It's looking great for Benfica so far this season, with the 3rd place in the Primeira Liga table and hosting Santa Clara (who are sitting at 10th).
- Benfica have the most scored goals (56) in Primeira Liga
- Benfica have scored more than double the goals of Santa Clara.
Both squads have had adequate rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's wish for an animated fixture!
Benfica form and stats
The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Benfica at their home stadium (Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica) is 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
A strong away win for Benfica against Tondela the last match, as Ramos, Núñez and Everton were on target. Everton (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.01/10. Everton scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, signed up for two assists and hit four key passes.
Before that game, the home loss against Gil Vicente with the scoreline 1-2.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 twelve matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew three and lost zero.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (25 in 10 games), Benfica's attacking play is working. Benfica have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Santa Clara form and stats
Santa Clara have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 1-3-6 (10 played).
Santa are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Gil Vicente (placed 5th). Midfield player Cryzan was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.13/10. Cryzan scored one goal and hit two key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Boavista.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Santa Clara played away with similar odds. This revealed seven games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected six times.
The visiting Santa Clara have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 10 games.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also met each other earlier on this campaign: Santa Clara - Benfica 0-5. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's five Benfica victories, one draw and one Santa Clara win. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Núñez Ribeiro 16 goals |  R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva 7 goals |  R. Yaremchuk 6 goals |
Benfica missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Benfica | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 21 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 56 | 25 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 19 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 20 | 39 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 90% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 62% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 67% |
| 48% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 30% | 33% |
| 24% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 62% | 70% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 62% |
| 33% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 5% | 10% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 6.6 | 7 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 15.7 | 18.1 | 21.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12 | 11.6 |
| 6.2 | 6.2 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 43% | 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 33% |
| 9.1 | 8.2 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 10.2 | 11.1 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 1.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
- All of Santa Clara's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benfica have scored more than double the goals of Santa Clara.
- Benfica have the most scored goals (56) in Primeira Liga
- Benfica have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Primeira Liga
- Benfica have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Benfica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santa Clara 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 | Porto | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 41 | 59 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 28 | 53 |
| 3 | Benfica | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 56 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 37 | 47 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 38 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Estoril | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 27 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -5 | 25 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -14 | 24 |
| 11 | Vizela | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | -12 | 23 |
| 12 | Pacos de Ferreira | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 21 |
| 13 | Boavista | 21 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 20 |
| 14 | Tondela | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -14 | 20 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Arouca | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -19 | 18 |
| 17 | Famalicao | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -14 | 17 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 21 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -28 | 12 |
