Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Benfica & Vilafranquense face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Vilafranquense's home stadium. The visitors last 31 games on grass have ended in 8 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the final.Benfica have played 5 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Pacos de Ferreira.
The hometeam coach J. Pinheiro de Jesus made a successful contribution in the game against Standard Liege, bringing on Pizzi who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Cup game versus Vitoria Guimaraes in only three days. This game is also played here at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
Benfica can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 11 times. Benfica have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Vilafranquense form and stats
Last season their Taça De Portugal adventure ended in the 3rd round.2-2-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Vilafranquense in their Segunda Liga matches away.
A 0-1 loss hosting Estoril before that.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Vilafranquense have scored 8 goals in 6 league games away. As opposed to that, Vilafranquense have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Benfica missing players
Vilafranquense missing players
| Benfica | Vilafranquense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 12 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 63 | 39 | Scored | S | 16 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 15 | Conceded | C | 23 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 12.9 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 49% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| 2 | Benfica | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Porto | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Pacos de Ferreira | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Belenenses | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 11 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Nacional | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Famalicao | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Farense | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Boavista | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Tondela | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 8 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Portimonense | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 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 | Academica | 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 Covilha | 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 | Leixões | 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 |