Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Caldas & Benfica face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Taça De Portugal. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Caldas form and stats
Caldas have reached this Taça De Portugal stage through battling and winning against Sporting Covilha and Benfica. Caldas participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the 4th round.Caldas have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Liga 3. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Caldas haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Barreiras scored that one. Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Wilson Jorge Rosa Soares not having conceded a league goal in 252 minutes.
The home followers saw a 0-0 draw versus Alverca last time out and are looking for a victory here.
A 1-1 result against Benfica (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) before that, played at their own home stadium in the Taça De Portugal.
As for guarding their own goal, Caldas have only let in {1 goals} at home.
Benfica form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Caldas in order to reach 3rd round of Taça De Portugal. Benfica's mission in Taça De Portugal last season failed in the round of 16.3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Benfica playing as the away team in the Primeira Liga this season.
It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Caldas in their previous outing. The Taça De Portugal fixture ended 1-1. Midfield player Fernández was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.8/10. Fernández hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 138 successful passes (of 151 total).
Before that match, 1-1 away against PSG in the Champions League. As mentioned earlier, Benfica will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 4 wins (1 by two or more goals winning margin), 1 draw and 0 surprising defeats.
Benfica are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
Caldas and Benfica have met previously this season: Caldas - Benfica 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  João Mário 4 goals |  R. Silva 4 goals |
Caldas missing players
Benfica missing players
| Caldas | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 20 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 27 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 61 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 64% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 6.3 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.9 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 16.1 | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 25% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 36% | ||
| 8.8 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.3 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CF Os Belenenses | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Caldas | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Sporting CP II | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Fontinhas | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Uniao de Leiria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Amora | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Vitoria Setubal | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 8 | Alverca | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 9 | Oliveira Hospital | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Real | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 11 | Moncarapachense | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 12 | Academica | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | Porto | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 22 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 19 |
| 4 | Casa Pia | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Boavista | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 16 |
| 7 | Estoril | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | Chaves | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Arouca | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 12 |
| 12 | Vizela | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -11 | 2 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 18 | -19 | 1 |
