LISBOA. Benfica was ultimately too much to handle for Santa Clara with the goal of Gonçalo Ramos (7′), Rafa Silva (28′) and Alejandro Grimaldo (60′ pen). Benfica was truly better in terms of ball possession (66%) 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. In front of 64,012 spectators. The referee was Rui Manuel Gomes Costa assisted by Nuno Manso and João Alexandre Bessa Silva. The 4th official was José Bessa. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.6 degrees Celsius or 69.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 11 Total 9
- 4 On Target 6
- 7 Off Target 3
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 128 Attack 84
- 60 Dangerous attack 18
- 70 Ball safe 63
- 1 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 4
Fouls
- 14 Total 15
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Benfica was in firm control of the ball 66% while Santa Clara was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Benfica was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benfica won the match.
Benfica shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Santa Clara shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Benfica received 1 yellow card (Alejandro Grimaldo). On the opposite side, Santa Clara received 1 yellow card (Adriano Firmino).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Benfica will have 87 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Santa Clara will stay with 22 points to remain in the 18th place.
Next matches
Benfica – Formation
Benfica
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60'
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 , Alexander Bah , Nicolás Otamendi , Felipe Morato , Alejandro Grimaldo , João Neves , Florentino Luís , João Mário , Rafa Silva , Fredrik Aursnes and Gonçalo Ramos .
The home team had on the bench: Gilberto , Chiquinho , Mihailo Ristić, David Neres , Casper Tengstedt, Lucas Veríssimo, Petar Musa , Andreas Schjelderup and Samuel Soares.
Substitutions
Benfica made 5 changes: Gonçalo Ramos for Petar Musa (68′), Rafa Silva for David Neres (68′), Alexander Bah for Gilberto (72′), Florentino for Chiquinho (73′) and Odysseas Vlachodimos for Samuel Soares (88′).
Best player: Florentino Luís
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Benfica was Florentino Luís even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 67 passes (95% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 13.
Santa Clara – Formation
Santa Clara
Also Santa Clara adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Danildo Jose Sao Pedro Accioly Filho played with: Gabriel Batista , Pierre Sagna , Ygor Nogueira , Ítalo , Matheus Araújo , Bruno Jordão , Adriano Firmino , Ricardinho , Bruno Almeida , Andrézinho and Matheus Babi .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Kento Misao , Paulo , Allano , Kyosuke Tagawa, Diogo Calila , Rildo, Paulo Henrique, Victor Bobsin and Marcos Díaz.
Substitutions
Santa Clara made 5 changes: Bruno Almeida for Kento Misao (46′), Andrezinho for Allano (74′), Pierre Sagna for Tomás Castro (74′), Bruno Jordão for Rildo Gonçalves de Amorim Filho (83′) and Ítalo for Paulo Eduardo Ferreira Godinho (84′).
Best player: Diogo Calila
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Santa Clara was Diogo Calila.
His rating is with 6 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 74′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.
- Sporting Braga – Paços de Ferreira – 3-0
- Gil Vicente – Casa Pia – 1-0
- Porto – Vitória SC – 3-0
- Benfica – Santa Clara – 3-0
- Portimonense – Arouca – 0-2
- Chaves – Boavista – 1-4
- Estoril – Marítimo – 3-1
