About Match
12 points and 13 places separate them: Nacional 15th with 4, Benfica 2nd with 16. Scoring rates set the scale: Nacional 1.17 scored and 1.83 conceded per game, Benfica 3.5 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.4. A win here leaves Nacional on 7 points and up to 9th, other results permitting.
Nacional arrive off four straight defeats. Benfica come in having won seven on the spin, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Nacional 3/15, Benfica 15/15.
The sides have met 26 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Nacional, 4 draws and 21 for Benfica, at 3.65 goals per meeting. 69% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 58%. The recent editions have closed up — 2.8 goals per game over the last five against 3.65 all-time.
The match takes place at Estádio da Madeira in Ilha da Madeira (capacity 5,132).