Segunda Liga news and preview: Benfica II odds-on thought to beat Sporting Covilhã

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Caixa Futebol Campus (2708 seats)

This has all the signs of another engaging meeting at Caixa Futebol Campus in the Segunda Liga. Benfica II is in 2nd place and receive Sporting Covilhã in 6th spot. Learn more about the fixture here!

Insights:
  • Benfica II have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Segunda Liga

This promises to be an exciting game with lots of fun and excitement as both squads are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!

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Benfica II form and stats

Perfect Segunda Liga season at home so far for Benfica II 2 wins from 2 appearances.

No payout for Benfica in their previous match, an away game at Casa Pia that ended in defeat 2-4. A goal frenzy last time out for Benfica II, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Casa Pia. Fun stuff to watch!

Ahead of that match, Benfica won a home game hosting Trofense (2-1).

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 eight wins, four draws and two defeats.

Benfica II has scored 7 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Sporting Covilhã form and stats

Sporting Covilhã are still undefeated on their travels in the Segunda Liga. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.

Covilhã failed to get anything from their last game, a Segunda Liga home match vs Porto II (placed 12th) that ended with defeat 1-2.

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

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

It's early days yet, but Sporting Covilhã has scored 3 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CovilhãJ. Batista Santos
J. Batista Santos
3 goals
Benfica IIH. Pereira Araújo
H. Pereira Araújo
2 goals
Benfica IIP. Machado Ganchas
P. Machado Ganchas
1 goals

Benfica II missing players

Sporting Covilhã missing players

Benfica II Sporting Covilhã
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 2 0 Played P 1 2 4
3 2 0 Won W 1 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
10 7 0 Scored S 2 3 6
5 1 0 Conceded C 1 2 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2.5 3.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 2.8
4 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.5 6.5
3 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.2 13.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 10 9.5
4.2 5.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4 4
59% 64% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 38% 38%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Benfica II have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II have the the best goal difference (+6) at home in Segunda Liga
Benfica II Last season Sporting Covilhã
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
12 9   Won W   3 8
8 4   Drew D   6 13
14 4   Lost L   8 13
52 30   Scored S   15 36
43 18   Conceded C   21 42
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 82%
76% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   59% 68%
47% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 50%
32% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 24%
18% 12%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   53% 56%
24% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 26%
26% 18%   Failed to Score F T   41% 35%
 
5.6 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.6
4.9 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.4
2.5 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.1
5 2   Red cards R C   2 5
 
10.7 11.5   Shots (avg) S (   7.2 8.4
4 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.9 3.1
38% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rio Ave 4 3 1 0 11 3 2 2 0 0 7 2 2 1 1 0 4 1 8 10
2 Benfica II 4 3 0 1 10 5 2 2 0 0 7 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 5 9
3 Mafra 4 3 0 1 6 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 9
4 Feirense 4 3 0 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 9
5 Leixoes 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 7
6 Sporting Covilhã 4 2 1 1 6 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
7 Nacional 4 2 1 1 7 7 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 1 6 0 7
8 Casa Pia 4 2 0 2 7 5 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 6
9 Penafiel 4 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 6
10 Chaves 4 1 2 1 7 6 2 1 1 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 5
11 Trofense 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 0 5
12 Porto II 4 1 2 1 5 6 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 5
13 Estrela Amadora 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
14 Academico Viseu 4 1 0 3 4 9 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 1 5 -5 3
15 Varzim 4 0 2 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 -4 2
16 Académica 3 0 1 2 3 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5 1
17 Farense 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 -5 1
18 Vilafranquense 4 0 1 3 1 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 5 -6 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Estoril 34 20 10 4 55 26 17 10 6 1 33 15 17 10 4 3 22 11 29 70
2 Vizela 34 18 12 4 59 35 17 11 5 1 29 15 17 7 7 3 30 20 24 66
3 Arouca 34 19 8 7 45 25 17 10 4 3 22 11 17 9 4 4 23 14 20 65
4 Académica 34 17 11 6 46 30 17 9 4 4 23 17 17 8 7 2 23 13 16 62
5 Feirense 34 17 7 10 48 33 17 9 3 5 23 16 17 8 4 5 25 17 15 58
6 Chaves 34 16 9 9 46 36 17 7 6 4 19 16 17 9 3 5 27 20 10 57
7 Penafiel 34 12 10 12 42 42 17 6 6 5 21 18 17 6 4 7 21 24 0 46
8 Benfica II 34 12 8 14 52 43 17 9 4 4 30 18 17 3 4 10 22 25 9 44
9 Casa Pia 34 10 13 11 41 46 17 6 5 6 21 23 17 4 8 5 20 23 -5 43
10 Leixoes 34 10 10 14 35 43 17 7 4 6 21 22 17 3 6 8 14 21 -8 40
11 Sporting Covilhã 34 8 13 13 36 42 17 5 7 5 21 21 17 3 6 8 15 21 -6 37
12 Cova Piedade 34 8 13 13 39 48 17 4 7 6 19 22 17 4 6 7 20 26 -9 37
13 Mafra 34 9 10 15 35 48 17 6 6 5 21 24 17 3 4 10 14 24 -13 37
14 Academico Viseu 34 9 9 16 32 45 17 5 4 8 15 23 17 4 5 8 17 22 -13 36
15 Varzim 34 9 6 19 26 44 17 4 3 10 12 23 17 5 3 9 14 21 -18 33
16 Porto II 34 7 11 16 45 52 17 5 3 9 29 29 17 2 8 7 16 23 -7 32
17 Vilafranquense 34 5 16 13 34 54 17 2 10 5 14 21 17 3 6 8 20 33 -20 31
18 UD Oliveirense 34 7 10 17 25 49 17 4 6 7 14 20 17 3 4 10 11 29 -24 31

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.