The visiting Benfica side should be favourites in this visit to Nacional, as the away team holds a 42 point advantage from their 31 league games this season.
- Nacional have the most conceded goals (51) in Primeira Liga
- Benfica have the most scored goals (32) away in Primeira Liga
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Relegation threatens Nacional who should definitely be looking for some points here. Benfica are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Nacional form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Primeira Liga this season. Nacional, who have the most conceded goals (51) in Primeira Liga, have only managed 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Estádio da Madeira.
An away draw last time out for Nacional, facing Moreirense in a game that ended 2-2. A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Sporting CP.
Bryan Rochez was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Moreirense after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Nacional had similar winning odds as today, and found three games. In these, the hosts won zero, drew zero and lost three. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Nacional lost two similar games by at least two goals.
Nacional are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.
Benfica form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (32) away in Primeira Liga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 4 draws and only 2 losses in the Primeira Liga. Benfica are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Benfica's last game was the home draw against Porto (1-1). Prior to that result Benfica won their away game at Tondela. The scoreline was 2-0.
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 ten matches with seven wins as expected, two draws and one surprise home win. The favourites won three of these games by at least two goals.
A quick return to home after this game, as Benfica are hosting Sporting CP in the Primeira Liga only four days away.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Benfica are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Benfica as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Benfica - Nacional 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Nacional, one draw and nine wins for Benfica. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  H. Seferović 18 goals |  G. Waldschmidt 7 goals |   B. Rochez Mejia 6 goals |
Nacional missing players
Benfica missing players
| Nacional | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 10 | 32 | 59 |
| 51 | 25 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 22 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 94% |
| 71% | 73% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 87% | 87% |
| 48% | 53% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 47% | 42% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| 13% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | 16% |
| 55% | 60% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 40% | 45% |
| 23% | 20% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 47% | 48% |
| 32% | 27% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 20% | 13% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.7 | 12.1 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 12 | 13.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.2 | 2.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 25% | 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 43% | 38% |
- 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 more than double the goals of Nacional.
- Benfica have the most scored goals (32) away in Primeira Liga
- Nacional have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nacional have the most conceded goals (25) at home in Primeira Liga
- Nacional have the most conceded goals (51) in Primeira Liga
- Nacional have the the worst goal difference (-23) in Primeira Liga
| 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 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 56 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 41 | 79 |
| 2 | Porto | 31 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 62 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 34 | 71 |
| 3 | Benfica | 31 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 37 | 67 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 19 | 59 |
| 5 | Pacos de Ferreira | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 49 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 42 |
| 7 | Belenenses | 31 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 37 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 31 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 37 |
| 9 | Santa Clara | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 37 |
| 10 | Tondela | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 49 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 34 | -17 | 35 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | -10 | 35 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 23 | -5 | 34 |
| 13 | Maritimo | 31 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 41 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 20 | -16 | 33 |
| 14 | Famalicao | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 44 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -10 | 31 |
| 15 | Rio Ave | 31 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -12 | 31 |
| 16 | Boavista | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 25 | -11 | 29 |
| 17 | Farense | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -10 | 28 |
| 18 | Nacional | 31 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 26 | -23 | 25 |