There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Benfica leading Nacional by 19 points.
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Nacional is in the worst form (1-0-5)
Nacional could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Primeira Liga game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Vitória SC, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Nacional.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica have been outstanding at home so far in the Primeira Liga with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss. There’s a good atmosphere here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica after three straight home wins.
In their previous game, the manager J. Pinheiro de Jesus led his Benfica to a defeat in the League Cup match away at Sporting Braga. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Preceding that game was the away draw at Porto that finished 1-1.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Belenenses are coming to town in three days.
Benfica can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 15 times. 7 goals have been conceded.
Nacional form and stats
Nacional have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 1-1-4 (6 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on L. Batalha Freire, the Nacional manager, as the last three away games were defeats. Three has not been a lucky number for Nacional as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Tondela match.
Nacional are travelling again after losing away to Vitória SC in their previous match (1-3). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Moreirense.
The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Nacional we find four games. Results are zero Nacional wins, zero draws and four defeats.
Nacional are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 6 away games. As opposed to that, Nacional have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Benfica ten wins, zero draws and Nacional zero victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Seferović 7 goals |  G. Waldschmidt 6 goals |   J. Riascos Valencia 4 goals |
Benfica missing players
Nacional missing players
| Benfica | Nacional | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 29 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 64% |
| 57% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 36% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 21% |
| 21% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 57% | 57% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 43% |
| 36% | 43% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 50% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.8 | 16.7 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 8.7 | 10.9 |
| 5.1 | 6.1 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| 40% | 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 18% | 25% |
- All of Benfica's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benfica have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Benfica have scored more than double the goals of Nacional.
- Benfica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Nacional have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Nacional is in the worst form (1-0-5)
| 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 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 36 |
| 2 | Porto | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | Benfica | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Pacos de Ferreira | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Vitória SC | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| 7 | Maritimo | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Santa Clara | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Tondela | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 15 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 13 | Famalicão | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Nacional | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 13 |
| 16 | Farense | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Belenenses | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Boavista | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 11 |