The most scored visiting team in Liga NOS

Benfica is the team of the current edition of Liga NOS with the best exploitation of the away matches and will defend its status in the Round 31, at 8:30 pm on Saturday, in Estoril.

In the fight for the National Championship, Benfica has two points less than the leader in 30 rounds, but still has four battles left until the end.

The first one will take place at Estádio António Coimbra da Mota, in the last but one away match in this edition of Liga NOS.

In the 15 away matches of the current Championship, Benfica reached 10 victories, four draws and just one defeat. With these results, the team commanded by Rui Vitória achieved 34 points, one more than FC Porto and four more than Sporting.

In what concerns to the goals scored in the quality of visiting team, Benfica is also on top: scored for 31 times. In the most recent trip –  to Estádio do Bonfim to face V. Setúbal (round 29) –, the eagles won by 1-2, with two goals authenticated by Raúl.

Restraining the analysis to the last seven dislocations, all of them occurred already in 2018, we can note that Benfica beat Moreirense (0-2), Braga (1-3), Portimonense (1-3), Paços de Ferreira (1-3), Feirense (0-2) and V. Setúbal (1-2), and only conceded a draw at Restelo, against Belenenses (1-1), on January 29 (round 20).

In the 15 matches played away, Benfica has showed an interesting range of offensive solutions and resources, while nine different players scored the goals: Jonas (13), Raúl (4), Salvio (3), Pizzi (3), Seferovic (2), Cervi (2), Rafa (2), Samaris (1) and Zivkovic (1).

Text: João Sanches

Pics: Archive / SL Benfica