Portugal - Liga PortugalStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Benfica and Vizela, taking place on Sunday, 18 February 2024, at Estádio da Luz in Lisboa.
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Benfica, Recent FormBenfica had to settle for a share of the spoils in their last match, which ran out a 2-2 draw against Vitória Guimarães. In that game they had 61% possession and managed 6 attempts on goal, with 3 on target, compared to Vitória Guimarães who had 12 attempts and 7 on target.
Their boss Roger Schmidt has every reason to be happy with his side's attacking prowess of late, which has seen them net 18 goals in their last 6 matches; however, they may have some work to do in defence with 4 goals conceded across those matches. They have scored in 20 of their 21 games this season, and of the 10 games they have played at home, they've notched up 6 clean sheets.
Their impressive run of form, both away and at home now gives them an unbeaten streak of 20 games in a row.
Rafa Silva will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 4 goals in the last 6 league outings for Benfica.
Vizela, Recent FormVizela will be happy to have grabbed 3 points in their last match, where they clocked up a 1-0 win in their away outing against Gil Vicente. They achieved 40% possession in that match and had 7 strikes at goal, with 2 hitting the target, up against Gil Vicente's tally of 22 efforts at goal, 5 of which were on target.
Rubén de la Barrera, their chief, will be doing some careful analysis of his defence, who have seen their goal breached 16 times in their last 6 games while somehow managing to pick up some points along the way with 5 goals scored. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
They have been on a bad run over their last 6 league matches, with 4 defeats and only 1 victory, so they know full well that a change of form is needed if they want to begin moving up the league table. Their performance in the league this season has been disappoinitng to date, winning just 3 of their 21 league games.
Samuel Essende is the man of the moment at Vizela right now and the toast of their travelling support, having notched up 3 goals from the last 6 away outings in the league.
The 1-2 victory which Benfica recorded last time these two sides met was no surprise to most.
Benfica will be looking to extend their current run of scoring against Vizelenses having scored at least 1 goal in each of their previous 5 meetings.
In the last 3 league meetings between the teams, Benfica has taken all 3 points and has not lost to Vizela in 5 games.
There is only really one injury concern for the Benfica manager Roger Schmidt ahead of this clash, with Juan Bernat (Muscle) missing out, which gives Schmidt a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Vizela manager Rubén de la Barrera has no real injury worries ahead of this clash.
Benfica Playing at home | Vizela Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | Goals scored | 0.9 |
| 0.4 | Goals conceded | 1.6 |
| 50' | Time first goal scored | 48' |
| 47' | Time first goal conceded | 35' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2.3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.3 |
| 4.4 | Subs used | 4.5 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 1-0 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
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