Struggling Paços de Ferreira will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Benfica in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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!
Paços de Ferreira form and stats
Paços de Ferreira have played 9 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Bruno Santos was the last player to score a league goal for Paços de Ferreira and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Paços de Ferreira haven't scored in 255 minutes. The Paços de Ferreira goalkeeper Ricardo Abreu Ribeiro is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 372 minutes without conceding a goal in the Primeira Liga.
The spoils were shared in Paços de Ferreira's previous game, also at home. Visiting Gil Vicente (placed 8th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home Taça De Portugal game against Famalicão that was lost 0-1.
Paços de Ferreira aren't scoring a lot here at Estadio Capital do Movel in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. Paços de Ferreira are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Capital do Movel in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.
Benfica form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Benfica so far, with 8-0-0 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Primeira Liga statistics. Things are running smoothly for Benfica who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 14 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Porto.
Two travels in a row for Benfica, whose manager B. Nascimento could celebrate last time after the Primeira Liga win against Sporting CP. A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Rio Ave.
The Benfica manager B. Nascimento has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 8 league matches. Benfica's manager B. Nascimento has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 3 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Benfica - Paços de Ferreira 5-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 1 - 1 - 8 (Paços de Ferreira wins - draws - Benfica wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Fernandes 12 goals |  C. Alves Morais 10 goals |   D. da Silva Souza 4 goals |
Paços de Ferreira missing players
Benfica missing players
| Paços de Ferreira | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 18 | 42 |
| 22 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 82% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 41% | 33% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 82% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 53% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 35% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 29% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 38% | 24% |
| 35% | 44% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 62% | 71% |
| 53% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 10 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.8 | 7.1 |
| 4.8 | 3.6 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 200 | 133 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 53 | 106 | 256 |
| 46 | 30 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 34 | 83 |
| 24% | 23% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 53% | 51% |
- Benfica has the fewest conceded goals (3) away
- Benfica has the fewest conceded goals (6)
- Benfica has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Benfica has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2)
- Benfica has the most clean sheets (12)
- Benfica has the most clean sheets (5) away
- Benfica has the most points (24) away
- Benfica has the most scored goals (18) away
- Benfica has the most scored goals (42)
- Benfica has the most scored goals in the second half (29)
- Benfica has the the best goal difference (+15) away
- Benfica has the the best goal difference (+36)
- 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 Paços de Ferreira.
- 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)
- Paços de Ferreira have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 36 | 48 |
| 2 | Porto | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 41 |
| 3 | Famalicão | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 31 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Sporting Braga | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 25 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Gil Vicente | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Vitória FC | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 22 |
| 10 | Tondela | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Maritimo | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Boavista | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Santa Clara | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -9 | 17 |
| 15 | Paços de Ferreira | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -11 | 16 |
| 16 | Belenenses | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -19 | 15 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 14 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -14 | 9 |