Benfica are enjoying their 3rd, while Paços de Ferreira are loitering 20 points behind in the league table. Can they shorten the gap?
- Benfica have the most scored goals (47) in Primeira Liga
- Benfica have scored more than double the goals of Paços de Ferreira.
Benfica and Paços de Ferreira should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica are steadily winning Primeira Liga games and points here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 7 games.
In their previous game, the manager da Silva Veríssimo led his Benfica to a defeat in the Primeira Liga match away at Porto. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Midfield player Weigl got a match rating of 7.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Weigl had 50 successful passes (of 52 total).
A Taça De Portugal defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Porto.Benfica are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in their league games, having scored an impressive 21 goals in 7 matches. Benfica's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Playing away, Paços de Ferreira have won 2 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the Primeira Liga this season.
The supporters enjoyed Ferreira's previous game versus Santa Clara (placed 14th), a Primeira Liga 2-1 win played at home. Denílson, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.43. Denílson scored two goals.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tondela at their stadium, the result 1-0.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 Paços de Ferreira we find three games. Results are zero Ferreira wins, one draw and two defeats.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Ferreira have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: nine - one - zero (Benfica wins - draws - Paços de Ferreira wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Núñez Ribeiro 13 goals |  R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva 7 goals |  R. Yaremchuk 6 goals |
Benfica missing players
Paços de Ferreira missing players
| Benfica | Paços de Ferreira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 47 | 21 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 15 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 88% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 69% |
| 69% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 38% |
| 56% | 57% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 31% | 29% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 44% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 29% | 31% |
| 6% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 6 | 5.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.1 | 16.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 10.9 | 11 |
| 6.5 | 6.6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| 45% | 46% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 20% | 27% |
| 9.1 | 7.7 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21.5 | 14.4 | 13.9 |
| 3 | 2.6 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8.5 | 5.9 | 5 |
- Benfica have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benfica have scored more than double the goals of Paços de Ferreira.
- Benfica have the most scored goals (47) in Primeira Liga
- Benfica have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Primeira Liga
- Benfica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Paços de Ferreira haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Porto | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 32 | 44 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 23 | 44 |
| 3 | Benfica | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 32 | 37 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 31 |
| 5 | Estoril | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Portimonense | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 24 |
| 7 | Gil Vicente | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 8 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 9 | Marítimo | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Paços de Ferreira | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 11 | Boavista | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | Vizela | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -11 | 16 |
| 13 | Arouca | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -15 | 14 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -18 | 13 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | Tondela | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -13 | 12 |
| 17 | Famalicão | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -11 | 11 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 8 |
