The Primeira Liga league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Boavista and Benfica are placed 17th and 1st respectively.
Benfica could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only four sleeps ago.
Boavista form and stats
Boavista have less points than they have played home games in the Primeira Liga so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Boavista, their manager V. Freire De Seabra and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Boavista shared the glory with Famalicão in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Ahead of that match, Boavista lost 0-1 at home to Vitória SC.
A disappointing finish for Boavista in their match versus Famalicão as their 2-0 lead was destroyed and replaced with a 2-2 full time score.
Early season league goal statistics from Boavista's 2 home games: 0 goals, 6 conceded.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica, who have the most scored goals (15) in Primeira Liga, are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Primeira Liga.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Benfica goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos is eager to challenge this, with his 180 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Benfica won their last game, 3-0 versus Standard Liège played at home. That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Belenenses in the Primeira Liga.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rangers in just three days.
It's early days yet, but Benfica has scored 8 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Boavista won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Benfica has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  H. Seferović 4 goals |  G. Waldschmidt 4 goals |   G. Affonso Sauerbeck 2 goals |
Boavista missing players
Benfica missing players
| Boavista | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 12 | 6 | 5 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 60% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 100% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | 30 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 27 | 83 |
| 20 | 6 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 13 | 36 |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 62% | 42% |
- All of Benfica's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Benfica has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Primeira Liga
- Benfica has the most scored goals (15) in Primeira Liga
- Benfica has the most scored goals (8) away in Primeira Liga
- Benfica has the the best goal difference (+12) in Primeira Liga
- Benfica has the the best goal difference (+7) away in Primeira Liga
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benfica have scored in all their matches so far.
- Benfica have scored more than double the goals of Boavista.
- Benfica have won all their games so far.
- Benfica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Benfica is in the best form (5-0-0)
- Boavista has the fewest points (0) at home in Primeira Liga
- Boavista has the most conceded goals in the second half (9) in Primeira Liga
- Boavista has the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Primeira Liga
- Boavista has the the worst goal difference (-6) at home in Primeira Liga
- Boavista has the the worst goal difference (-6) in Primeira Liga
- Boavista have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Boavista have failed to score a single goal at home.
- Boavista have lost all their home matches so far.
- Boavista haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Boavista | Last season | Benfica | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 12 | 24 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Scored | S | 33 | 71 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Conceded | C | 13 | 26 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 97% | ||
| 59% | 59% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 82% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 50% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 35% | ||
| 3% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 15% | ||
| 41% | 41% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 41% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 50% | ||
| 38% | 41% | Failed to Score | F T | 6% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 399 | 214 | Total Shots | T S | 245 | 531 | ||
| 118 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 86 | 186 | ||
| 24% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 15 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | Porto | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Moreirense | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Santa Clara | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Vitória SC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Nacional | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Famalicão | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Pacos de Ferreira | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Belenenses | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Tondela | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Boavista | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Farense | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 1 |