Vizela away, Famalicão at home, Club Brugge at home. The first two matches are related to the championship, and the last is related to the second leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League. The next three matches on Benfica’s calendar, if the team’s goal average is respected – roughly two and a half goals per game – should allow entry into the restricted collection of three figures, one hundred, of 100 goals scored in a season.

Attacking football was a hallmark of Roger Schmidt’s team, and the German coach was able to see in practice the style he instilled in the red team. And not only in championship, theoretically the weakest of all those that BOLA has chosen for comparison.

And for those who argue that it is easier to score goals in the league than in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 or Bundesliga, Benfica responds with one of the best attacking records in the Champions League. And the Eagles can consider themselves punished for that amazing, unexpected and rare match that took place at Anfield: 5-2 against Real Madrid. Who would have guessed?

Look at the main window of this page [em baixo] It allows checking that the tournament leader in general is the one who scores more goals, even if the information relates to all official competitions. Benfica leads Portugal and has the best average, Bayern leads the Bundesliga, although it is on a par with Dortmund and Union Berlin, Napoli leads, as shown, in the Italian league, and Paris Saint-Germain also continues to rule in the French first division. The exception is, therefore, Arsenal, who do not possess an impressive goals average for someone who leads the Premier League by a game less than Mane. city.

It should be noted that Benfica distributes 95 goals in this way: 54 in the League, 5 in the Portuguese Cup, 6 in the League Cup, 18 in the Champions League, 12 in the qualifying stage of the Champions League.