Match Report
The table gap was wide: 54 points between Benfica (2nd, 80 pts) and Vizela (17th, 26 pts). Vizela ranked 12th in the league on five-round form, well above their 17th table position. Against a league average of 1.43 goals per team per game, Benfica ran at 2.26 scored and 0.82 conceded, Vizela at 1.06 and 1.94.
Benfica were unbeaten in 15, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Benfica 13/15, Vizela 3/15.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 6 for Benfica, 0 for Vizela and 1 drawn, at 2.43 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 14% of the meetings went to the host. Shutting the other side out is rare here — both scored in 71% of the meetings.
The match was played at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Lisbon (capacity 64,642). On the scoreboard, Benfica led 5-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 6-1.