About Match
On paper the standings are lopsided — Benfica 2nd with 16 points, Casa Pia 18th with 1, 15 apart. Per game in the league, Benfica score 3.5 and conceding 0.67, Casa Pia 0.17 and 2.5, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game. Three points here take Benfica to 19 and up to 1st, assuming other results stand.
Benfica arrive on a run of seven straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. A win has eluded Casa Pia for 9 matches. Benfica have banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Casa Pia, 1.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Benfica, 3 draws and 1 for Casa Pia, at 3 goals per meeting. Only 33% of these meetings ended in a home win. The recent trend is more open — 4 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 3 all-time.
Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Lisboa stages the fixture, a ground that holds 68,100.