Portuguese Primeira Liga

FT Sunday, December 28, 2025
Benfica DWWWW 2
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Braga WWWLW 2
1st2ndT
SLB112
SCB202
Estádio Municipal de Braga · 24,314 att.

Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
4
50.8
Possession
49.2
14
SHOTS
11
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
410
Accurate Passes
408
500
Passes
488
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
1
14
Crosses
9
0.4
Cross %
0.1
44
Long Balls
37
23
Accurate Long Balls
5
0.5
Long Balls %
0.1
1
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
6
16
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
13
7
Effective Clearances
12
7
Clearances
12

Head to Head

SLB leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SCB · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lukás HornícekG
  2. 6Vítor CarvalhoCD
  3. 26Bright Arrey-MbiCD-L
  4. 2Víctor GómezCD-R
  5. 8João MoutinhoCM-L
  6. 29GorbyCM-R
  7. 5Leonardo LeloLM
  8. 20Mario DorgelesRM
  9. 18Pau VíctorF
  10. 21Ricardo HortaCF-L
  11. 10Rodrigo ZalazarCF-R

SLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Anatoliy TrubinG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 44Tomás AraújoCD-R
  4. 26Samuel DahlLB
  5. 17Amar DedicRB
  6. 18Leandro BarreiroAM
  7. 5Enzo BarrenecheaLM
  8. 20Richard RíosRM
  9. 14Vangelis PavlidisF
  10. 10Georgiy SudakovAM-L
  11. 8Fredrik AursnesAM-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Tomás Araújo (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Goal! Sporting Braga 0, Benfica 1. Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  3. 30' João Moutinho (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 38' Goal! Sporting Braga 1, Benfica 1. Rodrigo Zalazar (Sporting Braga) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 45'+1' Goal! Sporting Braga 2, Benfica 1. Pau Víctor (Sporting Braga) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  6. 53' Goal! Sporting Braga 2, Benfica 2. Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis following a fast break.
  7. 65' Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 74' Richard Ríos (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 77' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Fran Navarro replaces Pau Víctor.
  10. 77' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Gabri Martínez replaces Mario Dorgeles.
  11. 77' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Florian Grillitsch replaces João Moutinho.
  12. 80' Substitution, Benfica. Gianluca Prestianni replaces Heorhii Sudakov.
  13. 80' Substitution, Benfica. Franjo Ivanovic replaces Leandro Barreiro.
  14. 86' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Gabriel Moscardo replaces Rodrigo Zalazar.
  15. 88' Gabriel Moscardo (Sporting Braga) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+3' Second yellow card to Ricardo Horta (Sporting Braga) for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+6' Substitution, Sporting Braga. Paulo Oliveira replaces Víctor Gómez.

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