About Match
Santa Clara (4th, 14 pts) visit Benfica (2nd, 16 pts) with 2 points between them. Per game in the league, Benfica score 3.5 and conceding 0.67, Santa Clara 1.83 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game. Victory would move Benfica to 19 points and up to 1st, with other results unchanged.
Benfica have won seven straight, having scored in 15 consecutive games. 11 matches unbeaten back Santa Clara's arrival, having scored in 11 consecutive games.
Across 15 recorded meetings, Benfica have 12 wins to Santa Clara's 1, with 2 draws, at 3.33 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 73% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Lisboa stages the fixture, a ground that holds 68,100.