LISBOA. Benfica overcomes Estoril 1-0 after N. Otamendi scored just 1 goal (44′). Benfica was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

João Mário didn’t score a penalty (35′) for Benfica.​

The match was played at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica stadium in Lisboa on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Rui Manuel Gomes Costa with the collaboration of Nuno Manso and José Carlos Silva Martins. The 4th official was Pedro Alexandre Duarte Ferreira. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.2 degrees Celsius or 66.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Benfica had a superior ball possession 67% while Estoril was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Benfica had a more offensive attitude with 81 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benfica won the match​.

Benfica shot 19 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Estoril shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Benfica received 2 yellow cards (Nicolás Otamendi and Alejandro Grimaldo). On the opposite side, Estoril received 2 yellow cards (James Léa Siliki and Chico Geraldes).

Standings

After this match, Benfica will have 74 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Estoril will stay with 25 points to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Benfica will play away against Gil Vicente on the 29th of April with a 13-3 head to head in favor of Benfica (2 draws).

Estoril will host Santa Clara on the 30th of April with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Santa Clara (2 draws).

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 (6.5), Fredrik Aursnes (7.2), António Silva (7.0), Nicolás Otamendi (7.7), Alejandro Grimaldo (7.1), João Neves (7.0), Chiquinho (7.2), David Neres (7.1), Rafa Silva (7.6), João Mário (6.6) and Gonçalo Ramos (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Samuel Soares, Andreas Schjelderup, Mihailo Ristić, Petar Musa (6.8), Gilberto, Florentino Luís (6.7), Gonçalo Guedes, Felipe Morato and Lucas Veríssimo.

Substitutions

Benfica made 3 changes: Gonçalo Ramos for Petar Musa (64′), Chiquinho for Florentino Luís (64′) and David Neres  for Gonçalo Guedes (86′).

Best player: Nicolás Otamendi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Benfica was Nicolás Otamendi.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 59 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

Estoril – Formation

Estoril started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).

José Ricardo Soares Ribeiro played with: Daniel Figueira (7.3), Tiago Santos (6.8), Pedro Álvaro (7.2), Bernardo Vital (6.6), Joãozinho (6.5), Carlos Eduardo (5.7), João Gamboa (6.7), João Carvalho (7.1), Joao Marques (6.4), Tiago Araújo (6.4) and Cassiano (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Pedro Silva, Rodrigo Martins, Alejandro Marqués (6.4), Rafik Guitane (6.7), Francisco Geraldes (6.2), João Carlos, Mor Ndiaye, Edson Mexer and James Léa Siliki (6.7).

Substitutions

Estoril made 4 changes: Tiago Araújo for Francisco Geraldes (46′), Cassiano for Alejandro Marqués (77′), João Gamboa  for Rafik Guitane (77′) and João Marques for James Léa Siliki (77′).

Best player: Daniel Figueira​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Estoril was the goalkeeper: Daniel Figueira. His rating is 7.33. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Arouca – Vizela – 1-0
• Portimonense – Gil Vicente – 1-0
• Santa Clara – Chaves – 1-1
• Benfica – Estoril – 1-0