Only three points good enough for Benfica in Vizela game

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Fri 02.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (64642 seats)

Benfica battle Vizela for honour and victory.

Insights:
  • Benfica is in the best form (4-0-0) 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.

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Benfica form and stats

Perfect Primeira Liga season at home so far for Benfica 2 wins from 2 appearances.

The Benfica supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Pacos de Ferreira and win 3-2. Mário (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.03/10. Mário scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 39 successful passes (of 45 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Boavista and winning 3-0.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Champions League game versus Maccabi Haifa in only four days. This game is also played here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

At Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Benfica has the goal stats of 7-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Vizela form and stats

Four points from two away games for Vizela, meaning one draw and one victory in the Primeira Liga so far.

Vizela played 2-2 against Gil Vicente in their previous match. A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Gil Vicente. Vizela were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Anderson scoring the equalizer. Anderson, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.05. Anderson scored one goal and won 3 of 3 duels.

A 1-1 draw at Chaves's stadium before that.

Vizela have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Benfica have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive games without losing (3-1-0) when facing Vizela.

The games between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaJoão Mário
João Mário
3 goals
BenficaR. Silva
R. Silva
2 goals
BenficaG. Ramos
G. Ramos
2 goals

Benfica missing players

Vizela missing players

Benfica Vizela
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 2 4
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
11 7 4 Scored S 1 2 4
2 2 0 Conceded C 1 1 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 50%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
75% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
9 9.5 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 5.5 4.2
3.8 2 1 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.5 7.8
2.8 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 5 4.5 4.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
19.5 24.5 20 Shots (avg) S ( 18 15.5 14
5 7 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5 5.5
55% 50% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 20% 18%
 
4 2.5 2 Shots against (avg) S A 18 12.5 13.2
1.5 2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 1.5 3
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Benfica is in the best form (4-0-0) in Primeira Liga
Benfica Last season Vizela
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
23 10   Won W   3 7
5 3   Drew D   5 12
6 4   Lost L   9 15
78 36   Scored S   21 37
30 16   Conceded C   37 58
97% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
85% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 82%
59% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 47%
38% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 32%
18% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 18%
59% 65%   BTTS BTTS   71% 65%
35% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 6%
9% 18%   Failed to Score F T   29% 32%
 
6.6 7.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.4
4.1 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.4 5.9
2.4 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.1 2.9
3 1   Red cards R C   4 6
 
15.8 18.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 13.4
5.9 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.7
39% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 29%
 
10.3 9.8   Shots against (avg) S A   15.2 13.4
3.2 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.2 4.6

  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 4 4 0 0 11 2 2 2 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 9 12
2 Sporting Braga 4 3 1 0 17 3 2 1 1 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 9 0 14 10
3 Porto 4 3 0 1 10 4 2 2 0 0 8 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 6 9
4 Portimonense 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 4 9
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 Casa Pia 4 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 7
8 Vitoria Guimaraes 4 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 6
9 Boavista 4 2 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 -3 6
10 Arouca 4 2 0 2 3 11 2 1 0 1 1 6 2 1 0 1 2 5 -8 6
11 Vizela 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 5
12 Gil Vicente 4 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 5
13 Sporting CP 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 3 6 -2 4
14 Rio Ave 4 1 1 2 5 7 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 5 -2 4
15 Famalicao 4 1 1 2 1 5 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 -4 4
16 Santa Clara 4 0 1 3 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 1
17 Pacos de Ferreira 4 0 0 4 2 10 2 0 0 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 2 4 -8 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 Pacos 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

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.