Delightful dogfight as daring Benfica II duel with determined Mafra

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sun 07.November
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Caixa Futebol Campus (2708 seats)

Segunda Liga: Benfica II are ready for the visit of Mafra in what should be an engrossing football match. Here's all you should know!

Insights:
  • Benfica II have the most scored goals (22) in Segunda Liga
  • Mafra have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Segunda Liga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Benfica II form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Benfica II, who have the most scored goals (22) in Segunda Liga, have to build on here at Caixa Futebol Campus in the Segunda Liga. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

Benfica enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Leixões's place. The match ended 2-1 with Tomás Araújo and Luís Lopes scoring. Manager N. da Silva Veríssimo felt very clever after Luís Lopes scored the winning goal against Leixões, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 71st minute.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Varzim and winning 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Benfica handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, five draws and two defeats.

Benfica are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Caixa Futebol Campus in their league games, having scored an impressive 13 goals in 5 matches. From these home matches, Benfica have conceded only 3 goals.

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Mafra form and stats

As the visiting team in Segunda Liga matches, Mafra have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far. Mafra have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

There were no winners in Mafra's previous match, a Segunda Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Sporting Covilhã (placed 14th).

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Nacional.

Mafra are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, four draws and eight defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Mafra's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. 7 goals have been conceded by Mafra in these games.

Head 2 Head

Benfica II-Mafra H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Benfica II three wins, Mafra two wins, three draws. four of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Benfica IIH. Pereira Araújo
H. Pereira Araújo
6 goals
Benfica IIL. Lopes
L. Lopes
3 goals
MafraS. Okitokandjo
S. Okitokandjo
3 goals

Benfica II missing players

Mafra missing players

Benfica II Mafra
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 3 Played P 2 5 10
7 4 3 Won W 2 2 3
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 4
1 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
22 13 10 Scored S 5 8 11
10 3 2 Conceded C 1 7 10
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 90%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 70%
70% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 60% 30%
50% 60% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 20%
20% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 60% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 80% 60%
40% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 30%
10% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
2.8 4.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7 6.2 6
4.4 4.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 4.6
3.2 3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.8 12.6 13.7 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 12.4 12.5
4.8 5.2 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.2 4.7
46% 50% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 31% 23%
 
11.4 9.8 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 9.2 8
3.3 3.2 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 2.8 3.1
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • All of Mafra's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Benfica II have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Benfica II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Benfica II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Benfica II have the most points (13) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II have the most scored goals (13) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II have the most scored goals (22) in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II have the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II have the the best goal difference (+10) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II have the the best goal difference (+12) in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Benfica II is in the best form (4-2-0)
  • Mafra have created more than twice as many corners as Benfica II.
  • Mafra have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Mafra have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Mafra have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Segunda Liga
  • Mafra have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Segunda Liga
  • Mafra haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 II 10 7 2 1 22 10 5 4 1 0 13 3 5 3 1 1 9 7 12 23
2 Feirense 10 6 1 3 15 9 6 3 1 2 9 7 4 3 0 1 6 2 6 19
3 Casa Pia 10 5 3 2 16 8 4 4 0 0 11 2 6 1 3 2 5 6 8 18
4 Rio Ave 10 5 3 2 21 14 5 3 0 2 10 9 5 2 3 0 11 5 7 18
5 Estrela Amadora 11 4 4 3 17 16 6 3 1 2 10 8 5 1 3 1 7 8 1 16
6 Academico Viseu 10 5 1 4 14 17 5 3 1 1 7 6 5 2 0 3 7 11 -3 16
7 Nacional 10 4 3 3 15 13 4 2 1 1 8 4 6 2 2 2 7 9 2 15
8 Penafiel 10 4 3 3 10 10 5 3 1 1 5 3 5 1 2 2 5 7 0 15
9 Leixões 10 4 2 4 15 14 6 3 1 2 10 9 4 1 1 2 5 5 1 14
10 Chaves 10 3 4 3 16 14 5 3 2 0 11 4 5 0 2 3 5 10 2 13
11 Mafra 10 3 4 3 11 10 5 1 3 1 3 3 5 2 1 2 8 7 1 13
12 Trofense 9 2 5 2 8 8 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 0 3 1 3 4 0 11
13 Porto II 9 2 5 2 11 12 5 1 4 0 7 5 4 1 1 2 4 7 -1 11
14 Sporting Covilhã 10 2 5 3 8 14 4 1 2 1 4 4 6 1 3 2 4 10 -6 11
15 Vilafranquense 11 2 4 5 12 18 6 0 4 2 7 10 5 2 0 3 5 8 -6 10
16 Farense 9 0 6 3 11 16 4 0 3 1 5 6 5 0 3 2 6 10 -5 6
17 Varzim 10 1 3 6 9 17 5 1 1 3 5 10 5 0 2 3 4 7 -8 6
18 Academica 9 0 2 7 8 19 4 0 2 2 5 7 5 0 0 5 3 12 -11 2

Read more about Segunda Liga

The Segunda Liga, or LigaPro, is the second level of Portuguese football. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. The top two teams are promoted to the top level in Portugal (Primeira Liga) while the bottom two are relegated.