Portuguese Primeira Liga

Benfica vs Santa Clara, 2019-20 Portuguese Liga

· Portuguese Primeira Liga
Benfica
  • 50': Rafa Silva
  • 63': Carlos Vinícius
  • 65': Carlos Vinícius
FT
3 - 4
Santa Clara
  • 44': Anderson Carvalho
  • 57': Zaidu Sanusi
  • 82': Crysan (P)
  • 90'+5': Zé Manuel

About

Benfica are hosting Santa Clara at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, starting on . The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Foul by Rafael Ramos (Santa Clara).
  • 2': Nuno Tavares (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Corner, Santa Clara. Conceded by Gabriel Pires.
  • 5': Foul by Fábio Cardoso (Santa Clara).
  • 5': Nuno Tavares (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Attempt saved. Thiago Santana (Santa Clara) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rashid.
  • 7': Foul by Carlos Junior (Santa Clara).
  • 7': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Gabriel Pires (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nuno Tavares.
  • 10': Foul by Ferro (Benfica).
  • 10': Thiago Santana (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Attempt saved. Thiago Santana (Santa Clara) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 14': Foul by Haris Seferovic (Benfica).
  • 14': João Afonso (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 15': Foul by Thiago Santana (Santa Clara).
  • 15': Rúben Dias (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Nuno Tavares (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
  • 16': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 16': Foul by Anderson Carvalho (Santa Clara).
  • 17': Foul by Anderson Carvalho (Santa Clara).
  • 17': Pizzi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 18': Anderson Carvalho (Santa Clara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 19': Attempt saved. Julian Weigl (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
  • 19': Attempt saved. Nuno Tavares (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
  • 21': Foul by Nuno Tavares (Benfica).
  • 21': Thiago Santana (Santa Clara) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 22': Corner, Santa Clara. Conceded by André Almeida.
  • 24': Chico Ramos (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 24': Foul by Gabriel Pires (Benfica).
  • 25': Corner, Santa Clara. Conceded by André Almeida.
  • 27': Hand ball by Adel Taarabt (Benfica).
  • 28': Offside, Benfica. Gabriel Pires tries a through ball, but Haris Seferovic is caught offside.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Adel Taarabt (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Gabriel Pires.
  • 31': Foul by Julian Weigl (Benfica).
  • 31': Zaidu Sanusi (Santa Clara) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 31': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 32': Offside, Benfica. Adel Taarabt tries a through ball, but Haris Seferovic is caught offside.
  • 35': Foul by Zaidu Sanusi (Santa Clara).
  • 35': Pizzi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nuno Tavares with a cross.
  • 37': Attempt missed. Carlos Junior (Santa Clara) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Zaidu Sanusi.
  • 39': Attempt saved. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adel Taarabt with a through ball.
  • 43': Corner, Santa Clara. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
  • 44': Goal! Benfica 0, Santa Clara 1. Anderson Carvalho (Santa Clara) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nuno Tavares with a cross.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Santa Clara. Conceded by Nuno Tavares.
  • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Fábio Cardoso (Santa Clara) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Costinha with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Benfica 0, Santa Clara 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Benfica 0, Santa Clara 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Benfica. Andrija Zivkovic replaces Gabriel Pires.
  • 45': Substitution, Benfica. Carlos Vinicius replaces Haris Seferovic.
  • 46': Attempt saved. Adel Taarabt (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 46': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Rafael Ramos.
  • 46': Foul by Carlos Vinicius (Benfica).
  • 46': Fábio Cardoso (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': André Almeida (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 48': Foul by Carlos Junior (Santa Clara).
  • 49': André Almeida (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 49': Foul by Rafael Ramos (Santa Clara).
  • 50': Goal! Benfica 1, Santa Clara 1. Rafa (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by André Almeida.
  • 53': Substitution, Santa Clara. Nené replaces Carlos Junior.
  • 53': Substitution, Santa Clara. Mamadu Cande replaces Anderson Carvalho.
  • 53': Foul by Thiago Santana (Santa Clara).
  • 53': Julian Weigl (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 54': Chico Ramos (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Foul by Adel Taarabt (Benfica).
  • 57': Corner, Santa Clara. Conceded by Rúben Dias.
  • 57': Goal! Benfica 1, Santa Clara 2. Zaidu Sanusi (Santa Clara) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rashid with a cross following a corner.
  • 58': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 58': Foul by Nené (Santa Clara).
  • 61': Attempt missed. Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Andrija Zivkovic with a cross.
  • 63': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by João Afonso.
  • 63': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Fábio Cardoso.
  • 63': Goal! Benfica 2, Santa Clara 2. Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross following a corner.
  • 65': Adel Taarabt (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 65': Foul by Nené (Santa Clara).
  • 65': Goal! Benfica 3, Santa Clara 2. Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by André Almeida with a cross.
  • 68': Substitution, Santa Clara. Crysan replaces Thiago Santana.
  • 68': Substitution, Santa Clara. Zé Manuel replaces Rashid.
  • 69': Foul by Rafa (Benfica).
  • 69': Nené (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 73': Offside, Benfica. André Almeida tries a through ball, but Carlos Vinicius is caught offside.
  • 74': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by João Afonso.
  • 75': Substitution, Santa Clara. Diogo Salomão replaces Costinha.
  • 75': Foul by Andrija Zivkovic (Benfica).
  • 75': Zé Manuel (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 76': Foul by Pizzi (Benfica).
  • 76': Rafael Ramos (Santa Clara) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 77': Penalty conceded by Rúben Dias (Benfica) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 79': VAR Decision: Penalty Santa Clara.
  • 81': Rúben Dias (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 82': Goal! Benfica 3, Santa Clara 3. Crysan (Santa Clara) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 83': Foul by Andrija Zivkovic (Benfica).
  • 83': Zé Manuel (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 84': Corner, Santa Clara. Conceded by Julian Weigl.
  • 86': Substitution, Benfica. Franco Cervi replaces Pizzi.
  • 86': Substitution, Benfica. Dyego Sousa replaces Adel Taarabt.
  • 86': Foul by Fábio Cardoso (Santa Clara).
  • 86': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 86': Foul by Dyego Sousa (Benfica).
  • 86': Fábio Cardoso (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Carlos Vinicius (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by André Almeida with a cross.
  • 89': Foul by Andrija Zivkovic (Benfica).
  • 89': Zé Manuel (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Andrija Zivkovic (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dyego Sousa.
  • 90'+5': Goal! Benfica 3, Santa Clara 4. Zé Manuel (Santa Clara) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Crysan.
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Benfica 3, Santa Clara 4.
  • 0': Match ends, Benfica 3, Santa Clara 4.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 15
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 3
7 Corner Kicks 4
6 Saves 2
40.1 Possession 59.9
8 SHOTS 16
6 ON GOAL 8
0.8 On Target % 0.5
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
195 Accurate Passes 351
294 Passes 449
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 7
22 Crosses 23
0.1 Cross % 0.3
79 Long Balls 60
24 Accurate Long Balls 34
0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
0 Blocked Shots 2
9 Effective Tackles 15
15 Tackles 20
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
13 Interceptions 7
22 Effective Clearances 19
22 Clearances 19

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Liga Portugal Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 FC Porto 6 +13 18
2 Benfica 5 +15 13
3 Sporting CP 5 +9 13
4 Santa Clara 5 +6 11
Full Table

Line-Ups

SLB Benfica (4-4-2)

No. Name
99 Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK)
97 Ferro
6 Rúben Dias Yellow Card
71 Nuno Tavares
34 André Almeida
8 Gabriel Yellow Card
28 Julian Weigl
27 Rafa Silva
21 Pizzi
14 Haris Seferovic
49 Adel Taarabt
Benfica Substitutes:
Jota, Dyego Sousa, Andreas Samaris, Carlos Vinícius, Franco Cervi, Tomas Tavares, Ivan Zlobin, Chiquinho, Andrija Zivkovic.

CDSC Santa Clara (4-4-2)

No. Name
99 Marco (GK)
4 Fábio Cardoso
5 João Afonso
3 Zaidu Sanusi
2 Rafael Ramos
6 Osama Jabbar
27 Anderson Carvalho Yellow Card
20 João Costa
88 Chico Ramos
13 Carlos
14 Thiago Santana
Santa Clara Substitutes:
Diogo Salomao, João Reis, Crysan, Rodolfo Cardoso, Nené, César, Pierre Sagna, Mamadú Candé, Zé Manuel.

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