Evenly matched teams: Benfica II vs Vizela match preview

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Sun 20.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Caixa Futebol Campus (2708 seats)

Benfica II and Vizela have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Segunda Liga.

Insights:
  • Benfica II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vizela has the most points from losing position (8) in Segunda Liga

Benfica II and Vizela should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Benfica II form and stats

2 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Benfica II have to build on here at Caixa Futebol Campus in the Segunda Liga.

No payout for Benfica II in their previous match, an away game at Feirense that ended in defeat 0-2. Ahead of that match, Benfica II won a home game hosting Varzim (1-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Benfica II have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost four.

The Benfica fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Benfica have conceded 8 from these games.

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Vizela form and stats

0 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Vizela playing as the away team in the Segunda Liga this season.

Cassiano scored in Vizela's previous match, the home game against Academico Viseu that ended 1-0. Before that, Vizela travelled to Estoril and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Cassiano came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Academico Viseu last time out, making the manager Á. Teixeira Pacheco feel like a tactical genius.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Vizela in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Vizela, zero draws and two defeats.

The visiting Vizela have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. For Vizela, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

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

Benfica II missing players

Vizela missing players

Benfica II Vizela
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 0 Played P 1 5 11
4 2 0 Won W 0 0 4
0 0 0 Drew D 1 2 3
7 3 0 Lost L 0 3 4
19 7 0 Scored S 1 5 14
18 8 0 Conceded C 1 11 18
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 40% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
55% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 64%
45% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 27%
45% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 9%
45% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 82%
18% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
36% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.6 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.4 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
10.2 12 0 Shots (avg) S ( 17 14.8 13.1
4.2 4.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 6.6 4.8
41% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 15% 26%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • All of Vizela's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Benfica II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Vizela has the most points from losing position (8) in Segunda Liga
  • Vizela have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Vizela have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Vizela have yet to win a game away.
  • Vizela haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 8 2 1 19 7 5 3 2 0 12 6 6 5 0 1 7 1 12 26
2 Académica 11 7 3 1 14 5 5 4 0 1 8 3 6 3 3 0 6 2 9 24
3 Mafra 11 7 0 4 18 12 5 4 0 1 8 3 6 3 0 3 10 9 6 21
4 Feirense 11 6 3 2 16 10 6 3 1 2 7 7 5 3 2 0 9 3 6 21
5 Arouca 11 5 4 2 13 9 5 2 2 1 6 5 6 3 2 1 7 4 4 19
6 Chaves 11 5 3 3 15 11 5 1 2 2 2 4 6 4 1 1 13 7 4 18
7 Penafiel 11 5 3 3 16 13 6 4 1 1 9 5 5 1 2 2 7 8 3 18
8 Casa Pia 11 4 4 3 16 19 6 2 2 2 8 12 5 2 2 1 8 7 -3 16
9 Vizela 11 4 3 4 14 18 6 4 1 1 9 7 5 0 2 3 5 11 -4 15
10 Sporting Covilhã 11 4 2 5 15 14 5 2 1 2 10 8 6 2 1 3 5 6 1 14
11 Cova Piedade 11 4 2 5 13 17 6 1 2 3 4 9 5 3 0 2 9 8 -4 14
12 Benfica II 11 4 0 7 19 18 5 2 0 3 7 8 6 2 0 4 12 10 1 12
13 Vilafranquense 11 2 5 4 10 15 5 0 3 2 2 7 6 2 2 2 8 8 -5 11
14 Porto II 11 3 1 7 16 21 6 2 0 4 10 10 5 1 1 3 6 11 -5 10
15 Leixoes 10 2 3 5 10 14 4 2 1 1 8 7 6 0 2 4 2 7 -4 9
16 UD Oliveirense 10 2 2 6 9 14 6 1 1 4 6 9 4 1 1 2 3 5 -5 8
17 Academico Viseu 11 1 5 5 4 10 6 0 3 3 1 6 5 1 2 2 3 4 -6 8
18 Varzim 11 1 3 7 6 16 6 1 2 3 3 7 5 0 1 4 3 9 -10 6

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.