Segunda Liga: Porto II - Benfica II preview and statistics

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Competition: Portugal Segunda Liga
Competition: Mon 25.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio (8272 seats)

Season ticket holders at Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Porto II languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Benfica II will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Porto II has the most conceded goals (30) in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Segunda Liga

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Porto II form and stats

Porto II's struggle is real here at Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio with only 6 points collected from 8 Segunda Liga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-0-6. It's been an uphill battle for Porto in their home games for quite some time now, as five matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Vilafranquense game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

Porto II faced defeat in their previous match, away at Feirense (0-2). Before that game, the home loss against Leixoes with the scoreline 1-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Porto II perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Porto as a small favourite), we find ten games. Porto II has won four of these, drawn four and lost two.

Porto II have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Dr. Jorge Sampaio with 13 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Porto defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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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 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose).

Benfica played 2-2 against Academica in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sporting Covilha.

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

Benfica are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Benfica have conceded 13 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

PortoD. Loader
D. Loader
6 goals
Porto IIK. Boateng
K. Boateng
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 8 2 Played P 1 8 16
3 2 0 Won W 1 2 5
3 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
10 6 2 Lost L 0 5 8
21 13 2 Scored S 3 13 27
30 15 4 Conceded C 2 13 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 75%
75% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
31% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 38% 44%
19% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 38% 31%
81% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 19%
19% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.6 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.4 13.1 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 8.6 9.7
4.5 6.1 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 3.9
29% 27% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 41% 43%
Key stats in Segunda Liga this season:
  • All of Porto II's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Benfica II has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Segunda Liga
  • Benfica II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Porto II has the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II has the most conceded goals (30) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II has the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II has the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II has the most matches over the total-line (12) in Segunda Liga
  • Porto II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Porto II have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Porto II have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Porto II 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 16 11 4 1 27 9 8 4 4 0 16 8 8 7 0 1 11 1 18 37
2 Academica 16 9 5 2 21 10 7 5 1 1 10 4 9 4 4 1 11 6 11 32
3 Feirense 16 9 3 4 24 14 9 5 1 3 13 10 7 4 2 1 11 4 10 30
4 Vizela 16 8 4 4 23 22 9 7 1 1 15 9 7 1 3 3 8 13 1 28
5 Chaves 16 7 3 6 20 18 7 2 2 3 4 7 9 5 1 3 16 11 2 24
6 Penafiel 16 7 3 6 24 23 8 5 1 2 12 7 8 2 2 4 12 16 1 24
7 Arouca 16 6 6 4 15 14 8 3 3 2 7 7 8 3 3 2 8 7 1 24
8 Mafra 15 7 2 6 21 17 7 4 1 2 11 7 8 3 1 4 10 10 4 23
9 Casa Pia 16 5 7 4 20 24 8 2 3 3 9 15 8 3 4 1 11 9 -4 22
10 Leixoes 16 5 5 6 17 19 8 4 3 1 12 8 8 1 2 5 5 11 -2 20
11 Benfica II 16 5 3 8 27 24 8 3 2 3 14 11 8 2 1 5 13 13 3 18
12 Sporting Covilha 15 4 5 6 16 16 6 2 2 2 11 9 9 2 3 4 5 7 0 17
13 UD Oliveirense 16 4 5 7 15 22 8 2 2 4 7 9 8 2 3 3 8 13 -7 17
14 Vilafranquense 15 3 7 5 14 19 7 1 4 2 5 8 8 2 3 3 9 11 -5 16
15 Academico Viseu 16 3 7 6 12 17 9 1 4 4 5 10 7 2 3 2 7 7 -5 16
16 Cova Piedade 15 4 4 7 17 23 8 1 3 4 7 13 7 3 1 3 10 10 -6 16
17 Porto II 16 3 3 10 21 30 8 2 0 6 13 15 8 1 3 4 8 15 -9 12
18 Varzim 16 2 4 10 9 22 9 1 3 5 4 11 7 1 1 5 5 11 -13 10

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.