2017/2018
| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSKA Moskva | 15 | D1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4/15 | 5-10 |
| Benfica | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9/15 | 7-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 3 finished meetings (2005-02-16 – 2017-09-12) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-12 | Benfica | 1-2 | CSKA Moskva |
| 2005-02-23 | Benfica | 1-1 | CSKA Moskva |
| 2005-02-16 | CSKA Moskva | 2-0 | Benfica |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSKA Moskva | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | LLWWL | 17 | -14 |
| Benfica | 4 | 6 | 0 | -13 | LLLLL | 32 | -28 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2017-11-22
9 points and 1 places separated them: CSKA Moskva 3rd with 9, Benfica 4th with 0. Benfica had been under-performing their position — 32nd on five-round form against 4th in the table. Against a league average of 1.59 goals per team per game, CSKA Moskva ran at 1.33 scored and 1.67 conceded, Benfica at 0.17 and 2.33.
VEB Arena in Moskva, capacity 30,457, hosted the game. CSKA Moskva led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-0 full-time score.
