Another intriguing game in the Primeira Liga. Benfica is in the 2nd place after featuring in three matches. They host Paços de Ferreira who are placed 17th after three fixtures.
- Benfica have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Primeira Liga
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.
Benfica form and stats
The hosts won their first Primeira Liga game here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Benfica last season were 10 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses from 17 games.
The Benfica goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 360 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primeira Liga.
A strong away win for Benfica against Boavista the last match, as Mário (2) and Morato were on target. Midfielder Mário was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.82 (out of ten) in that game. Mário scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).
A victory at home ahead of that match, as anticipated. The team were huge favourites against Dynamo Kyiv and won 3-0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Primeira Liga game versus Vizela in only four days. This game is also played here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
Benfica has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Paços de Ferreira have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Primeira Liga were 4 victories, 5 draws and 8 defeats from 17 fixtures. It's a growing despair in Paços de Ferreira as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Ferreira aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 450 league minutes without a goal. Silva was the last player to find the net.
The manager Peixoto was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Estádio da Capital do Móvel. Paços de Ferreira suffered a 0-3 loss to Estoril (placed 5th).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Portimonense.As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Paços de Ferreira's match history for similar games we find 4 matches. The home team won 3 of these as expected, 2 of them by at least two goals. Paços de Ferreira managed 1 draw and 0 surprise wins.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Paços de Ferreira manager Peixoto as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Boavista.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Paços de Ferreira has managed 0 goals and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
The 10 latest meetings featuring these opponents have all finished as Benfica victories. Will history repeat itself?Top Goalscorers
  João Mário 2 goals |  R. Silva 2 goals |  G. Moraes Junior 1 goals |
Benfica missing players
Paços de Ferreira missing players
| Benfica | Paços de Ferreira | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 7.7 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8 | 6.7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16.3 | 20 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 12 |
| 4.3 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 62% | 57% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.3 | 2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 14.7 |
| 1.3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5 |
- Benfica have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Primeira Liga
- Benfica have the most clean sheets (3) in Primeira Liga
| Benfica | Last season | Paços de Ferreira | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 78 | 36 | Scored | S | 10 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Conceded | C | 22 | 44 | ||
| 97% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 85% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 59% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 24% | 32% | ||
| 38% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 6% | 12% | ||
| 18% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 3% | ||
| 59% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 29% | 44% | ||
| 35% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 35% | 29% | ||
| 9% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 38% | ||
| 6.6 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 15.8 | 18.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.2 | ||
| 39% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 27% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.9 | 14.4 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 2 | Benfica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| 3 | Portimonense | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| 5 | Estoril | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Chaves | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Arouca | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Boavista | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | Casa Pia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Vizela | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Sporting CP | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Rio Ave | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 1 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 0 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | -11 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 86 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 64 | 91 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 73 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 50 | 85 |
| 3 | Benfica | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 78 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 14 | 48 | 74 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 31 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 65 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 47 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 51 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 41 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 48 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 38 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 31 | -16 | 40 |
| 8 | Famalicao | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 45 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 30 | -6 | 39 |
| 9 | Estoril | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 43 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 39 |
| 10 | Maritimo | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 44 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -5 | 38 |
| 11 | Paços de Ferreira | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 44 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 38 |
| 12 | Boavista | 34 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 39 | 52 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 32 | -13 | 38 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 45 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -14 | 38 |
| 14 | Vizela | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 37 | -21 | 33 |
| 15 | Arouca | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 54 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 25 | -24 | 31 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -18 | 29 |
| 17 | Tondela | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 41 | 67 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 34 | -26 | 28 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 34 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 | -32 | 26 |
