Famalicão welcomes Benfica to this second leg of the Taça De Portugal Semi-finals. It's time to find a winner and both teams know what is needed.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Famalicão and Benfica.
Famalicão form and stats
Famalicão participated in Taça De Portugal the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.5-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Famalicão so far this season. On the other hand, in the Taça De Portugal, Famalicão has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Famalicão are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho, having lost their two previous games here.
The Famalicão crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-7 to Vitória SC here at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho in a Primeira Liga match. A Taça De Portugal defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Benfica.
As you see from the result above, Famalicão suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Famalicão have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho with 19 goals in 10 league matches. Famalicão have conceded 19 from these games.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica was sent out of Taça De Portugal in the semi-finals last season, when Sporting CP turned out to be too strong.Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Benfica so far, with 9-0-1 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Primeira Liga statistics. Total Taça De Portugal statistics for Benfica: 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
Benfica play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Porto. A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Famalicão.
A quick return to home after this game, as Benfica are hosting Sporting Braga in the Primeira Liga only four days away.
The Benfica manager B. Nascimento has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 10 league matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Benfica - Famalicão 3-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Famalicão won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Benfica has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zeroTop Goalscorers
  C. Alves Morais 14 goals |  L. Fernandes 12 goals |   A. Oliveira Silva 7 goals |
Famalicão missing players
Benfica missing players
| Famalicão | Benfica | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 19 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 40 | 23 | Scored | S | 27 | 59 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Conceded | C | 17 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 6.7 | ||
| 5 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 318 | 177 | Total Shots | T S | 187 | 359 | ||
| 119 | 66 | Shots on Target | S O | 74 | 140 | ||
| 33% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 42% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 38 | 54 |
| 2 | Porto | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 30 | 50 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Famalicão | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 32 |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 32 |
| 6 | Rio Ave | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Boavista | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | Vitória SC | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 28 |
| 9 | Santa Clara | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 26 |
| 10 | Vitoria Setubal | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 25 |
| 11 | Gil Vicente | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Tondela | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -6 | 23 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Maritimo | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -21 | 18 |
| 16 | Paços de Ferreira | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -15 | 16 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -14 | 14 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 19 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -14 | 12 |