BARCELOS. Benfica had a surprising win over Gil Vicente with a 2-0 win with a goal from Chiquinho (73′) and a penalty scored by A. Grimaldo (86′).
The match was played at the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos stadium in Barcelos on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Fábio José Costa Veríssimo with the support of Pedro Nuno de Sá Martins and Hugo Marques. The 4th official was Hélder Carvalho. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.3 degrees Celsius or 63.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.
Match Statistics
- 45 Ball Possession 55
Shots
- 12 Total 18
- 5 On Target 7
- 4 Off Target 7
- 3 Shots blocked 4
- 96 Attack 117
- 35 Dangerous attack 66
- 86 Ball safe 87
- 0 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 11
Fouls
- 17 Total 8
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Benfica had a superior ball possession 55% while Gil Vicente was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Benfica was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benfica won the match.
Gil Vicente shot 12 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Benfica shot 19 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Gil Vicente received 3 yellow cards (Carraça, Rúben Fernandes and Laurindo Dilson Maria Aurélio). Regarding the opposition, Benfica received 3 yellow cards (Odysseas Vlachodimos, Morato and Morato).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Gil Vicente will stay with 31 points to remain in the 14th place. On the other side, Benfica will have 77 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Gil Vicente will play away with Santa Clara on the 6th of May with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Gil Vicente (3 draws).
Benfica will host Sporting Braga on the 6th of May with a 25-12 head to head stats in favor of Benfica (6 draws).
Gil Vicente – Formation
Gil Vicente
84'
80'
Gil Vicente adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Daniel Sousa decided to play with the following team: Andrew , Carraça , Gabriel Pereira , Rúben Fernandes , Adrián Marín , Vítor Carvalho , Giorgi Aburjania , Juan Manuel Boselli , Pedro Tiba , Murilo Souza and Fran Navarro .
The home team had on the bench: Depú , Zé Carlos, Roan Wilson, Henrique Gomes, Bilel Aouacheria , Kevin Villodres, Manuel Lopes, Brian Araújo and Kanya Fujimoto .
Substitutions
Gil Vicente made 3 changes: Pedro Tiba for Kanya Fujimoto (65′), Juan Manuel Boselli for Bilel Aouacheria (65′) and Giorgi Aburjania for Laurindo Dilson Maria Aurélio (80′).
Best player: Andrew
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Gil Vicente was the goalkeeper: Andrew. His rating is 7.34. He performed 5 saves.
Benfica – Formation
Benfica
86'
Also Benfica adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Roger Schmidt played with: Odysseas Vlachodimos , Fredrik Aursnes , António Silva , Nicolás Otamendi , Alejandro Grimaldo , João Neves , Florentino Luís , David Neres , Rafa Silva , João Mário and Gonçalo Ramos .
These were the players on the bench: Gonçalo Guedes , Chiquinho , Mihailo Ristić, Petar Musa , Alexander Bah, Felipe Morato, Samuel Soares, Lucas Veríssimo and Gilberto .
Substitutions
Benfica made 5 changes: João Mário for Gonçalo Guedes (61′), David Neres for Gilberto (62′), Gonçalo Ramos for Petar Musa (72′), Florentino for Chiquinho (72′) and João Neves for Morato (89′).
Best player: João Neves
The player that probably impressed the most for Benfica was João Neves even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 58 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 14 duels out of 20.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.
- Vizela – Paços de Ferreira – 1-2
- Gil Vicente – Benfica – 0-2
- Chaves – Casa Pia – 1-0
- Sporting Braga – Portimonense – 4-1
- Marítimo – Vitória SC – 1-2
