Portuguese Primeira Liga

Benfica vs Arouca, 2025-26 Portuguese Primeira Liga

· Portuguese Primeira Liga
Benfica
  • 9': Vangelis Pavlidis (P)
  • 22': Vangelis Pavlidis (P)
  • 45'+6': Nicolás Otamendi
  • 50': Vangelis Pavlidis
  • 90'+3': Franjo Ivanovic (P)
FT
5 - 0
Arouca

    About

    Benfica are hosting Arouca 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.
    • 3': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Tiago Esgaio.
    • 3': Foul by David Simão (Arouca).
    • 3': Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 4': Arnau Solà (Arouca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Foul by Dodi Lukébakio (Benfica).
    • 5': Enzo Barrenechea (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 5': Foul by Pablo Gozálbez (Arouca).
    • 5': Penalty conceded by Espen van Ee (Arouca) with a handball in the penalty area.
    • 7': VAR Decision: Penalty Benfica.
    • 9': Goal! Benfica 1, Arouca 0. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 11': Foul by Pablo Gozálbez (Arouca).
    • 11': Samuel Dahl (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Foul by Tiago Esgaio (Arouca).
    • 11': Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Foul by José Fontán (Arouca).
    • 14': Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Offside, Arouca. Miguel Puche is caught offside.
    • 18': Penalty Benfica. Gianluca Prestianni draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 18': Penalty conceded by Alfonso Trezza (Arouca) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 20': VAR Decision: Penalty Benfica.
    • 22': Goal! Benfica 2, Arouca 0. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
    • 26': Foul by Espen van Ee (Arouca).
    • 26': Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 26': Delay in match because of an injury Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica).
    • 27': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 29': Attempt missed. Pablo Gozálbez (Arouca) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 31': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Arnau Solà.
    • 32': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Espen van Ee.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Dodi Lukébakio with a cross following a corner.
    • 33': Foul by Arnau Solà (Arouca).
    • 33': Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Foul by Barbero (Arouca).
    • 39': Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Omar Fayed (Arouca).
    • 40': Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Richard Ríos with a headed pass.
    • 42': Espen van Ee (Arouca) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 42': Foul by Dodi Lukébakio (Benfica).
    • 43': Attempt missed. Barbero (Arouca) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by José Fontán.
    • 43': Foul by Tiago Esgaio (Arouca).
    • 43': Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Tiago Esgaio (Arouca) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45': Espen van Ee (Arouca) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45': Foul by Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica).
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Dangerous play by Miguel Puche (Arouca).
    • 45'+1': Richard Ríos (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+4': Foul by David Simão (Arouca).
    • 45'+4': Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 45'+5': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Arnau Solà.
    • 45'+6': Goal! Benfica 3, Arouca 0. Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dodi Lukébakio with a cross following a corner.
    • 45'+6': First Half ends, Benfica 3, Arouca 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Benfica 3, Arouca 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Arouca. Lee Hyun-Ju replaces Espen van Ee.
    • 45': Substitution, Arouca. Taichi Fukui replaces Pablo Gozálbez.
    • 46': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Miguel Puche.
    • 47': Attempt missed. Tomás Araújo (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov with a cross following a corner.
    • 47': Foul by Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica).
    • 47': Miguel Puche (Arouca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 48': Foul by Richard Ríos (Benfica).
    • 48': Lee Hyun-Ju (Arouca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.
    • 50': Goal! Benfica 4, Arouca 0. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gianluca Prestianni.
    • 52': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Omar Fayed.
    • 53': Foul by Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica).
    • 53': Miguel Puche (Arouca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Enzo Barrenechea (Benfica).
    • 55': Lee Hyun-Ju (Arouca) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 56': Attempt missed. Richard Ríos (Benfica) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Samuel Dahl.
    • 56': David Simão (Arouca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Foul by Richard Ríos (Benfica).
    • 57': Attempt missed. Dodi Lukébakio (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes.
    • 58': Attempt saved. Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by João Valido (Arouca). Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov.
    • 59': Arnau Solà (Arouca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Dodi Lukébakio (Benfica).
    • 59': Dodi Lukébakio (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 62': Foul by Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica).
    • 62': Tiago Esgaio (Arouca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 62': Substitution, Arouca. Naïs Djouahra replaces Alfonso Trezza.
    • 63': Substitution, Benfica. Leandro Barreiro replaces Heorhii Sudakov.
    • 63': Substitution, Benfica. Andreas Schjelderup replaces Gianluca Prestianni.
    • 64': Arnau Solà (Arouca) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 64': Foul by Richard Ríos (Benfica).
    • 67': Andreas Schjelderup (Benfica) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Dodi Lukébakio following a fast break.
    • 67': Substitution, Benfica. João Rego replaces Richard Ríos.
    • 69': Attempt missed. David Simão (Arouca) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Naïs Djouahra.
    • 70': Offside, Benfica. João Rego is caught offside.
    • 71': João Rego (Benfica).
    • 71': Taichi Fukui (Arouca) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 71': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by José Fontán.
    • 72': Attempt saved. João Rego (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by João Valido (Arouca). Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes with a cross.
    • 73': Attempt blocked. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dodi Lukébakio.
    • 74': Corner, Arouca. Conceded by Samuel Dahl.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Barbero (Arouca) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Arnau Solà.
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Dodi Lukébakio (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 76': Foul by José Fontán (Arouca).
    • 76': João Rego (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 77': Substitution, Benfica. Ivan Lima replaces Dodi Lukébakio.
    • 77': Substitution, Benfica. Franjo Ivanovic replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
    • 79': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Naïs Djouahra.
    • 79': Foul by Omar Fayed (Arouca).
    • 79': Franjo Ivanovic (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Enzo Barrenechea (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left from a direct free kick.
    • 82': Foul by Omar Fayed (Arouca).
    • 82': João Rego (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Omar Fayed (Arouca) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 84': Offside, Benfica. Andreas Schjelderup is caught offside.
    • 85': Offside, Benfica. João Rego is caught offside.
    • 86': Substitution, Arouca. Brian Mansilla replaces Barbero.
    • 86': Attempt blocked. Brian Mansilla (Arouca) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Miguel Puche.
    • 87': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by José Fontán.
    • 88': Attempt saved. Franjo Ivanovic (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by João Valido (Arouca). Assisted by Nicolás Otamendi.
    • 89': Substitution, Arouca. Amadou Dante replaces Arnau Solà.
    • 89': Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica).
    • 89': Miguel Puche (Arouca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Penalty Benfica. João Rego draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 90'+1': Penalty conceded by Amadou Dante (Arouca) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 90'+3': Goal! Benfica 5, Arouca 0. Franjo Ivanovic (Benfica) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Benfica 5, Arouca 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Benfica 5, Arouca 0.

    Statistics

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    18 Fouls 13
    2 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 4
    1 Corner Kicks 9
    3 Saves 0
    46.6 Possession 53.4
    5 SHOTS 17
    0 ON GOAL 8
    0.0 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 3
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 3
    330 Accurate Passes 398
    406 Passes 466
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    1 Accurate Crosses 4
    10 Crosses 18
    0.1 Cross % 0.2
    42 Long Balls 52
    19 Accurate Long Balls 38
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
    1 Blocked Shots 2
    9 Effective Tackles 11
    16 Tackles 13
    0.6 Tackle % 0.8
    8 Interceptions 12
    20 Effective Clearances 9
    20 Clearances 9

    Game Information

    Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

    Venue: Estádio da Luz
    Location: Lisbon, Portugal
    Attendance: 60,322

    Liga Portugal Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 FC Porto 10 +20 28
    2 Sporting CP 11 +21 28
    3 Benfica 10 +17 24
    4 Gil Vicente 10 +11 22
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    SLB Benfica (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Anatoliy Trubin (GK)
    30 Nicolás Otamendi
    44 Tomás Araújo
    26 Samuel Dahl
    8 Fredrik Aursnes
    10 Georgiy Sudakov
    5 Enzo Barrenechea
    20 Richard Ríos
    14 Vangelis Pavlidis
    25 Gianluca Prestianni
    11 Dodi Lukebakio
    Benfica Substitutes:
    Henrique Araújo, Ivan Lima, João Rêgo, Franjo Ivanovic, Andreas Schjelderup, Samuel Soares, Leandro Barreiro, Rafael Obrador, António Silva.

    FCA Arouca (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 João Valido (GK)
    3 José Fontán
    66 Omar Fayed Yellow Card
    16 Arnau Solà
    28 Tiago Esgaio Yellow Card
    10 Pablo Gozálbez
    22 Espen Van Ee
    8 David Simão
    17 Barbero
    11 Miguel Puche
    19 Alfonso Trezza
    Arouca Substitutes:
    Amadou Dante, Näis Djouahra, Romualdas Jansonas, Taichi Fukui, Boris Popovic, Lee Hyun-Ju, Diogo Monteiro, Nico Mantl, Brian Mansilla.

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