The table shows that 9 points separate the pair of duelists in this Segunda Liga match. Farense carry both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Farense have not yet lost a game at home.
This has all the signs of an intriguing match with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's start!
Farense form and stats
Farense are steadily winning Segunda Liga games and points here at Estádio de São Lúis. 5 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 8 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Farense after consecutive victories at their own ground.
A nice win for Farense last time playing, versus Nacional. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Matias scoring for the victors.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Porto II.Farense have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio de São Lúis with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Farense are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio de São Lúis in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.
Benfica II form and stats
2-3-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Benfica II in their Segunda Liga matches away. It's a growing despair in Benfica II as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
The manager de Castro was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Caixa Futebol Campus. Benfica suffered a 3-6 loss to Feirense (placed 5th). Leading 2-0 was not enough for Benfica II in their fight with Feirense last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 3-6 loss.
A 0-2 defeat away at Nacional before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Benfica II when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 9 of this side's 11 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.
Benfica have scored 9 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Benfica II have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Benfica II have not lost in the last 5 games (4-1-0) versus Farense.The matches between these teams have sometimes been "violent", having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Ribeiro Firmo 5 goals |  R. Silva Costa 5 goals | P. Alves de Almeida 4 goals |
Farense missing players
Benfica II missing players
| Farense | Benfica II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 26 | 14 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 17 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| 93% | 88% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 80% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 60% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 67% |
| 40% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 29% | 33% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 14% | 20% |
| 53% | 62% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 73% |
| 40% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 20% |
| 13% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 6.3 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 5.9 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| 2.6 | 3.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.2 | 12.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.6 | 11.4 |
| 5.7 | 6.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.9 | 5 |
| 31% | 28% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | 37% |
| 11.1 | 9.4 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 14.7 | 13.9 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
- Farense have not yet lost a game at home.
- Farense have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 | Moreirense | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 39 |
| 2 | Farense | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Academico Viseu | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Estrela Amadora | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Feirense | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Vilafranquense | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Benfica II | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 | Porto II | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Penafiel | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Tondela | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 11 | Leixoes | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 19 |
| 12 | Mafra | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -8 | 17 |
| 13 | Nacional | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | UD Oliveirense | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Torreense | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 15 |
| 17 | Trofense | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -17 | 12 |
| 18 | Sporting Covilha | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -19 | 7 |
