About Match
Benfica Castelo Branco go into the game 8th in the table on 6 points; Oliveira Hospital sit 3rd on 9 — a 3-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Benfica Castelo Branco 1.75 scored and 2.25 conceded per game, Oliveira Hospital 1.5 and 1, with the league averaging 1.42. A win here leaves Benfica Castelo Branco on 9 points and up to 2nd, overtaking Oliveira Hospital, other results permitting.
Five consecutive wins precede this game for Oliveira Hospital, having scored in 14 consecutive games. Benfica Castelo Branco have banked 6 of the last 15 points on offer; Oliveira Hospital, 15.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Benfica Castelo Branco 3, draws 2, Oliveira Hospital 1, at 2.67 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. Only 33% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
Estádio Municipal Vale do Romeiro in Castelo Branco, capacity 12,000, hosts the game.