Portuguese Primeira Liga

Benfica vs Santa Clara, 2020-21 Portuguese Liga

· Portuguese Primeira Liga
Benfica
  • 25': Carlos (OG)
  • 73': Chiquinho
FT
2 - 1
Santa Clara
  • 62': Anderson Carvalho

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.
  • 5': Foul by Crysan (Santa Clara).
  • 5': Jan Vertonghen (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Attempt missed. Allano (Santa Clara) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Crysan.
  • 8': Allano (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Foul by Haris Seferovic (Benfica).
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Everton (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pizzi.
  • 9': Attempt missed. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  • 9': Allano (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Diogo Gonçalves (Benfica).
  • 10': Attempt missed. Allano (Santa Clara) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lincoln.
  • 11': Attempt missed. Pizzi (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rafa.
  • 13': Allano (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Foul by Lucas Verissimo (Benfica).
  • 16': Allano (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Foul by Diogo Gonçalves (Benfica).
  • 18': Attempt saved. Carlos Junior (Santa Clara) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 18': Corner, Santa Clara. Conceded by Helton Leite.
  • 21': Attempt blocked. Crysan (Santa Clara) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Allano.
  • 22': Allano (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Foul by Julian Weigl (Benfica).
  • 24': Attempt saved. Allano (Santa Clara) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lincoln.
  • 25': Foul by Anderson Carvalho (Santa Clara).
  • 25': Haris Seferovic (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 25': Own Goal by Carlos Junior, Santa Clara. Benfica 1, Santa Clara 0.
  • 27': Crysan (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Foul by Julian Weigl (Benfica).
  • 29': Offside, Santa Clara. Mikel Villanueva tries a through ball, but Allano is caught offside.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Diogo Gonçalves with a cross.
  • 31': Foul by Lincoln (Santa Clara).
  • 31': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 32': Attempt missed. Carlos Junior (Santa Clara) header from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Allano with a cross.
  • 36': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by João Afonso.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Everton (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 37': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Mansur.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Lucas Verissimo (Benfica) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross following a corner.
  • 38': Offside, Benfica. Lucas Verissimo tries a through ball, but Nicolás Otamendi is caught offside.
  • 39': Attempt missed. Hidemasa Morita (Santa Clara) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Anderson Carvalho.
  • 40': Foul by Hidemasa Morita (Santa Clara).
  • 40': Julian Weigl (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Attempt blocked. Lincoln (Santa Clara) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Anderson Carvalho.
  • 42': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Anderson Carvalho.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Pizzi with a cross following a corner.
  • 43': Offside, Santa Clara. Allano tries a through ball, but Crysan is caught offside.
  • 44': Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 44': Foul by Rafael Ramos (Santa Clara).
  • 45': Foul by Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica).
  • 45': João Afonso (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Allano (Santa Clara).
  • 45'+1': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Benfica 1, Santa Clara 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Benfica 1, Santa Clara 0.
  • 47': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by João Afonso.
  • 48': Crysan (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 48': Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica).
  • 49': Diogo Gonçalves (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Foul by Mansur (Santa Clara).
  • 50': Foul by Lucas Verissimo (Benfica).
  • 50': Lincoln (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Rafael Ramos.
  • 52': Attempt saved. Crysan (Santa Clara) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lincoln.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Anderson Carvalho (Santa Clara) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Crysan.
  • 55': Attempt blocked. Carlos Junior (Santa Clara) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Crysan.
  • 59': Substitution, Benfica. Chiquinho replaces Everton.
  • 59': Crysan (Santa Clara) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 59': Foul by Lucas Verissimo (Benfica).
  • 59': Attempt saved. Rafael Ramos (Santa Clara) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the top right corner.
  • 59': Corner, Santa Clara. Conceded by Helton Leite.
  • 60': Attempt missed. Rafael Ramos (Santa Clara) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
  • 61': Offside, Benfica. Helton Leite tries a through ball, but Haris Seferovic is caught offside.
  • 62': Goal! Benfica 1, Santa Clara 1. Anderson Carvalho (Santa Clara) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Crysan.
  • 65': Allano (Santa Clara) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 65': Foul by Lucas Verissimo (Benfica).
  • 68': Substitution, Benfica. Darwin Núñez replaces Pizzi.
  • 69': Foul by Lincoln (Santa Clara).
  • 69': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 69': Offside, Santa Clara. Lincoln tries a through ball, but Crysan is caught offside.
  • 71': Allano (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Diogo Gonçalves (Benfica).
  • 73': Goal! Benfica 2, Santa Clara 1. Chiquinho (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diogo Gonçalves with a cross.
  • 75': Darwin Núñez (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 75': Foul by Rafael Ramos (Santa Clara).
  • 76': Corner, Santa Clara. Conceded by Lucas Verissimo.
  • 77': Substitution, Santa Clara. Costinha replaces Allano.
  • 77': Substitution, Santa Clara. Rui Costa replaces Crysan.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Diogo Gonçalves with a cross.
  • 81': Substitution, Benfica. Gilberto replaces Diogo Gonçalves.
  • 81': Substitution, Benfica. Gian-Luca Waldschmidt replaces Rafa.
  • 81': Substitution, Benfica. Pedrinho replaces Haris Seferovic.
  • 83': Attempt saved. Costinha (Santa Clara) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rui Costa.
  • 85': Attempt missed. Pedrinho (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
  • 86': Substitution, Santa Clara. Jean Patric replaces Rafael Ramos.
  • 86': Substitution, Santa Clara. Ukra replaces Anderson Carvalho.
  • 86': Substitution, Santa Clara. Nené replaces Lincoln.
  • 89': Foul by Julian Weigl (Benfica).
  • 89': Nené (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 89': Julian Weigl (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90': Corner, Santa Clara. Conceded by Lucas Verissimo.
  • 90'+1': Attempt saved. Nené (Santa Clara) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Darwin Núñez (Benfica).
  • 90'+1': Jean Patric (Santa Clara) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Nené (Santa Clara).
  • 90'+2': Pedrinho (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Costinha (Santa Clara).
  • 90'+3': Julian Weigl (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Benfica 2, Santa Clara 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Benfica 2, Santa Clara 1.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 14
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 5
0 Saves 6
37.4 Possession 62.6
16 SHOTS 10
7 ON GOAL 1
0.4 On Target % 0.1
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
273 Accurate Passes 496
351 Passes 589
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 6
14 Crosses 17
0.3 Cross % 0.4
63 Long Balls 59
32 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 2
11 Effective Tackles 7
19 Tackles 14
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
12 Interceptions 15
11 Effective Clearances 23
11 Clearances 23

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Liga Portugal Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 FC Porto 27 +43 72
2 Sporting CP 26 +53 65
3 Benfica 27 +41 65
4 Braga 26 +26 46
Full Table

Line-Ups

SLB Benfica (3-4-3)

No. Name
77 Helton Leite (GK)
30 Nicolás Otamendi Yellow Card
5 Jan Vertonghen
4 Lucas Verissimo
21 Pizzi
28 Julian Weigl Yellow Card
3 Alejandro Grimaldo
17 Diogo Gonçalves
14 Haris Seferovic
7 Everton
27 Rafa Silva
Benfica Substitutes:
Darwin Núñez, Odisseas Vlachodimos, Luca Waldschmidt, Gonçalo Ramos, Franco Cervi, Pedrinho, Chiquinho, Gilberto, Morato.

CDSC Santa Clara (4-3-3)

No. Name
99 Marco (GK)
3 Mikel Villanueva
5 João Afonso
6 Mansur
2 Rafael Ramos
25 Hidemasa Morita
10 Lincoln
27 Anderson Carvalho
23 Crysan
7 Allano
13 Carlos
Santa Clara Substitutes:
Ruben Oliveira, Jean Patric , Rui Costa, Nené, Cristian Tassano, Ukra, Rodolfo Cardoso, Pierre Sagna, João Costa.

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