Portuguese Primeira Liga

FT Thursday, May 6, 2021
FC Porto WWWDW 1
–
Benfica WLWWW 1
1st2ndT
FCP011
SLB101
Estádio da Luz

Match Report

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
20
3
Yellow Cards
8
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
11
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
1
55.8
Possession
44.2
15
SHOTS
5
2
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
300
Accurate Passes
219
388
Passes
313
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
2
23
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
58
27
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
14
18
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
11
Interceptions
16
10
Effective Clearances
26
10
Clearances
26

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

SLB · 3-4-3

  1. 77Helton LeiteG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD
  3. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  4. 4Lucas VerissimoCD-R
  5. 21PizziCM-L
  6. 28Julian WeiglCM-R
  7. 3Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 17Diogo GonçalvesRM
  9. 14Haris SeferovicF
  10. 7EvertonCF-L
  11. 27Rafa SilvaCF-R

FCP · 4-4-2

  1. 1Agustín MarchesínG
  2. 3PepeCD-L
  3. 19Chancel MbembaCD-R
  4. 12Zaidu SanusiLB
  5. 18ManafáRB
  6. 8Mateus UribeCM-L
  7. 27Sérgio OliveiraCM-R
  8. 7Luis DíazLM
  9. 25OtávioRM
  10. 9Mehdi TaremiCF-L
  11. 11Moussa MaregaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Sérgio Oliveira (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 23' Goal! Benfica 1, FC Porto 0. Everton (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rafa.
  3. 31' Julian Weigl (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 58' Lucas Verissimo (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 60' Rafa (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 64' Pepe (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 68' Substitution, Benfica. Gabriel Pires replaces Julian Weigl.
  8. 68' Substitution, Benfica. Adel Taarabt replaces Rafa.
  9. 69' Substitution, FC Porto. Toni Martínez replaces Moussa Marega.
  10. 69' Substitution, FC Porto. João Mário replaces Zaidu Sanusi.
  11. 71' Helton Leite (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 75' Goal! Benfica 1, FC Porto 1. Mateus Uribe (FC Porto) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by João Mário following a corner.
  13. 81' Chancel Mbemba (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 81' Gabriel Pires (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 81' Pizzi (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 83' Haris Seferovic (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 83' Substitution, FC Porto. Evanilson replaces Mehdi Taremi.
  18. 84' Substitution, FC Porto. Francisco Conceição replaces Sérgio Oliveira.
  19. 85' Substitution, Benfica. Darwin Núñez replaces Everton.
  20. 90' Diogo Gonçalves (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  21. 90'+5' Substitution, Benfica. Gilberto replaces Diogo Gonçalves.
  22. 90'+5' Substitution, Benfica. Pedrinho replaces Pizzi.

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