Soccer match preview: Benfica confident before travelling to Moreirense

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 07.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas (6153 seats)

This match has been long awaited by fans of both sides, as it's the first Primeira Liga game of the season. Both Moreirense and Benfica are looking for a positive start to their campaigns.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Champions League game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Spartak Moskva. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Moreirense form and stats

Last season, Moreirense's league statistics were 10 wins, 13 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 8th position in the Primeira Liga. Over these 34 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 43. Playing at home last season Moreirense managed 4-10-3 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 23 conceded.

Moreirense have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Moreirense scored 1 goal and let in 7 goals during these three games.

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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, 7 draws and 4 defeats. In total they scored 69 and conceded 27 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 11 - drew 4 and lost 2 with 38/12 goals scored/conceded.

A new game in only three days for Benfica, the Champions League home match versus Spartak Moskva. Busy days.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Benfica have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from five fixtures.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Moreirense victories, two draws and six Benfica wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Moreirense missing players

Benfica missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Moreirense Benfica
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% 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
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Moreirense Last season Benfica
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
10 4   Won W   11 23
13 10   Drew D   4 7
11 3   Lost L   2 4
37 24   Scored S   38 69
43 23   Conceded C   12 27
91% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 94%
79% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 88%
44% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 47%
18% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 24%
3% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 18%
50% 71%   BTTS BTTS   47% 50%
26% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   41% 44%
32% 12%   Failed to Score F T   18% 12%
 
4.1 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 6.1
5.2 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.5
2.5 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.7 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   12.3 13.7
3 3.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.1
37% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 40%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arouca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Belenenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Boavista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Estoril 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Famalicao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gil Vicente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Maritimo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Moreirense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Pacos de Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Portimonense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Santa Clara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sporting Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sporting CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Tondela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Vitoria Guimaraes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vizela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Arouca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Belenenses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Boavista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Estoril 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Famalicao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Gil Vicente 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Maritimo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Moreirense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Pacos de Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Portimonense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Santa Clara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Sporting Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sporting CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Tondela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Vitoria Guimaraes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Vizela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.