BARCELOS. Benfica overcome Gil Vicente.
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 João Pedro Silva Pinheiro who was helped by Bruno Miguel Alves Jesus and Luciano António Gomes Maia. The 4th official was Carlos Teixeira. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 23.28 degrees Celsius or 73.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 12 Total 14
- 7 On Target 7
- 5 Off Target 3
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 111 Attack 114
- 44 Dangerous attack 58
- 94 Ball safe 87
- 0 Penalties 1
- 1 Corners 5
Fouls
- 15 Total 14
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Gil Vicente was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Benfica that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Benfica was putting more pressure with 58 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benfica won the contest.
Gil Vicente shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Benfica shot 14 times, 7 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Gil Vicente received 3 yellow cards (Pedro Tiba, Maxime Dominguez and Zé Carlos). Talking about the opposition, Benfica received 3 yellow cards (Orkun Kökçü, Rafa Silva and Florentino Luís).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Gil Vicente stays with 3 points to occupy the 9th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Benfica has 6 points (5th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Gil Vicente will play away against Vizela on the 1st of September with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Gil Vicente (3 draws).
Benfica will host Vitória SC on the 2nd of September with a 28-7 head to head in favor of Benfica (4 draws).
Gil Vicente – Formation
Gil Vicente adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Vítor Fernando de Carvalho Campelos decided to play with the following team: Andrew , Zé Carlos , Gabriel Pereira , Rúben Fernandes , Leonardo Buta , Pedro Tiba , Mory Gbane , Marlon , Kanya Fujimoto , Maxime Dominguez and Roko Baturina .
The home team had on the bench: Né Lopes, Kiko Vilas Boas, Jesús Castillo, Tidjany Chabrol , Brian Araújo, André Simões, Miguel Monteiro, Depú and Felix Correia .
Substitutions
Gil Vicente made 2 changes: Roko Baturina for Depú (65′) and Mory Gbane for Felix Correia (65′).
Best player: Tidjany Chabrol
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Gil Vicente was Tidjany Chabrol.
His rating is with 1 goal, 8 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 1.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 65′.
Benfica – Formation
Also Benfica adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Roger Schmidt played with: Samuel Soares , Alexander Bah , António Silva , Nicolás Otamendi , Fredrik Aursnes , Florentino Luís , Orkun Kökçü , Ángel Di María , Rafa Silva , João Mário and Arthur Cabral .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Casper Tengstedt , Joao Neves , Anatoliy Trubin, Felipe Morato, David Neres , Chiquinho , Mihailo Ristić, Petar Musa and Tomás Araújo.
Substitutions
Benfica made 4 changes: Rafa Silva for Petar Musa (90′), João Mário for David Neres (63′), Arthur Cabral for Casper Tengstedt (63′) and Florentino Luís for Chiquinho (75′).
Best player: Ángel Di María
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Benfica was Ángel Di María.
His rating is with 1 goal, 36 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.
- Arouca – Portimonense – 1-1
- Gil Vicente – Benfica – 2-3
- Farense – Chaves – 5-0