A key match in Primeira Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 5th position and the visitors placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
The visiting Benfica played their last game only three days ago, a League Cup match. That game, against Sporting Covilha, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Benfica.
Boavista form and stats
Boavista have played 6 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Happy days for Boavista in their previous game, a Primeira Liga match away at Santa Clara (placed 13th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Preceding that match was the home game against Porto that was lost 0-1.
Boavista are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 6 games. From these home matches, Boavista have conceded only 4 goals.
Benfica form and stats
5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Benfica, who have the most scored goals (29) in Primeira Liga, playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season. Impressively, the visitors are on a nine-match winning run which they hope continue versus Boavista.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Sporting Covilha in their previous outing. The League Cup match ended in a draw 1-1. Before that, Benfica secured a home win against Maritimo with the score 4-0.
A quick return to home after this game, as Benfica are hosting Zenit in the Champions League only four days away.
The Benfica manager Bruno Lage has got the team scoring on the road, with 11 away goals in 5 league matches. The Benfica defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 5 games).
Head 2 Head
Boavista-Benfica H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Boavista 1 win, Benfica 7 wins, 2 draws. 6 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  Pizzi 9 goals |   Rafael Costa 2 goals |  Heriberto Tavares 2 goals |
Boavista missing players
Benfica missing players
| Boavista | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 29 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 67% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 75% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.6 | 6.7 |
| 6.1 | 6.8 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.7 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 158 | 69 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 11 | 77 | 174 |
| 46 | 17 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 21 | 53 |
| 24% | 35% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 52% | 55% |
- Benfica has the fewest conceded goals (2) away
- Benfica has the fewest conceded goals (4)
- Benfica has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Benfica has the most points (15) away
- Benfica has the most scored goals (29)
- Benfica has the most scored goals in the second half (19)
- Benfica has the the best goal difference (+25)
- Benfica has the the best goal difference (+9) away
- Benfica have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Benfica have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Benfica have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Benfica have scored more than double the goals of Boavista.
- Benfica have won all their away games so far.
- Benfica have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Benfica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Benfica is in the best form (6-0-0)
| 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 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 33 |
| 2 | Porto | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 31 |
| 3 | Famalicao | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Boavista | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | Sporting Braga | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Tondela | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Moreirense | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 14 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Vitoria Setubal | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Portimonense | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 11 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 11 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -12 | 8 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -15 | 3 |