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Benfica stand 2nd in Primeira Liga, with 25 points from 10 league games. Here is the home and away split, the players behind the goals and the fixtures ahead for Benfica, and a short list of bookmakers to bet with.
Benfica
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Benfica, the Lisbon club also called As Águias, play in Primeira Liga and date from 1904.
FC Porto lead Primeira Liga, but Benfica are within five points of them.
Also, the league average is 1.33 goals per team per game; Benfica are scoring 2.7.
In addition, 8 league goals against in 10 games: a tighter defence than most, with the league averaging 1.33.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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| 10 |
| 10 |
| 0 |
| 0 |
| 25 |
| 4 |
| +21 |
| 30 |
| +5 |
| 2 | Benfica | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 25 | – |
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| 3 | Sporting CP | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 21 | −4 |
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| 4 | Santa Clara | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 21 | −4 |
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| 5 | Arouca | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 20 | −5 |
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| 6 | Académico Viseu | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 20 | −5 |
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| 7 | GIL Vicente | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 15 | −10 |
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League average this season: 1.33 goals scored per team per game, 2.7 per match (all 18 clubs' goals over their games played).
Over the past seven games Benfica have a perfect record, scoring 20 and conceding 5 (all competitions).
Also, good against the best: 3 points from two matches against top-six sides for Benfica (all competitions).
Benfica have scored in each of their last 20 games (all competitions).
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Europa League | H | Lech Poznań (H) | 3–1 | W | |
| Primeira Liga | H | Alverca (H) | 1–0 | W | |
| Taça da Liga | H | GIL Vicente (H) | 4–1 | W | |
| Primeira Liga | A | Santa Clara (A) | 2–1 | W | |
| UEFA Europa League | A | Omonia Nicosia (A) | 4–1 | W | |
| UEFA Europa League | H | Celtic (H) | 4–1 | W | |
| Primeira Liga | H | Vitória SC (H) | 2–0 | W | |
| Primeira Liga | A | FC Porto (A) | 1–3 | L | |
| UEFA Europa League | A | AC Milan (A) | 2–0 | W | |
| Primeira Liga | H | GIL Vicente (H) | 3–1 | W |
All competitions. Scores are shown with the team in this guide first.
Benfica are unbeaten in their last five home games (league matches).
On top of that, 2.6 points a game at home, 2.4 away: Benfica take points at much the same rate in either setting (league matches).
| Venue | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts/game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2.60 |
| Away | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 2.40 |
| All | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 2.50 |
League matches only, the same games as the season table.
At 80% of their league games, Benfica's over-2.5 rate is well above the 54% seen across the league.
| Measure | Last 20 | Last 5 | Before that (15) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals scored per game | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| Goals conceded per game | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Total goals per game | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 80% | 80% | 80% |
| Both teams scored | 65% | 80% | 60% |
| Clean sheets | 35% | 20% | 40% |
| Failed to score | 0% | 0% | 0% |
All competitions. "Last 20" is the team's last 20 finished matches; "Last 5" the latest 5; "Before that (15)" the 15 matches before the last 5. The Primeira Liga average this season is 2.7 goals per match. Across 91 finished Primeira Liga matches this season, 54% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 46%. In Benfica's 10 Primeira Liga matches, 80% went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 50%.
12 goals from 18 appearances is a strong return for V. Pavlidis at Benfica (all competitions).
And G. Prestianni leads Benfica's creators with 6 assists (all competitions).
| Player | Apps | Goals | Assists | G+A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V. Pavlidis | 18 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| G. Prestianni | 18 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| J. Durán | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| L. Barreiro | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| A. Bah | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| G. Sudakov | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
All competitions since 7 August. Ranked by goals, then assists.
Estrela, next up for Benfica, have lost 4 of their last 5.
Also, 1.25 is the price on Benfica to beat Estrela, which makes them clear favourites.
A road trip: Benfica play their next three away from home.
| Date | Competition | H/A | Opponent | Pos | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primeira Liga | A | Estrela (A) | 12th | DLLLL | |
| Taça de Portugal | A | Torreense (A) | – | – | |
| UEFA Europa League | A | Plzeň (A) | – | – | |
| Primeira Liga | H | Famalicão (H) | 10th | WLWLW | |
| Primeira Liga | A | Nacional (A) | 15th | LLLWL |
Opponent position and form are from the league table.
| Market | Why |
|---|---|
| Over 2.5 goals | Most recent matches went over 2.5 goals (figures in the goals profile above) |
| Back them at home | Strong points per game at home (home and away table above) |
| Both teams to score: yes | Both sides scored in most recent matches (goals profile above) |
Rules of thumb from recent results, not predictions. Prices are on the bookmaker sites.
The club formed in 1904 as Sport Lisboa, a club for Portuguese players alone, and became Sport Lisboa e Benfica on 13 September 1908 after acquiring Grupo Sport Benfica. Béla Guttmann led them to back-to-back European Cups, beating Barcelona 3–2 in 1961 and Real Madrid 5–3 in 1962. Between October 1976 and September 1978 they went 56 league matches unbeaten. The 2003–04 Taça de Portugal ended their longest silverware drought, and 2013–14 brought an unprecedented domestic treble of league, cup and league cup.
The current Estádio da Luz in Lisbon holds 68,100 and was finished in 2003, for €162 million, about €25 million over the plan. It replaced the ground Benfica used from 1954, which was pulled down in 2002–03 and had been the largest stadium in Europe from 1985 to 1987, at 120,000. The new stadium is a UEFA category four venue, staged several matches of Euro 2004 including the final, and hosted the Champions League finals of 2014 and 2020.
