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Benfica, Recent FormBenfica will be very happy having secured 3 points in their last match with a significant 3-1 away win against Farense. They came away from that fixture with 63% of the possession and clocked up 20 attempts on goal with 9 on target. By comparison, Farense managed 14 attempts on goal, with 2 on target.
Manager Roger Schmidt will be delighted with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 12 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 28 of their 30 games this season, and of the 15 games they have played at home, they've notched up 9 clean sheets.
They've had a good run of home form recently, with 9 straight wins in a row and are on an unbeaten run of 18 games.
Having scored 3 goals in his last 6 league games for Benfica, Orkun Kökçü will be looking to keep his tally up with a goal in their next outing.
SC Braga, Recent FormSC Braga have set themselves up nicely for this match by securing a 2-1 home win against Vizela in their previous league match. They achieved 58% possession in that match and had 17 strikes at goal, with 5 hitting the target, up against Vizela's tally of 5 efforts at goal, 2 of which were on target.
Manager (TBC) will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 10 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 8 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 4 of their last 6 away games, but so far this season they have conceded a goal at least once in 24 of their 30 games overall.
They have had a strong run of form recently, being undefeated in 5 of their last 6 games and picking up 4 wins along the way.
On an individual basis, Simon Banza will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 21 goals in SC Braga's 30 league games this season.
In the previous league meeting between these two sides, it was Benfica that came out on top with a 0-1 win.
On each of the last 2 outings between SC Braga and Benfica in the league, Os Arcebispos have not performed well in front of goal and have come up empty-handed in terms of goals. In their last 3 away league games against As Águias, SC Braga have conceded a total of 9 goals and that's an average of 3 per game. Playing away from home, SC Braga have conceded a goal in 3 of their last 3 league games against Benfica.
Benfica has won the last 2 games they've played against SC Braga in the league.
With only Tomás Araújo (Ankle) and Juan Bernat (Muscle) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Roger Schmidt will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
SC Braga manager (TBC) has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Benfica Playing at home | SC Braga Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | Goals scored | 2.3 |
| 0.4 | Goals conceded | 1.7 |
| 45' | Time first goal scored | 39' |
| 43' | Time first goal conceded | 41' |
| 1.5 | Yellow cards | 2.5 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.5 | Subs used | 4.7 |
| 6-1 | Biggest victory | 4-0 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
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