Experts' prediction: Benfica set to get maximum points from Casa Pia visit

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 13.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Pina Manique (5000 seats)

After the first games for these two it's Casa Pia - Benfica 1-3 in points. Who will prevail in this second Primeira Liga game of the season?

These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only four days ago. That game, against Midtjylland, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Benfica.

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Casa Pia form and stats

Last season, Casa Pia's league results were 21 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, results that produced 2nd position in the Segunda Liga. From these 34 matches they scored 50 goals and gave away 22. Performing as the host team in the last season Casa Pia managed 14-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 7 conceded.

Casa drew their last game, 0-0 away at Santa Clara (placed 11th). Lelo felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against Santa Clara as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 10th minute. Nunes, defender, was given a rating of 7.95/10 in that game, top of the team. Nunes won 5 of 8 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Leixoes and winning 5-1.

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Benfica form and stats

Let's have a look at how Benfica performed last season in the Primeira Liga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 23 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. In total they scored 78 and conceded 30 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 13 - drew 2 and lost 2 with 42/14 goals scored/conceded.

180 minutes! That's how long the Benfica goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Two away games in a row for Benfica, whose manager Schmidt could celebrate last time after the Champions League win against Midtjylland. Defender Fernández was the best team player with a rating of 8.02. Fernández scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 1 of 1 duels.

Before that, Benfica secured a home win against Arouca with the score 4-0.

Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Benfica given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed 4 matches with 3 wins as expected, 1 draw and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 1 of these games by at least two goals.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Benfica manager Schmidt as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Dynamo Kyiv.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

BenficaR. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
2 goals
BenficaG. Moraes Junior
G. Moraes Junior
1 goals
BenficaE. Fernández
E. Fernández
1 goals

Casa Pia missing players

Benfica missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Casa Pia Benfica
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 4
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 6
7 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 1
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 20
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 7
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 57%
 
7 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 2
2 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Casa Pia Last season Benfica
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
21 14   Won W   13 23
5 1   Drew D   2 5
8 2   Lost L   2 6
50 29   Scored S   42 78
22 7   Conceded C   14 30
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
56% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 85%
29% 29%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 59%
15% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 38%
9% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 18%
32% 24%   BTTS BTTS   53% 59%
50% 65%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 35%
21% 12%   Failed to Score F T   0% 9%
 
6.1 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   6.1 6.6
4.6 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.1
2.6 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.4
3 2   Red cards R C   2 3
 
11 11   Shots (avg) S (   13.3 15.8
4.3 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.8 5.9
34% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 39%
 
8.6 8.1   Shots against (avg) S A   10.7 10.3
3.2 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 3.2

  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 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Benfica 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
3 Estoril 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Boavista 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Gil Vicente 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Vizela 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Sporting Braga 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Sporting CP 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
10 Casa Pia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 Santa Clara 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Chaves 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
13 Pacos de Ferreira 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Portimonense 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
15 Rio Ave 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Famalicao 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
17 Maritimo 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
18 Arouca 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 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 Rio Ave 34 21 7 6 52 31 17 13 1 3 29 15 17 8 6 3 23 16 21 70
2 Casa Pia 34 21 5 8 50 22 17 14 1 2 29 7 17 7 4 6 21 15 28 68
3 Chaves 34 18 10 6 54 35 17 12 4 1 33 14 17 6 6 5 21 21 19 64
4 Feirense 34 17 7 10 50 37 17 9 3 5 28 19 17 8 4 5 22 18 13 58
5 Benfica II 34 17 6 11 61 44 17 7 4 6 27 18 17 10 2 5 34 26 17 57
6 Nacional 34 14 9 11 52 44 17 10 4 3 32 17 17 4 5 8 20 27 8 51
7 Penafiel 34 14 9 11 38 38 17 8 5 4 22 17 17 6 4 7 16 21 0 51
8 Leixoes 34 13 9 12 42 40 17 6 5 6 23 23 17 7 4 6 19 17 2 48
9 Mafra 34 11 10 13 37 42 17 4 9 4 17 19 17 7 1 9 20 23 -5 43
10 Porto II 34 10 12 12 45 49 17 6 8 3 26 22 17 4 4 9 19 27 -4 42
11 Farense 34 10 11 13 40 42 17 7 5 5 22 15 17 3 6 8 18 27 -2 41
12 Vilafranquense 34 10 11 13 41 47 17 5 6 6 24 27 17 5 5 7 17 20 -6 41
13 Trofense 34 10 10 14 35 41 17 6 5 6 18 19 17 4 5 8 17 22 -6 40
14 Estrela Amadora 34 9 10 15 42 55 17 5 3 9 19 26 17 4 7 6 23 29 -13 37
15 Academico Viseu 34 10 7 17 31 49 17 4 4 9 14 27 17 6 3 8 17 22 -18 37
16 Sporting Covilha 34 8 12 14 30 43 17 5 6 6 17 17 17 3 6 8 13 26 -13 36
17 Varzim 34 8 11 15 25 39 17 6 4 7 14 20 17 2 7 8 11 19 -14 35
18 Academica 34 3 8 23 35 62 17 2 5 10 18 26 17 1 3 13 17 36 -27 17
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

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