LISBOA. Benfica conquers Famalicão 2-0 after G. Ramos scores 2 goals.

The match was played at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica stadium in Lisboa on Friday and it started at 9:15 pm local time. The referee was Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias with the support of Paulo Alexandre Santos Soares and Pedro Ribeiro. The 4th official was João António Ferreira Gonçalves. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.6 degrees Celsius or 51.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Benfica had a strong ball possession 64% while Famalicão was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Benfica was more aggressive with 91 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benfica won the match​.

Benfica shot 19 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Famalicão shot 7 times, 0 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Benfica received 1 yellow card (Nicolás Otamendi). On the opposite side, Famalicão received 3 yellow cards (Z. Youssouf, Gustavo Sá and Martín Aguirregabiria).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Benfica will have 62 points to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Famalicão will stay with 27 points like Rio Ave to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Benfica will play away against Marítimo on the 12th of March with a 29-4 head to head in favor of Benfica (4 draws).

Famalicão will host Casa Pia on the 13th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Casa Pia (0 draws).

Benfica – Formation

Benfica adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Roger Schmidt decided to play with the following team: Odysseas Vlachodimos (6.6), Alexander Bah (7.4), Nicolás Otamendi (8.0), António Silva (6.8), Alejandro Grimaldo (8.3), Fredrik Aursnes (7.1), Florentino Luís (7.0), João Mário (6.4), Rafa Silva (5.9), David Neres (7.4) and Gonçalo Ramos (7.6).

The home team had on the bench: Andreas Schjelderup, Petar Musa, Samuel Jumpe Soares, Gilberto Moraes Junior, Joao Neves, Lucas Verissimo da Silva, Casper Tengstedt, Felipe Rodrigues and Rafael Vela Rodrigues.

Substitutions

Benfica made 2 changes: Rafa Silva for David Tavares (71′) and Rafa Silva for Petar Musa (83′).

Best player: Alejandro Grimaldo​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Benfica was Alejandro Grimaldo even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.3) with 56 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.

Famalicão – Formation

Also Famalicão adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

João Pedro Borges de Sousa played with: Luiz Júnior (7.4), Alexandre Penetra (6.7), Riccieli (6.7), Enea Mihaj (6.8), Francisco Moura (6.9), Zaydou Youssouf (7.4), Santiago Colombatto (6.7), Leandro Sanca (6.8), Ivo Rodrigues (6.8), Iván Jaime (6.2) and Pablo Felipe (7.0).

They had on the bench: Denílson (6.6), André Luís Gomes Simões, Ivan Zlobin, David Tavares (6.8), Diogo Lucas Queirós, Ruben Alexandre Rocha Lima, Martín Aguirregabiria (6.6), Gustavo Sá (6.9) and Junior Kadile.

Substitutions

Famalicão made 4 changes: Riccieli for Martín Aguirregabiria (46′), Leandro Sanca for Denílson (71′), S. Colombatto for Gustavo Filipe Alves Freitas Azevedo Sá (71′) and Iván Jaime for Junior Kadile (87′).

Best player: Luiz Júnior​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Famalicão was the goalkeeper: Luiz Júnior. His rating is 7.40. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.​

• Benfica – Famalicão – 2-0
• Boavista – Arouca – 0-0