Football tips: Porto II vs Benfica II - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Date: Sat 18.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Dr. Jorge Sampaio (8272 seats)

Season ticket holders at Estadio Dr. Jorge Sampaio haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Porto II languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Benfica II will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Porto II form and stats

With 1 Segunda Liga win, 4 draws and 2 defeats from their home games, Porto II are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Porto II lost their last game at Feirense (placed 10th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Preceding that match was the home game against Academica that was lost 1-3.

Porto II are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. On the other hand, Porto II have conceded 10 goals.

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Benfica II form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Benfica II so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

The Benfica II goalkeeper Mile Svilar is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Benfica II won their last game, 4-0 versus Casa Pia played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Farense at their stadium, the result 3-0.

As mentioned above, Benfica II was the only team on the pitch versus Casa Pia in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Benfica II as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Benfica II have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 3 - 4 (Porto II wins - draws - Benfica II wins). As for goals, 8 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Porto IIT. Lutindo
T. Lutindo
7 goals
Porto IIT. De
T. De
3 goals

Porto II missing players

Benfica II missing players

Porto II Benfica II
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 3 8 16
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 5
6 4 0 Drew D 1 3 6
7 2 2 Lost L 2 4 5
19 9 2 Scored S 1 7 22
25 10 6 Conceded C 7 12 22
88% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
81% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
50% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 56%
44% 43% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 38%
12% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
69% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 50%
19% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 25%
25% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 50% 31%
 
6.7 6.7 5 Corners For (avg) C F 5.7 3.9 5.2
4.1 4.4 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 5.1 4.7
2.2 2.9 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 3.2 2.5
2 2 1 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
 
200 96 21 Total Shots T S 28 64 148
64 30 6 Shots on Target S O 8 27 67
30% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 26% 33%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • Benfica II has the most conceded goals in the first half (15)
  • Benfica II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Benfica II 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 Farense 15 11 0 4 22 13 8 6 0 2 12 8 7 5 0 2 10 5 9 33
2 Nacional 15 9 5 1 21 9 7 5 2 0 12 3 8 4 3 1 9 6 12 32
3 Sporting Covilha 16 8 3 5 25 17 9 4 2 3 11 9 7 4 1 2 14 8 8 27
4 Mafra 15 7 5 3 25 18 7 4 3 0 14 8 8 3 2 3 11 10 7 26
5 Varzim 16 7 5 4 22 19 9 5 1 3 10 9 7 2 4 1 12 10 3 26
6 Chaves 16 8 2 6 21 18 8 5 1 2 12 8 8 3 1 4 9 10 3 26
7 Leixoes 16 6 6 4 19 16 8 3 3 2 8 7 8 3 3 2 11 9 3 24
8 Academico Viseu 16 6 5 5 16 17 7 2 2 3 6 8 9 4 3 2 10 9 -1 23
9 Estoril 16 7 1 8 23 20 8 4 1 3 14 10 8 3 0 5 9 10 3 22
10 Feirense 16 5 7 4 17 14 9 3 4 2 9 7 7 2 3 2 8 7 3 22
11 Academica 15 6 3 6 23 21 8 4 1 3 15 13 7 2 2 3 8 8 2 21
12 Benfica II 16 5 6 5 22 22 8 4 3 1 15 10 8 1 3 4 7 12 0 21
13 Penafiel 15 5 5 5 15 14 8 3 4 1 9 6 7 2 1 4 6 8 1 20
14 UD Oliveirense 15 5 2 8 20 23 7 3 1 3 7 7 8 2 1 5 13 16 -3 17
15 Porto II 16 3 6 7 19 25 7 1 4 2 9 10 9 2 2 5 10 15 -6 15
16 Vilafranquense 15 4 3 8 19 26 7 3 1 3 13 14 8 1 2 5 6 12 -7 15
17 Cova Piedade 15 2 2 11 9 27 7 2 1 4 4 8 8 0 1 7 5 19 -18 8
18 Casa Pia 16 2 2 12 12 31 8 1 0 7 8 17 8 1 2 5 4 14 -19 8

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.