LISBOA. Benfica demolishes Vitória SC 5-1 with goals of Gonçalo Ramos (13′), João Mário (28′ pen), João Mário (36′), Dani Silva (69′ own) and António Silva (89′). Regarding the opposition, Vitória SC scored with ​André Silva (79′). Benfica capitalized on its better ball possession (59%).

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 collaboration of Paulo Ricardo Duarte Brás and Hugo Alexandre França Luís Coimbra. The 4th official was Miguel Bertolo Nogueira. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.5 degrees Celsius or 58.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Benfica

5 - 1

Vitória SC

• 59 Ball Possession 41

Shots

• 12 Total 6
• 5 On Target 4
• 5 Off Target 1
• 2 Shots blocked 1

• 133 Attack 80
• 65 Dangerous attack 17
• 62 Ball safe​ 81

• 1 Penalties 0
• 7 Corners 3

Fouls

• 12 Total 15
• 1 Yellow Cards 3
• 0 Double Yellow 0
• 0 Red Card 0

Other

• 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Benfica had a strong ball possession 59% while Vitória SC was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Benfica was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benfica won the match​.

Benfica shot 12 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Vitória SC shot 6 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Benfica received 1 yellow card (Gonçalo Ramos). Talking about the opposition, Vitória SC received 3 yellow cards (André Amaro, André André and Alisson Safira).

Standings

After this match, Benfica will have 68 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Vitória SC will stay with 40 points to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

Benfica – Formation

Benfica

G

Odysseas Vlachodimos 99.Greece

7.0

D

Nicolás Otamendi 30.Argentina

7.2

75'

D

Álex Grimaldo 3.Spain

6.6

D

Alexander Bah 6.Denmark

6.8

83'

D

António Silva 66.Portugal

6.8

89'

M

João Mário 20.Portugal

7.6

28', 36'

M

Rafa Silva 27.Portugal

6.5

90'

M

Chiquinho 22.Portugal

7.6

M

Florentino Luís 61.Portugal

7.6

75'

M

David Neres 7.Brazil

7.4

F

Gonçalo Ramos 88.Portugal

8.1

75' 66' 13'

Substitutes

G

Samuel Soares 24.Portugal

D

Lucas Veríssimo 4.Brazil

D

Gilberto 2.Brazil

83'

D

Morato 91.Brazil

6.4

75'

M

C. Ndour 73.Italy

90'

F

Andreas Schjelderup 21.Norway

F

Casper Tengstedt 19.Denmark

F

Petar Musa 33.Croatia

6.8

75'

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 (7.0), Alexander Bah (6.8), António Silva (6.8), Nicolás Otamendi (7.2), Alejandro Grimaldo (6.6), Chiquinho (7.6), Florentino Luís (7.6), João Mário (7.6), David Neres (7.4), Rafa Silva (6.5) and Gonçalo Ramos (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Andreas Schjelderup, Lucas Veríssimo, Casper Tengstedt, Cher Ndour, Petar Musa (6.8), João Neves (6.7), Gilberto, Samuel Soares and Felipe Morato (6.4).

Substitutions

Benfica made 4 changes: Nicolás Otamendi for Morato (75′), Gonçalo Ramos for Petar Musa (75′), Alexander Bah for Gilberto (83′) and Rafa Silva for Cher Ndour (90′).

Best player: Gonçalo Ramos​

The most impressive player for Benfica was Gonçalo Ramos.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 12 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 14.

Vitória SC – Formation

Vitória SC

G

Celton Biai 63.Portugal

5.6

D

Mikel Villanueva 3.Venezuela

6.3

D

André Fonseca Amaro 13.Portugal

6.8

26'

D

Daniel Silva 80.Portugal

6.1

M

Afonso Abreu de Freitas 72.Portugal

6.2

M

Miguel Ângelo Gomes Ferreira Magalhães 2.Portugal

6.1

85'

M

André André 21.Portugal

6.6

43'

M

Tiago Silva 10.Portugal

6.6

F

Nélson Luz 20.Angola

6.9

77'

F

João Pedro Silva 11.Portugal

6.2

59'

F

André 17.Brazil

6.8

79'

Substitutes

G

Pedro Rafael Silva Oliveira 53.Portugal

D

Ryoya Ogawa 25.Japan

D

Bruno Gaspar 76.Portugal

85'

D

Mahamadou Tounkara 83.France

M

Tomás Händel 8.Portugal

6.5

77'

M

Matheus Salgueiro 23.Brazil

F

Nicolas Janvier 98.France

6.8

77'

F

Anderson Silva 33.Brazil

F

Safira 9.Brazil

7.1

59' 87'

Vitória SC started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

João Miguel da Cunha Teixeira played with: Celton Biai (5.6), André Amaro (6.8), Daniel Silva (6.1), Mikel Villanueva (6.3), Miguel Maga (6.1), André André (6.6), Tiago Silva (6.6), Afonso Freitas (6.2), Jota Silva (6.2), André Silva (6.8) and Nelson Luz (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: Nicolas Janvier (7.0), Ryoya Ogawa, Pedro Rafael Oliveira, Anderson Silva, Tomás Händel (6.5), Indio, Bruno Gaspar, Allison Safira (7.1) and Mamadou Tounkara.

Substitutions

Vitória SC made 4 changes: Jota Silva for Safira (59′), Nélson Luz for Tomás Händel (77′), Nélson Luz for Nicolas Janvier (77′) and Maga for Bruno Gaspar (85′).

Best player: Nelson Luz​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Vitória SC was Nelson Luz.

His rating is (7.2) with 23 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 15.

Results of the day

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

• Arouca – Paços de Ferreira – 1-1
• Portimonense – Vizela – 0-1
• Estoril – Chaves – 0-2
• Benfica – Vitória SC – 5-1