Paços de Ferreira will be wanting a better result here following a 1-2 Primeira Liga defeat in their last game at the hands of Braga.
In that match, Paços de Ferreira had 39% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Paços de Ferreira was Jordan Holsgrove (68′). SC Braga got 15 shots at goal with 10 on target. Vítor Oliveira (58′) and Simon Banza (98′) scored for Braga.
Paços de Ferreira have really been misfiring in recent times. Their sum of goals stands at just 3 against opposition teams during the course of their previous 6 matches. In those games, Paços de Ferreira have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them total 12. That trend isn’t assured to be continued into this match, however.
Their prior results show that Paços de Ferreira:
- are winless against Benfica in their last 13 league matches. That has got to hurt.
- haven’t won at home in the past 11 league games. It’s been disappointing.
Benfica will go into the encounter following a 0-3 Primeira Liga win against Santa Clara in their previous fixture.
In that match, Benfica had 67% possession and 14 shots at goal with 5 on target. For Benfica, the scorers were Fredrik Aursnes (9′), Gonçalo Ramos (15′) and Gonçalo Guedes (80′). On the other side, Santa Clara had 9 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.
Proving their bias toward eventful encounters, goals have been celebrated 21 times in the previous 6 matches in which Benfica have sent out their troops, giving a mean average of 3.5 goals each meeting. Opposition teams have got 7 of those goals.
Ahead of this meeting, Benfica remain undefeated by Paços de Ferreira when they have played them away from home in the previous 6 league matches. A solid away record against them.
This match will be played on 26/01/2023 at 21:15
