About Match
16 points for Benfica (2nd), 7 for Moreirense (11th): a 9-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Benfica 3.5 scored and 0.67 conceded per game, Moreirense 1.17 and 2.17, with the league averaging 1.4. Benfica would climb to 19 points with a win and up to 1st (other results held equal).
Momentum sits with Benfica, winners of their last seven, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The five-game form split reads 15/15 points for Benfica against 6/15 for Moreirense.
Across 25 recorded meetings, Benfica have 19 wins to Moreirense's 1, with 5 draws, at 3.04 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 36% of those meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 60% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 56%. The last five meetings averaged 4 goals, well above the all-time 3.04.
The match takes place at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Lisboa (capacity 68,100).