Tondela stubborn opponents but Benfica expect victory

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 29.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (64642 seats)

Benfica open their doors to Tondela for another absorbing Primeira Liga match here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

This promises to be an interesting game with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!

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Benfica form and stats

Benfica have only played one Primeira Liga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 12 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 17 matches.

The Benfica goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 240 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primeira Liga.

The home team returns to Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica after being equal after 90 minutes with PSV on their last time out; the Champions League game ended 0-0. The goalie Odysseas Vlachodimos was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.53 out of ten. Vlachodimos stopped the opponent with eight saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. The Benfica goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos was crucial in the match against PSV last time out, making eight saves.

Before that match, a Primeira Liga win away at Gil Vicente.

At Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Benfica has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Tondela form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Primeira Liga ended in defeat. Last season Tondela had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 2, drew 4 and lost 11.

Tondela might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Portimonense proved too strong as Tondela slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Estádio João Cardoso. Midfield player Rafael Barbosa was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.04/10. Barbosa hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 33 successful passes (of 37 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Vizela wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

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 Tondela we find five games. Results are zero Tondela wins, one draw and four defeats.

It's early days yet, but Tondela has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - one - one (Benfica wins - draws - Tondela wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaL. Verissimo da Silva
L. Verissimo da Silva
2 goals
TondelaJ. Almeida Machado
J. Almeida Machado
2 goals
TondelaD. da Silva dos Anjos
D. da Silva dos Anjos
2 goals

Benfica missing players

Tondela missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Benfica Tondela
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
6 2 0 Scored S 0 1 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 33%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
6.3 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.3
1.7 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 11 7
2.3 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
17.3 19 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 9.7
6.3 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 3.3
32% 40% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 40%
Benfica Last season Tondela
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
23 12   Won W   2 10
7 3   Drew D   4 6
4 2   Lost L   11 18
69 31   Scored S   18 36
27 15   Conceded C   36 57
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
88% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 82%
47% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 47%
24% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 26%
18% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 12%
50% 53%   BTTS BTTS   65% 50%
44% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 18%
12% 6%   Failed to Score F T   35% 35%
 
6.1 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4
3.5 3.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.5 5.4
2.4 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.4
0 0   Red cards R C   4 6
 
13.7 15.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.1 9.8
5.1 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.4
40% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 32%

  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 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 9
2 Benfica 3 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 5 9
3 Estoril 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 7
4 Porto 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 7
5 Portimonense 3 2 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 6
6 Sporting Braga 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 6
7 Boavista 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 6
8 Gil Vicente 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
9 Vitoria Guimaraes 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
10 Maritimo 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 4
11 Tondela 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
12 Pacos de Ferreira 3 1 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 3
13 Arouca 3 1 0 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 3
14 Vizela 3 1 0 2 2 8 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 7 -6 3
15 Moreirense 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
16 Santa Clara 3 0 1 2 2 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 1
17 Famalicao 3 0 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 -4 0
18 Belenenses 3 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -5 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 Sporting CP 34 26 7 1 65 20 17 13 4 0 34 10 17 13 3 1 31 10 45 85
2 Porto 34 24 8 2 74 29 17 13 3 1 40 15 17 11 5 1 34 14 45 80
3 Benfica 34 23 7 4 69 27 17 12 3 2 31 15 17 11 4 2 38 12 42 76
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 7 8 53 33 17 11 3 3 27 15 17 8 4 5 26 18 20 64
5 Pacos de Ferreira 34 15 8 11 40 41 17 10 3 4 23 19 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 53
6 Santa Clara 34 13 7 14 44 36 17 7 5 5 26 16 17 6 2 9 18 20 8 46
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 12 7 15 37 44 17 7 1 9 21 27 17 5 6 6 16 17 -7 43
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 37 43 17 4 10 3 24 23 17 6 3 8 13 20 -6 43
9 Famalicao 34 10 10 14 40 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 17 6 3 8 21 24 -8 40
10 Belenenses 34 9 13 12 25 35 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 3 8 6 10 17 -10 40
11 Gil Vicente 34 11 6 17 33 42 17 4 4 9 13 20 17 7 2 8 20 22 -9 39
12 Tondela 34 10 6 18 36 57 17 8 2 7 18 21 17 2 4 11 18 36 -21 36
13 Boavista 34 8 12 14 39 49 17 5 4 8 17 22 17 3 8 6 22 27 -10 36
14 Portimonense 34 9 8 17 34 41 17 6 5 6 20 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -7 35
15 Maritimo 34 10 5 19 27 47 17 5 3 9 10 21 17 5 2 10 17 26 -20 35
16 Rio Ave 34 7 13 14 25 40 17 4 6 7 12 18 17 3 7 7 13 22 -15 34
17 Farense 34 7 10 17 31 48 17 4 6 7 19 20 17 3 4 10 12 28 -17 31
18 Nacional 34 6 7 21 30 59 17 4 3 10 19 30 17 2 4 11 11 29 -29 25

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 Sporting CP 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 6 9
2 Benfica 3 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 5 9
3 Estoril 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 7
4 Porto 3 2 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 7
5 Portimonense 3 2 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 6
6 Sporting Braga 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 6
7 Boavista 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 6
8 Gil Vicente 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
9 Vitoria Guimaraes 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
10 Maritimo 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 4
11 Tondela 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 3
12 Pacos de Ferreira 3 1 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 3
13 Arouca 3 1 0 2 2 5 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 3
14 Vizela 3 1 0 2 2 8 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 7 -6 3
15 Moreirense 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 0 0 2 3 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
16 Santa Clara 3 0 1 2 2 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 1
17 Famalicao 3 0 0 3 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 -4 0
18 Belenenses 3 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -5 0

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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.