Early betting lines indicate Benfica advantage hosting Santa Clara at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Tue 23.June
Match begins: 18:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (64642 seats)

It's advantage Benfica so far with their 1st position in the Primeira Liga table, welcoming Santa Clara who are placed 8th.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Benfica form and stats

Benfica, who have the most scored goals (56) in Primeira Liga, have performed here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season with 9 wins from 13 Primeira Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Benfica enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Rio Ave's place. The match ended 2-1 with Haris Seferović and Julian Weigl scoring. 2-2 away at Portimonense before that.

Goals decide football matches and Benfica are scoring many of them at home; 28 on target from 13 league matches. From these home matches, Benfica have conceded only 7 goals.

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Santa Clara form and stats

Playing away, Santa Clara have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Primeira Liga this season. Visiting Santa has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

There were no winners in Santa's previous match, a Primeira Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Portimonense (placed 17th). Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Vitória FC.

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 Santa we find three games. Results are zero Santa Clara wins, zero draws and three defeats.

The visitors have scored 12 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Santa have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Santa Clara - Benfica 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's three Benfica victories, zero draws and zero Santa Clara wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaL. Fernandes
L. Fernandes
15 goals
BenficaC. Alves Morais
C. Alves Morais
15 goals
BenficaR. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
5 goals

Benfica missing players

Santa Clara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Benfica Santa Clara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 3 13 27
20 9 2 Won W 1 4 9
4 2 1 Drew D 0 5 8
3 2 0 Lost L 2 4 10
56 28 4 Scored S 1 12 25
17 7 1 Conceded C 4 13 31
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 93%
78% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 62% 67%
48% 46% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 23% 30%
33% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 15%
15% 15% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
37% 23% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 41%
56% 62% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 33%
11% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 31% 33%
 
7.3 9.2 11 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 5.4 5.8
4 3.4 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.3 6.7 5.5
2.1 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.4 2.3
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
411 223 53 Total Shots T S 19 101 312
132 72 15 Shots on Target S O 7 33 92
42% 39% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 36% 27%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Benfica has the fewest conceded goals (17)
  • Benfica has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8)
  • Benfica has the most points from losing position (14)
  • Benfica has the most scored goals (28) at home
  • Benfica has the most scored goals (56)
  • Benfica has the most scored goals in the second half (36)
  • Benfica has the the best goal difference (+39)
  • 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 won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Benfica have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Benfica 27 20 4 3 56 17 13 9 2 2 28 7 14 11 2 1 28 10 39 64
2 Porto 27 20 4 3 52 18 13 11 1 1 27 6 14 9 3 2 25 12 34 64
3 Sporting CP 27 15 4 8 42 28 14 10 0 4 22 12 13 5 4 4 20 16 14 49
4 Sporting Braga 27 14 5 8 43 30 13 7 3 3 22 16 14 7 2 5 21 14 13 47
5 Famalicão 27 12 8 7 43 42 14 7 4 3 25 22 13 5 4 4 18 20 1 44
6 Rio Ave 27 11 8 8 36 28 14 4 5 5 19 17 13 7 3 3 17 11 8 41
7 Vitória SC 27 10 10 7 44 29 14 6 4 4 23 13 13 4 6 3 21 16 15 40
8 Boavista 27 9 8 10 23 25 14 4 4 6 14 15 13 5 4 4 9 10 -2 35
9 Santa Clara 27 9 8 10 25 31 14 5 3 6 13 18 13 4 5 4 12 13 -6 35
10 Moreirense 27 8 10 9 36 34 13 6 3 4 20 16 14 2 7 5 16 18 2 34
11 Gil Vicente 27 7 9 11 27 35 13 4 6 3 16 16 14 3 3 8 11 19 -8 30
12 Vitória FC 27 6 12 9 21 33 13 3 7 3 9 13 14 3 5 6 12 20 -12 30
13 Belenenses 27 8 6 13 23 41 13 4 3 6 10 20 14 4 3 7 13 21 -18 30
14 Tondela 27 7 8 12 22 32 13 2 5 6 9 15 14 5 3 6 13 17 -10 29
15 Marítimo 27 6 10 11 25 35 14 4 6 4 19 18 13 2 4 7 6 17 -10 28
16 Paços de Ferreira 27 8 4 15 23 38 14 5 2 7 12 15 13 3 2 8 11 23 -15 28
17 Portimonense 27 3 12 12 20 37 13 2 7 4 11 14 14 1 5 8 9 23 -17 21
18 Desportivo Aves 27 4 2 21 23 51 14 3 1 10 11 21 13 1 1 11 12 30 -28 14

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benfica 27 20 4 3 56 17 13 9 2 2 28 7 14 11 2 1 28 10 39 64
2 Porto 27 20 4 3 52 18 13 11 1 1 27 6 14 9 3 2 25 12 34 64
3 Sporting CP 27 15 4 8 42 28 14 10 0 4 22 12 13 5 4 4 20 16 14 49
4 Sporting Braga 27 14 5 8 43 30 13 7 3 3 22 16 14 7 2 5 21 14 13 47
5 Famalicão 27 12 8 7 43 42 14 7 4 3 25 22 13 5 4 4 18 20 1 44
6 Rio Ave 27 11 8 8 36 28 14 4 5 5 19 17 13 7 3 3 17 11 8 41
7 Vitória SC 27 10 10 7 44 29 14 6 4 4 23 13 13 4 6 3 21 16 15 40
8 Boavista 27 9 8 10 23 25 14 4 4 6 14 15 13 5 4 4 9 10 -2 35
9 Santa Clara 27 9 8 10 25 31 14 5 3 6 13 18 13 4 5 4 12 13 -6 35
10 Moreirense 27 8 10 9 36 34 13 6 3 4 20 16 14 2 7 5 16 18 2 34
11 Gil Vicente 27 7 9 11 27 35 13 4 6 3 16 16 14 3 3 8 11 19 -8 30
12 Vitória FC 27 6 12 9 21 33 13 3 7 3 9 13 14 3 5 6 12 20 -12 30
13 Belenenses 27 8 6 13 23 41 13 4 3 6 10 20 14 4 3 7 13 21 -18 30
14 Tondela 27 7 8 12 22 32 13 2 5 6 9 15 14 5 3 6 13 17 -10 29
15 Marítimo 27 6 10 11 25 35 14 4 6 4 19 18 13 2 4 7 6 17 -10 28
16 Paços de Ferreira 27 8 4 15 23 38 14 5 2 7 12 15 13 3 2 8 11 23 -15 28
17 Portimonense 27 3 12 12 20 37 13 2 7 4 11 14 14 1 5 8 9 23 -17 21
18 Desportivo Aves 27 4 2 21 23 51 14 3 1 10 11 21 13 1 1 11 12 30 -28 14

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The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.