Primeira Liga preview with statistics: Portimonense welcomes Benfica to Estádio Municipal de Portimão

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Municipal de Portimão (9544 seats)

Tipsway provides all you should know about the Primeira Liga match Portimonense - Benfica!

Insights:
  • Portimonense have the fewest points (10) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica have the most scored goals (63) in Primeira Liga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Portimonense form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Primeira Liga this season. Portimonense have only managed 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses from their games here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.

Portimonense shared the glory with Vizela in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Rocha (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.03/10. Rocha scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that, Portimonense played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Santa Clara.

Portimonense aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão in the league, with only 9 goals from 12 games. On the other hand, Portimonense have conceded 15 goals.

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Benfica form and stats

Benfica have an excellent away record in the Primeira Liga so far with 9-2-1 from 12 games.

Impressive finishing from Ramos and Núñez (2) secured the home win 3-0 against Vitoria Guimaraes in their previous game. The attacker Núñez got a match rating of 8.43 in that game. Núñez scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Benfica are a potent attacking force on the road with their 33 goals in 12 league games. It's not easy to score on Benfica as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties get together this season, as the records show this recent match: Benfica - Portimonense 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Portimonense victories, two draws and six Benfica wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaD. Núñez Ribeiro
D. Núñez Ribeiro
20 goals
BenficaR. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva
7 goals
BenficaR. Yaremchuk
R. Yaremchuk
6 goals

Portimonense missing players

Benfica missing players

Portimonense Benfica
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 3 Played P 3 12 24
7 2 0 Won W 2 9 17
8 4 1 Drew D 1 2 3
9 6 2 Lost L 0 1 4
24 9 1 Scored S 10 33 63
26 15 5 Conceded C 2 10 22
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 92%
33% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 67%
4% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 58% 46%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 25% 21%
46% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 58% 62%
29% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 42% 33%
29% 42% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 4%
 
4.2 5.2 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.7 6 6.4
6 4.2 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.4 3.8
3.5 3.3 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.2 2.2
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.2 16.2 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 13.2 15.2
4.3 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.7 6.1 6.1
23% 15% 7% Goal Efficiency G E 59% 45% 43%
 
15.6 13.5 14.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.3 9.6
4.2 4.1 6.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.1 3.2
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • 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 Portimonense.
  • Benfica have the most scored goals (33) away in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica have the most scored goals (63) in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica have the most scored goals in the first half (34) in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica have the the best goal difference (+23) away in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Portimonense have the fewest points (10) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Portimonense have the fewest scored goals (9) at home in Primeira Liga
  • Portimonense have won significantly more corners at 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 Porto 24 20 4 0 59 17 12 10 2 0 30 9 12 10 2 0 29 8 42 64
2 Sporting CP 24 18 4 2 47 16 12 10 1 1 22 5 12 8 3 1 25 11 31 58
3 Benfica 24 17 3 4 63 22 12 8 1 3 30 12 12 9 2 1 33 10 41 54
4 Sporting Braga 24 13 6 5 40 23 13 7 4 2 22 10 11 6 2 3 18 13 17 45
5 Gil Vicente 24 11 8 5 36 25 12 5 3 4 19 15 12 6 5 1 17 10 11 41
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 24 8 6 10 33 33 11 6 2 3 21 14 13 2 4 7 12 19 0 30
7 Estoril 24 7 9 8 28 30 12 2 6 4 15 17 12 5 3 4 13 13 -2 30
8 Portimonense 24 7 8 9 24 26 12 2 4 6 9 15 12 5 4 3 15 11 -2 29
9 Maritimo 24 7 8 9 29 32 12 3 6 3 14 11 12 4 2 6 15 21 -3 29
10 Pacos de Ferreira 24 6 9 9 20 27 12 3 5 4 12 14 12 3 4 5 8 13 -7 27
11 Famalicao 24 6 8 10 31 38 12 3 5 4 13 14 12 3 3 6 18 24 -7 26
12 Santa Clara 24 6 8 10 27 42 12 5 4 3 15 20 12 1 4 7 12 22 -15 26
13 Boavista 24 4 13 7 30 38 12 3 8 1 17 14 12 1 5 6 13 24 -8 25
14 Vizela 24 5 9 10 26 40 13 3 5 5 12 17 11 2 4 5 14 23 -14 24
15 Arouca 24 5 7 12 23 43 12 3 2 7 11 26 12 2 5 5 12 17 -20 22
16 Moreirense 24 4 8 12 23 39 11 3 3 5 15 16 13 1 5 7 8 23 -16 20
17 Tondela 24 6 2 16 30 47 12 4 0 8 17 24 12 2 2 8 13 23 -17 20
18 Belenenses 24 3 6 15 14 45 12 3 2 7 10 26 12 0 4 8 4 19 -31 15

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.