LISBOA. Benfica was after all too good for Casa Pia with the goal of João Mário (36′), João Mário (43′) and Alexander Bah (72′). Benfica was vastly better in terms of ball possession (74%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica stadium in Lisboa on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was André Filipe Domingues Narciso with the assistance of André Campos and Francisco João Serra Jorge Pereira. The 4th official was Hugo Serafim Coelho Magalhães Silva. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.3 degrees Celsius or 55.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Benfica had a strong ball possession 74% while Casa Pia was struggling with a 26% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Benfica was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benfica won the match.
Benfica shot 18 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Casa Pia shot 8 times, 0 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Benfica didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Casa Pia received 1 yellow card (Cuca).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Benfica will have 53 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Casa Pia will stay with 30 points like Vitória SC to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Benfica will play away with Vizela on the 25th of February with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Benfica (1 draw).
Casa Pia will play away agasint Arouca on the 25th of February with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Benfica – Formation
Benfica started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Roger Schmidt decided to play with the following team: Odysseas Vlachodimos
, Alexander Bah , António Silva , Nicolás Otamendi , Alejandro Grimaldo , Florentino Luís , Chiquinho , João Mário , David Neres , Fredrik Aursnes and Gonçalo Guedes .The home team had on the bench: Petar Musa
, Rafa Silva, Julian Draxler , Felipe Morato, Joao Neves, Samuel Soares, Gilberto, Lucas Veríssimo and Mihailo Ristić.Substitutions
Benfica made 4 changes: Gonçalo Guedes for Julian Draxler (73′), David Neres for Petar Musa (73′), Florentino for Rafa Silva (86′) and Alexander Bah for Gilberto (90′).
Best player: João Mário
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Benfica was João Mário.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 75 passes (90% accurate) and 4 key passes. He performed 3 crosses.Casa Pia – Formation
Casa Pia started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Filipe Gonçalo Pinto Martins played with: Ricardo Batista
, João Nunes , Fernando Varela , Nermin Zolotić , Lucas Soares , Afonso Taira , Cuca , Derick Poloni , Romário Baró , Saviour Godwin and Rafael Martins .The following players were sitting on the bench: Léo Bolgado, Neto, Takahiro Kunimoto
, Clayton , Vasco Fernandes , João Victor, Yuki Soma , Beni and Diogo Pinto.Substitutions
Casa Pia made 5 changes: Cuca for C. Fernandes Silva (46′), Rafael Martins for Yuki Soma (46′), Afonso Taira for Benedito Mambuene Mukendi (56′), Saviour Godwin for Takahiro Kunimoto (64′) and Nermin Zolotic for Vasco Fernandes (77′).
Best player: Afonso Taira
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Casa Pia was Afonso Taira.
His rating is
with 23 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.
- Benfica – Casa Pia – 3-0
- Santa Clara – Boavista – 2-2
- Estoril – Vitória SC – 0-1