Can Vitória SC beat Benfica in Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques clash?

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Wed 19.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques (30008 seats)

33 rounds of fixtures have been played and both Vitória SC and Benfica are up there with the best. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Vitória SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Benfica is in the best form (5-1-0)

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Vitória can neither be promoted or relegated from Primeira Liga.

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Vitória SC form and stats

The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Vitória SC at their home stadium (Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques) is 7 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats.

Vitória travelled for their previous game, a trip to Maritimo that ended 0-0. Jorge Fernandes was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.41 out of 10. The defender Fernandes hit one key pass and won 2 of 5 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Famalicao (1-2).

Vitória SC are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 20 goals in 16 games. Vitória have conceded 24 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Benfica form and stats

The away team, who have the most scored goals (35) away in Primeira Liga, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 4 draws and only 2 losses in the Primeira Liga. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Sporting CP game have they lost an away game, meaning Benfica has taken points from eight away matches in a row.

Impressive finishing from Lucas Veríssimo, Pizzi and Haris Seferović (2) secured the home win 4-3 against Sporting CP in their previous game. The attacker Pizzi got a match rating of 9.12 in that game. Pizzi scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 31 successful passes (of 35 total). A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Benfica, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Nacional.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Benfica manager J. Pinheiro de Jesus as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Sporting Braga.

The Benfica manager J. Pinheiro de Jesus has got the team scoring on the road, with 35 away goals in 16 league matches. Benfica are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 11 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Benfica - Vitória 0-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Vitória SC won zero, Benfica won seven and three draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaH. Seferović
H. Seferović
20 goals
VitóriaO. Estupiñán Vallesilla
O. Estupiñán Vallesilla
8 goals
BenficaG. Waldschmidt
G. Waldschmidt
7 goals

Vitória SC missing players

Benfica missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Vitória SC Benfica
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 4 16 33
12 7 1 Won W 2 10 22
7 1 0 Drew D 1 4 7
14 8 3 Lost L 1 2 4
36 20 3 Scored S 8 35 66
41 24 8 Conceded C 2 11 26
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
58% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 88% 88%
48% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 50% 45%
27% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 25% 21%
6% 12% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 19% 18%
39% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 25% 44% 48%
36% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 44% 45%
33% 19% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 19% 12%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 2.6 2.5
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 11.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 11.9 13.6
3.2 3.5 1.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.8 5
35% 36% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 45% 40%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • 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 the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica have the most scored goals (35) away in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica have the the best goal difference (+24) away in Primeira Liga
  • Benfica is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • Vitória SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Vitória SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 33 25 7 1 60 19 16 12 4 0 29 9 17 13 3 1 31 10 41 82
2 Porto 33 23 8 2 70 29 16 12 3 1 36 15 17 11 5 1 34 14 41 77
3 Benfica 33 22 7 4 66 26 17 12 3 2 31 15 16 10 4 2 35 11 40 73
4 Sporting Braga 33 19 6 8 53 33 17 11 3 3 27 15 16 8 3 5 26 18 20 63
5 Pacos de Ferreira 33 14 8 11 37 39 17 10 3 4 23 19 16 4 5 7 14 20 -2 50
6 Vitória SC 33 12 7 14 36 41 16 7 1 8 20 24 17 5 6 6 16 17 -5 43
7 Santa Clara 33 12 7 14 40 36 16 6 5 5 22 16 17 6 2 9 18 20 4 43
8 Belenenses 33 9 13 11 25 31 17 6 5 6 15 18 16 3 8 5 10 13 -6 40
9 Moreirense 33 9 13 11 34 43 16 3 10 3 21 23 17 6 3 8 13 20 -9 40
10 Famalicao 33 10 10 13 40 45 17 4 7 6 19 24 16 6 3 7 21 21 -5 40
11 Gil Vicente 33 11 6 16 32 40 16 4 4 8 12 18 17 7 2 8 20 22 -8 39
12 Tondela 33 10 6 17 34 54 16 8 2 6 16 18 17 2 4 11 18 36 -20 36
13 Maritimo 33 10 5 18 26 42 17 5 3 9 10 21 16 5 2 9 16 21 -16 35
14 Portimonense 33 9 7 17 34 41 16 6 4 6 20 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -7 34
15 Boavista 33 7 12 14 37 48 17 5 4 8 17 22 16 2 8 6 20 26 -11 33
16 Rio Ave 33 6 13 14 23 39 17 4 6 7 12 18 16 2 7 7 11 21 -16 31
17 Farense 33 7 10 16 31 44 17 4 6 7 19 20 16 3 4 9 12 24 -13 31
18 Nacional 33 6 7 20 29 57 16 4 3 9 18 28 17 2 4 11 11 29 -28 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 Sporting CP 33 25 7 1 60 19 16 12 4 0 29 9 17 13 3 1 31 10 41 82
2 Porto 33 23 8 2 70 29 16 12 3 1 36 15 17 11 5 1 34 14 41 77
3 Benfica 33 22 7 4 66 26 17 12 3 2 31 15 16 10 4 2 35 11 40 73
4 Sporting Braga 33 19 6 8 53 33 17 11 3 3 27 15 16 8 3 5 26 18 20 63
5 Pacos de Ferreira 33 14 8 11 37 39 17 10 3 4 23 19 16 4 5 7 14 20 -2 50
6 Vitória SC 33 12 7 14 36 41 16 7 1 8 20 24 17 5 6 6 16 17 -5 43
7 Santa Clara 33 12 7 14 40 36 16 6 5 5 22 16 17 6 2 9 18 20 4 43
8 Belenenses 33 9 13 11 25 31 17 6 5 6 15 18 16 3 8 5 10 13 -6 40
9 Moreirense 33 9 13 11 34 43 16 3 10 3 21 23 17 6 3 8 13 20 -9 40
10 Famalicao 33 10 10 13 40 45 17 4 7 6 19 24 16 6 3 7 21 21 -5 40
11 Gil Vicente 33 11 6 16 32 40 16 4 4 8 12 18 17 7 2 8 20 22 -8 39
12 Tondela 33 10 6 17 34 54 16 8 2 6 16 18 17 2 4 11 18 36 -20 36
13 Maritimo 33 10 5 18 26 42 17 5 3 9 10 21 16 5 2 9 16 21 -16 35
14 Portimonense 33 9 7 17 34 41 16 6 4 6 20 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -7 34
15 Boavista 33 7 12 14 37 48 17 5 4 8 17 22 16 2 8 6 20 26 -11 33
16 Rio Ave 33 6 13 14 23 39 17 4 6 7 12 18 16 2 7 7 11 21 -16 31
17 Farense 33 7 10 16 31 44 17 4 6 7 19 20 16 3 4 9 12 24 -13 31
18 Nacional 33 6 7 20 29 57 16 4 3 9 18 28 17 2 4 11 11 29 -28 25

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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.