Benfica and Paços de Ferreira are both riding high in the Primeira Liga with their 2nd and 5th positions respectively. Expect a great game!
- Benfica have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Paços de Ferreira have scored away.
Benfica have less rest than Paços de Ferreira in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lech Poznań, was also a home game here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The away team is better rested.
Benfica form and stats
3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Benfica so far this season.
Benfica's last game was hosting Lech Poznań and winning 4-0. A strong away win before that one, visiting Maritimo and winning 2-1.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Benfica played a great game against Lech Poznań and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Benfica are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found three matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew zero and lost one.
There will be little rest for Benfica after this match as they are travelling to Standard Liège for a Europa League game in only four days.
The Benfica manager J. Pinheiro de Jesus has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league. On the other hand, Benfica have conceded 5 goals.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Paços de Ferreira in their Primeira Liga matches away.
192 minutes! That's how long the Paços de Ferreira goalkeeper Jordi Martins Almeida and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
It's the second away game in a row for Ferreira, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Moreirense (placed 13th) in the Primeira Liga last time out. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Famalicao.
You'll want to know how Ferreira managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in one away win, zero draws and zero home wins.
The visitors have scored 3 goals from 4 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Ferreira as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Benfica-Paços de Ferreira H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Benfica nine wins, Paços de Ferreira zero wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  H. Seferović 6 goals |  G. Waldschmidt 4 goals |  L. Fernandes 2 goals |
Benfica missing players
Paços de Ferreira missing players
| Benfica | Paços de Ferreira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.2 | 17 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 15.5 | 13.8 |
| 5.6 | 7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 42% | 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 28% |
- All of Benfica's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Paços de Ferreira have scored away.
- Benfica have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Benfica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Paços de Ferreira 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 22 |
| 2 | Benfica | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Porto | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Paços de Ferreira | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Nacional | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 10 |
| 10 | Famalicao | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 9 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Tondela | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | Maritimo | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Boavista | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Farense | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 5 |