Portuguese Primeira Liga

FT Saturday, May 27, 2023
Santa Clara DLWLW 0
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Benfica WWWWD 3
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CDSC000
SLB213
Estádio da Luz · 64,012 att.

Match Report

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Benfica win record 38th Portuguese league title after edging out Porto on final day

Benfica won their first Portuguese league title in four years after beating Santa Clara 3-0 on Saturday on the final day of the season.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
6
34
Possession
66
9
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
262
Accurate Passes
585
326
Passes
660
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
1
14
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.1
55
Long Balls
42
29
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
4
6
Effective Tackles
13
15
Tackles
21
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
6
10
Effective Clearances
9
10
Clearances
9

Head to Head

SLB leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 99Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. 91MoratoCD-L
  3. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 6Alexander BahRB
  6. 27Rafa SilvaAM
  7. 61FlorentinoLM
  8. 87João NevesRM
  9. 88Gonçalo RamosF
  10. 8Fredrik AursnesAM-L
  11. 20João MárioAM-R

CDSC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Gabriel BatistaG
  2. 44Ítalo Fernando Assis GoncalvesCD-L
  3. 2Ygor NoguieraCD-R
  4. 32MTLB
  5. 95Pierre SagnaRB
  6. 19Bruno AlmeidaAM
  7. 20AdrianoLM
  8. 6Bruno JordãoRM
  9. 39Matheus BabiF
  10. 21AndrezinhoAM-L
  11. 10RicardinhoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Benfica 1, Santa Clara 0. Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexander Bah with a cross.
  2. 28' Goal! Benfica 2, Santa Clara 0. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by João Mário following a fast break.
  3. 45' Substitution, Santa Clara. Kento Misao replaces Bruno Almeida.
  4. 60' Goal! Benfica 3, Santa Clara 0. Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 61' Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  6. 68' Substitution, Benfica. David Neres replaces Rafa.
  7. 68' Substitution, Benfica. Petar Musa replaces Gonçalo Ramos.
  8. 72' Substitution, Benfica. Gilberto replaces Alexander Bah because of an injury.
  9. 73' Substitution, Benfica. Chiquinho replaces Florentino.
  10. 74' Substitution, Santa Clara. Allano replaces Andrézinho.
  11. 74' Substitution, Santa Clara. Diogo Calila replaces Pierre Sagna.
  12. 83' Substitution, Santa Clara. Rildo replaces Bruno Jordão.
  13. 84' Substitution, Santa Clara. Paulo replaces Ítalo.
  14. 88' Substitution, Benfica. Samuel Soares replaces Odysseas Vlachodimos.
  15. 90'+1' Adriano (Santa Clara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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