Boavista beats Benfica 3-2 with 2 goals from R. Bozenik. HIGHLIGHTS

PORTO. Boavista beat Benfica 3-2 thanks to R. Bozenik who scored in the 55th and 90th minute.

August 17, 2023

PORTO. Boavista defeated Benfica 3-2 thanks to R. Bozenik who scored in the 55th and 90th minute.

Boavista remained in 10 after Bruno Lourenço received a red card in the 90′. On the other side, also Petar Musa received a red card (50′). This red card was one of the reason why Benfica lost the match.

The match was played at the Estádio do Bessa Século XXI stadium in Porto on Monday and it started at 4:45 pm local time. The referee was António Emanuel Carvalho Nobre with the help of Pedro Nuno de Sá Martins and Nélson Filipe Vila Pereira. The 4th official was Miguel Bertolo Nogueira. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.3 degrees Celsius or 68.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.

Match Statistics

Boavista

3 - 2

Benfica

48 Ball Possession 52

Shots

11 Total 15
4 On Target 5
2 Off Target 5
5 Shots blocked 6

83 Attack 139
42 Dangerous attack 69
64 Ball safe 72

1 Penalties 0
3 Corners 3
2 Off Sides 3

Fouls

18 Total 14
6 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
1 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Boavista was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Benfica that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Benfica was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Boavista was capable to find the solution to win this match.

Boavista shot 11 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Benfica shot 15 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Boavista received 9 yellow cards (Miguel Reisinho, Gaius Makouta, Seba Pérez, Bruno Onyemaechi, Berna, Berna, Bruno Lourenço, Robert Bozenik and Petit). Talking about the opposition, Benfica received 5 yellow cards (Ángel Di María, Ángel Di María, Rafa Silva, Alexander Bah and António Silva).

(Boavista) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (90′).

Also, Benfica didn’t end the match with 11 players after Petar Musa (Benfica) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (50′).

Match Timeline

Miguel Reisinho- Yellow

Gaius Makouta- Yellow

11'

Seba Pérez - Yellow

14'

22'

Ángel Di María(goal)Rafa Silva

Bruno Lourenço- sub ->Miguel Reisinho

46'

50'

Róbert Bozeník(goal)

55'

54'

Ángel Di María- Yellow

54'

Morato- sub ->Ángel Di María

58'

Ángel Di María- Yellow

Filipe Ferreira- sub ->Rodrigo Abascal

63'

Ilija Vukotic- sub ->Gaius Makouta

63'

65'

Rafa- Yellow

Bruno Onyemaechi- Yellow

67'

76'

Rafa(goal)

Berna- sub ->Tiago Morais

80'

82'

Alexander Bah - Yellow

84'

Florentino- sub ->Joao Neves

85'

David Neres- sub ->Rafa Silva

88'

António Silva- Yellow

Bruno Lourenço(penalty)

88'

90'

Berna- Yellow

90'

Bruno Lourenço- Yellow

90'

Bruno Lourenço- Red

90'

Bruno Lourenço(VAR)

90'

Róbert Bozeník(goal)

90'

Róbert Bozeník- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Boavista has 3 points to occupy the 5th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Benfica stays with 0 points (11th).

Next matches

Boavista – Formation

Boavista

João Gonçalves 99.Portugal

6.8

Chidozie Awaziem 5.Nigeria

6.7

Rodrigo Abascal 26.Uruguay

6.9

63'

Bruno Onyemaechi 70.Nigeria

6.8

67'

Pedro Malheiro 79.Portugal

6.8

Salvador Agra 7.Portugal

6.4

80'

Miguel Reisinho 10.Portugal

6.8

46'

Tiago Morais 21.Portugal

6.4

80'

Seba Pérez 24.Colombia

7.2

14'

Gaius Makouta 42.France

6.3

63'

11'

Róbert Bozeník 9.Slovakia

7.3

90'

55', 90'

Substitutes

Luís Pires 12.Brazil

Filipe Ferreira 20.Portugal

6.3

63'

Ibrahima 6.Guinea

Masa 13.Japan

Ilija Vukotic 18.Montenegro

6.6

63'

Berna 80.Portugal

80'

90'

Bruno Lourenço 8.Portugal

6.5

46'

90'

88'

J. De Santis 27.Venezuela

80'

Martim Tavares 59.Portugal

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

The manager Armando Gonçalves Teixeira decided to play with the following team: João Gonçalves (6.8), Pedro Malheiro (6.8), Chidozie Awaziem (6.7), Rodrigo Abascal (6.9), Bruno Onyemaechi (6.8), Seba Pérez (7.2), Miguel Reisinho (6.8), Salvador Agra (6.4), Gaius Makouta (6.3), Tiago Morais (6.4) and Robert Bozenik (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Ibrahima, Bruno Lourenço (6.5), Luís Pires, Masa, Ilija Vukotic (6.6), Filipe Ferreira (6.3), Jeriel de Santis, Martim Tavares and Berna.

Substitutions

Boavista made 5 changes: Miguel Reisinho for Bruno Lourenço (46′), Rodrigo Abascal for Filipe Ferreira (63′), Gaius Makouta for Ilija Vukotic (63′), Tiago Morais for Berna (80′) and Salvador Agra for Jeriel de Santis (80′).

Best player: Robert Bozenik

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Boavista was Robert Bozenik.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 14 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 13.

Benfica – Formation

Benfica

Odysseas Vlachodimos 99.Greece

6.6

António Silva 4.Portugal

8.0

88'

Alexander Bah 6.Denmark

7.6

82'

David Jurásek 13.Czech Republic

7.0

90'

Nicolás Otamendi 30.Argentina

7.1

Fredrik Aursnes 8.Norway

6.5

Orkun Kökçü 10.Turkey

7.5

85'

Ángel Di María 11.Argentina

7.7

54'

58'

22'

Rafa 27.Portugal

8.1

85'

65'

76'

João Neves 87.Portugal

7.3

84'

Petar Musa 33.Croatia

6.5

50'

Substitutes

Samuel Soares 24.Portugal

Morato 5.Brazil

6.8

54'

Mihailo Ristic 23.Serbia

6.9

90'

João Victor 38.Brazil

João Mário 20.Portugal

Chiquinho 22.Portugal

85'

Florentino 61.Portugal

84'

David Neres 7.Brazil

85'

Casper Tengstedt 19.Denmark

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

Roger Schmidt played with: Odysseas Vlachodimos (6.6), Alexander Bah (7.6), António Silva (8.0), Nicolás Otamendi (7.1), David Jurásek (7.0), Joao Neves (7.3), Orkun Kökçü (7.5), Ángel Di María (7.7), Rafa Silva (8.1), Fredrik Aursnes (6.5) and Petar Musa (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Felipe Morato (6.8), David Neres, Casper Tengstedt, João Mário, Chiquinho, Mihailo Ristić (6.9), Samuel Soares, João Victor and Florentino Luís.

Substitutions

Benfica made 5 changes: Ángel Di María for Felipe Morato (54′), Joao Neves for Florentino Luís (84′), Orkun Kökçü for Chiquinho (85′), Rafa Silva for David Neres (85′) and David Jurásek for Mihailo Ristić (90′).