Benfica perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Santa Clara can look both up and down from their 7th position.
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Santa Clara have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Primeira Liga
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Primeira Liga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Portimonense.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica have performed here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season with 10 wins from 14 Primeira Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
A good away victory last time out for Benfica, who won 5-1 against Portimonense (placed 10th). Before that game, the home loss against Gil Vicente with the scoreline 1-2.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Benfica played a great game against Portimonense and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Benfica home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.
The manager J. Pinheiro de Jesus will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Tondela in only four days.
The Benfica fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 14 league matches. Benfica are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 14 matches.
Santa Clara form and stats
The visitors are W5-D2-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga. It's all red in the travel logs of Santa, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Santa aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 180 league minutes without a goal. Ukra was the last player to find the net.
There were no winners in Santa's previous match, a Primeira Liga home game that ended 0-0 vs Moreirense (placed 8th). A 0-1 defeat away at Vitória SC before that.
You'll want to know how Santa managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found six similar matches resulting in one away win, zero draws and five home wins.
Santa are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 14 games (in the league). 17 goals have been conceded by Santa in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Santa Clara - Benfica 1-1. Last five meetings between the teams: Benfica won three, Santa Clara won one and one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Seferović 18 goals |   C. Carvalho da Silva Junior 10 goals |  G. Waldschmidt 7 goals |
Benfica missing players
Santa Clara missing players
| Benfica | Santa Clara | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 54 | 24 | 9 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 33 |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 71% | 71% |
| 43% | 36% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 43% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 7% | 11% |
| 18% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 43% | 43% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 64% | 50% |
| 50% | 57% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 7% | 25% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 29% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14.2 | 16.5 | 19.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.1 | 10.8 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 37% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 33% | 35% |
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Santa Clara have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Primeira Liga
- Santa Clara 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 | Sporting CP | 28 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 36 | 70 |
| 2 | Porto | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 56 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 32 | 63 |
| 3 | Benfica | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 34 | 60 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 58 |
| 5 | Pacos de Ferreira | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 44 |
| 6 | Vitória SC | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | -4 | 38 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 36 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 35 |
| 9 | Tondela | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 30 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 32 | -15 | 34 |
| 10 | Portimonense | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Belenenses | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 31 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -10 | 31 |
| 13 | Famalicão | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 17 | -9 | 30 |
| 14 | Rio Ave | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 29 |
| 15 | Boavista | 28 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 20 | -17 | 27 |
| 17 | Farense | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -10 | 25 |
| 18 | Nacional | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 22 | -22 | 21 |