Benfica vs Moreirense, 2020-21 Portuguese Liga
· Portuguese Primeira LigaAbout
Benfica are hosting Moreirense
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 Rúben Dias (Benfica).
- 2': Fábio Abreu (Moreirense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Attempt missed. Darwin Núñez (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rafa following a fast break.
- 6': Darwin Núñez (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Steven Vitória (Moreirense).
- 10': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Anthony D'Alberto.
- 10': Attempt missed. Jan Vertonghen (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross following a corner.
- 11': Hand ball by Fábio Pacheco (Moreirense).
- 15': Attempt saved. Gabriel Pires (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Pizzi.
- 15': Attempt missed. Everton (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 18': Attempt missed. Gabriel Pires (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by André Almeida.
- 19': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Anthony D'Alberto.
- 20': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Steven Vitória.
- 20': Goal! Benfica 1, Moreirense 0. Rúben Dias (Benfica) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Everton with a cross following a corner.
- 23': Attempt missed. Darwin Núñez (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by André Almeida with a cross.
- 27': Attempt missed. Darwin Núñez (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jan Vertonghen.
- 28': Attempt saved. Lucas (Moreirense) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Fábio Abreu.
- 28': Corner, Moreirense. Conceded by Odysseas Vlachodimos.
- 29': Attempt blocked. Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Everton with a through ball.
- 29': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Steven Vitória.
- 29': Attempt missed. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Everton following a corner.
- 30': Foul by Pedro Amador (Moreirense).
- 30': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 30': Attempt missed. Alex Soares (Moreirense) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Lucas following a fast break.
- 30': Pizzi (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 33': André Almeida (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Foul by Pedro Nuno (Moreirense).
- 33': Foul by Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Benfica).
- 33': Fábio Pacheco (Moreirense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica).
- 34': Lucas (Moreirense) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by André Almeida.
- 36': Attempt missed. Darwin Núñez (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Rafa.
- 36': Foul by Alex Soares (Moreirense).
- 36': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 36': Attempt saved. Everton (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gian-Luca Waldschmidt with a through ball.
- 36': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Mateus Pasinato.
- 37': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Anthony D'Alberto.
- 37': Attempt saved. Jan Vertonghen (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross.
- 37': Foul by Darwin Núñez (Benfica).
- 37': Mateus Pasinato (Moreirense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Offside, Benfica. Rafa tries a through ball, but Pizzi is caught offside.
- 41': Foul by Rúben Dias (Benfica).
- 41': Fábio Abreu (Moreirense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Foul by Filipe Soares (Moreirense).
- 41': Rúben Dias (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Attempt missed. Everton (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Gian-Luca Waldschmidt.
- 42': Attempt missed. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Rafa.
- 43': Attempt missed. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
- 45': Attempt missed. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by André Almeida.
- 45'+1': Offside, Benfica. Gian-Luca Waldschmidt tries a through ball, but Darwin Núñez is caught offside.
- 45'+2': Foul by Rúben Dias (Benfica).
- 45'+2': Fábio Abreu (Moreirense) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Benfica 1, Moreirense 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Benfica 1, Moreirense 0.
- 48': Attempt saved. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Everton.
- 49': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Pedro Amador.
- 50': Attempt missed. Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 50': Attempt missed. Lucas (Moreirense) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 51': Foul by Fábio Pacheco (Moreirense).
- 51': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 52': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Lazar Rosic.
- 54': Attempt saved. Everton (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo.
- 57': Foul by Steven Vitória (Moreirense).
- 57': Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 59': Attempt blocked. Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
- 59': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Lazar Rosic.
- 60': Foul by André Almeida (Benfica).
- 60': Pedro Nuno (Moreirense) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 60': André Almeida (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 60': Substitution, Moreirense. Felipe Pires replaces Lucas.
- 61': Offside, Moreirense. Pedro Amador tries a through ball, but Pedro Nuno is caught offside.
- 62': Everton (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 62': Foul by Felipe Pires (Moreirense).
- 64': Attempt saved. Everton (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
- 64': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Mateus Pasinato.
- 65': Foul by Jan Vertonghen (Benfica).
- 65': Steven Vitória (Moreirense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Substitution, Benfica. Haris Seferovic replaces Gian-Luca Waldschmidt.
- 66': Substitution, Benfica. Chiquinho replaces Pizzi.
- 67': Substitution, Moreirense. Matheus Silva replaces Anthony D'Alberto.
- 68': Alex Soares (Moreirense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Foul by Chiquinho (Benfica).
- 69': Attempt missed. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Chiquinho.
- 70': Foul by Filipe Soares (Moreirense).
- 70': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Attempt saved. Gabriel Pires (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Haris Seferovic.
- 71': Attempt missed. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Chiquinho.
- 73': Attempt missed. Pedro Nuno (Moreirense) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Filipe Soares.
- 74': Substitution, Benfica. Pedrinho replaces Rafa.
- 77': Felipe Pires (Moreirense) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Foul by André Almeida (Benfica).
- 80': Foul by Pedro Amador (Moreirense).
- 80': Pedrinho (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Goal! Benfica 2, Moreirense 0. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
- 82': Substitution, Moreirense. Gonçalo Franco replaces Fábio Pacheco.
- 83': Substitution, Moreirense. Ibrahima Camará replaces Alex Soares.
- 83': Everton (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Filipe Soares (Moreirense).
- 84': Attempt missed. Pedrinho (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Chiquinho.
- 86': Foul by Gonçalo Franco (Moreirense).
- 86': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': André Almeida (Benfica) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box.
- 88': Substitution, Benfica. Julian Weigl replaces Everton.
- 88': Substitution, Benfica. Nuno Tavares replaces Alejandro Grimaldo.
- 90': Foul by Matheus Silva (Moreirense).
- 90': Haris Seferovic (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Pedro Nuno (Moreirense) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Filipe Soares.
- 90'+3': Filipe Soares (Moreirense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Foul by Gabriel Pires (Benfica).
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Benfica 2, Moreirense 0.
- 0': Match ends, Benfica 2, Moreirense 0.
Statistics
 MFC |
SLB |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 11 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 7 | Saves | 1 |
| 28.9 | Possession | 71.1 |
| 5 | SHOTS | 29 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 10 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 171 | Accurate Passes | 555 |
| 254 | Passes | 636 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 9 |
| 6 | Crosses | 19 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.5 |
| 64 | Long Balls | 43 |
| 31 | Accurate Long Balls | 29 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 17 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 27 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 15 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 24 | Effective Clearances | 2 |
| 24 | Clearances | 2 |
Game Information
Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga
Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Liga Portugal Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Porto | 5 | +10 | 15 |
| 2 | Benfica | 5 | +15 | 13 |
| 3 | Sporting CP | 5 | +9 | 13 |
| 4 | Santa Clara | 5 | +6 | 11 |
Line-Ups
Benfica (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 99 | Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK) |
| 5 | Jan Vertonghen |
| 6 | Rúben Dias |
| 3 | Alejandro Grimaldo |
| 34 | André Almeida  |
| 8 | Gabriel |
| 21 | Pizzi |
| 7 | Everton |
| 27 | Rafa Silva |
| 9 | Darwin Núñez |
| 10 | Luca Waldschmidt |
Moreirense (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 14 | Mateus (GK) |
| 19 | Steven Vitória |
| 3 | Lazar Rosic |
| 6 | Fabio Pacheco |
| 81 | Pedro Amador |
| 2 | Anthony D' Alberto |
| 21 | Filipe Soares |
| 26 | Alex Soares |
| 27 | Pedro Nuno |
| 11 | Lucas |
| 9 | Fábio Abreu |
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