Insights:
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (13) in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Primeira Liga

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Taça De Portugal.

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Belenenses form and stats

Belenenses, who have the fewest scored goals (13) in Primeira Liga, have collected 14 points from their Primeira Liga home games so far after 3-5-3.

Belenenses drew their last game, 2-2 away at Moreirense (placed 8th). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Nacional.

Belenenses have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. Belenenses have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Benfica form and stats

As the visiting team in Primeira Liga matches, Benfica have produced an overall stat of 4-4-2 so far. Benfica has drawn their two previous away games.

230 minutes! That's how long the Benfica goalkeeper Helton Brant Aleixo Leite and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

The supporters enjoyed Benfica's previous game versus Estoril, a Taça De Portugal 2-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Rio Ave in the Primeira Liga.

Benfica has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Benfica are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Benfica - Belenenses 2-0, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Belenenses, two draws and seven wins for Benfica. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaH. Seferović
H. Seferović
9 goals
BenficaG. Waldschmidt
G. Waldschmidt
6 goals
BelenensesZ. Cassierra Cabezas
Z. Cassierra Cabezas
4 goals

Belenenses missing players

Benfica missing players

Belenenses Benfica
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 5 Played P 3 10 21
4 3 1 Won W 1 4 12
10 5 2 Drew D 2 4 6
7 3 2 Lost L 0 2 3
13 10 4 Scored S 5 15 35
18 10 6 Conceded C 2 9 17
67% 73% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
52% 73% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 86%
24% 36% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 40% 38%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 14%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 14%
33% 55% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 48%
43% 36% 20% Clean Sheets C S 33% 30% 43%
57% 36% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 2.7 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.7 2.1
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.4 11.1 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12.7 11.4 14
3.1 3.9 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.1 4.9
20% 23% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 37% 34%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Belenenses have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals (13) in Primeira Liga
  • Belenenses have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Benfica have scored more than double the goals of Belenenses.
  • Benfica have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Primeira Liga

  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 21 17 4 0 42 10 10 8 2 0 20 5 11 9 2 0 22 5 32 55
2 Sporting Braga 21 15 1 5 39 21 10 8 1 1 18 8 11 7 0 4 21 13 18 46
3 Porto 21 13 6 2 45 22 11 7 3 1 23 11 10 6 3 1 22 11 23 45
4 Benfica 21 12 6 3 35 17 11 8 2 1 20 8 10 4 4 2 15 9 18 42
5 Pacos de Ferreira 21 11 5 5 28 20 10 7 2 1 16 8 11 4 3 4 12 12 8 38
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 21 10 5 6 27 22 11 5 1 5 13 16 10 5 4 1 14 6 5 35
7 Santa Clara 21 8 4 9 23 23 10 3 2 5 10 11 11 5 2 4 13 12 0 28
8 Moreirense 21 6 8 7 20 26 11 3 6 2 14 15 10 3 2 5 6 11 -6 26
9 Tondela 21 7 3 11 22 34 11 7 2 2 13 9 10 0 1 9 9 25 -12 24
10 Belenenses 21 4 10 7 13 18 11 3 5 3 10 10 10 1 5 4 3 8 -5 22
11 Rio Ave 21 5 7 9 16 25 10 3 3 4 9 10 11 2 4 5 7 15 -9 22
12 Nacional 21 5 6 10 20 28 11 3 3 5 14 17 10 2 3 5 6 11 -8 21
13 Portimonense 21 5 5 11 18 26 10 4 3 3 11 8 11 1 2 8 7 18 -8 20
14 Farense 21 4 7 10 22 29 11 3 4 4 14 13 10 1 3 6 8 16 -7 19
15 Gil Vicente 21 5 4 12 16 27 10 3 2 5 8 10 11 2 2 7 8 17 -11 19
16 Famalicao 21 4 7 10 18 32 11 1 5 5 9 19 10 3 2 5 9 13 -14 19
17 Maritimo 21 5 3 13 19 30 10 2 2 6 7 14 11 3 1 7 12 16 -11 18
18 Boavista 21 3 9 9 21 34 10 2 2 6 7 16 11 1 7 3 14 18 -13 18

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.