Benfica II manager Garcia Maia looking for three points in Porto II showdown

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Mon 10.January
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Caixa Futebol Campus (2708 seats)

Benfica II have played good football this season, being 1st spot in the table. Porto II have a view both up and down from the 7th position.

Insights:
  • Benfica II have the most scored goals (33) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This promises to be an entertaining match with lots of action and energy as both squads are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!

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Benfica II form and stats

Benfica II are steadily winning Segunda Liga games and points here at Caixa Futebol Campus. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.

No payout for Benfica in their previous match, an away game at Feirense that ended in defeat 1-2.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Vilafranquense that ended 0-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Benfica have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won seven times, drawn five and lost three.

Benfica can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 16 times. Benfica II have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Porto II form and stats

Porto II have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Segunda Liga, after 2-1-4 (7 played). Porto seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Porto had fun at their own home (Caixa Futebol Campus) last time out, beating Penafiel 3-1. Loader (3) scored. It's hard not to mention Loader's lethal finishing against Penafiel. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.

Before that, Porto secured a home win against Academico Viseu with the score 1-0.

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

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Porto have scored 9 goals in 7 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Porto have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Benfica II victories, four draws and three Porto II wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaH. Pereira Araújo
H. Pereira Araújo
9 goals
Benfica IIL. Lopes
L. Lopes
4 goals
Benfica IIT. Antunes Gouveia
T. Antunes Gouveia
4 goals

Benfica II missing players

Porto II missing players

Benfica II Porto II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 2 Played P 3 7 16
10 5 1 Won W 0 2 6
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 6
3 1 1 Lost L 3 4 4
33 16 3 Scored S 4 9 23
18 6 4 Conceded C 9 13 21
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 88%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 75%
62% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 56%
44% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 29% 38%
19% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 67% 29% 12%
56% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 69%
44% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 25%
12% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 29% 19%
 
4.1 5.8 6 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.9 5.3
5.2 6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 3.9 4.9
2.8 3 5.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.5
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.4 12.9 12 Shots (avg) S ( 7 8.4 11.1
4.9 4.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.9 4.7
42% 41% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 31%
 
11.8 10.4 10 Shots against (avg) S A 10.7 11.1 11.5
3.6 3.2 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.7 4.4
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Benfica II have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Benfica II have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II have the most scored goals (16) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II have the most scored goals (33) in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II have the the best goal difference (+15) in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Porto II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Benfica II 16 10 3 3 33 18 8 5 2 1 16 6 8 5 1 2 17 12 15 33
2 Feirense 16 10 2 4 25 15 9 5 1 3 15 12 7 5 1 1 10 3 10 32
3 Casa Pia 16 9 3 4 22 10 7 6 0 1 14 3 9 3 3 3 8 7 12 30
4 Rio Ave 15 8 3 4 25 18 7 4 0 3 12 11 8 4 3 1 13 7 7 27
5 Nacional 16 7 5 4 28 19 7 4 2 1 15 6 9 3 3 3 13 13 9 26
6 Chaves 16 7 5 4 26 19 7 4 2 1 13 6 9 3 3 3 13 13 7 26
7 Porto II 16 6 6 4 23 21 9 4 5 0 14 8 7 2 1 4 9 13 2 24
8 Mafra 15 6 5 4 19 16 7 1 4 2 5 7 8 5 1 2 14 9 3 23
9 Penafiel 16 6 5 5 16 17 8 3 3 2 6 6 8 3 2 3 10 11 -1 23
10 Estrela Amadora 16 6 4 6 25 29 9 4 1 4 15 17 7 2 3 2 10 12 -4 22
11 Trofense 16 5 6 5 15 15 8 3 2 3 6 6 8 2 4 2 9 9 0 21
12 Leixoes 15 5 3 7 19 21 8 4 1 3 13 12 7 1 2 4 6 9 -2 18
13 Academico Viseu 16 5 2 9 15 26 9 3 2 4 8 13 7 2 0 5 7 13 -11 17
14 Vilafranquense 16 3 7 6 15 22 9 1 5 3 10 14 7 2 2 3 5 8 -7 16
15 Sporting Covilha 15 3 6 6 10 21 7 2 3 2 5 6 8 1 3 4 5 15 -11 15
16 Farense 15 2 8 5 18 21 7 1 4 2 9 9 8 1 4 3 9 12 -3 14
17 Academica 16 1 5 10 16 28 8 1 3 4 11 12 8 0 2 6 5 16 -12 8
18 Varzim 15 1 4 10 12 26 7 1 1 5 6 15 8 0 3 5 6 11 -14 7

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.