in benfica's and vitória de guimarães' entire history, the two teams had met on 152 different occasions. benfica had accumulated 104 victories while vitória de guimarães had accumulated 24 victories. of those 152 encounters, 24 of those games had ended in a draw. the last meeting between these two sides in this competition was a fourth round tie in the 2009–10 edition, where the "conquistadores" defeated benfica at the estádio da luz. the last meeting between these two sides, prior to this encounter was a domestic league match, which took place on 17 march. benfica defeated their opponents 4–0 at the estádio d. afonso henriques.