LISBOA. Benfica and Casa Pia draw 1-1. J. Mário scored the first goal (44′) for Benfica. G. Larrazabal equalized (81′). Benfica was much better in terms of ball possession (70%)
Felippe Cardoso squandered a decisive penalty (54′). That would have allowed Casa Pia to win the match.
Felippe Cardoso didn’t convert 1 penalty (54′) for Casa Pia.
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 57,240 spectators. The referee was Cláudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira with the support of Tiago José Pereira Costa and Sérgio Nuno Teixeira de Jesus. The 4th official was Diogo Rosa. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 20.15 degrees Celsius or 68.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Benfica had a superior ball possession 70% while Casa Pia was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Benfica was more pushing with 107 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Benfica to win the match.
Benfica shot 15 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Casa Pia shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Benfica received 1 yellow card (Florentino). Talking about the opposition, Casa Pia received 2 yellow cards (Pablo Roberto and Gaizka Larrazabal).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Benfica will have 22 points like Sporting CP to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Casa Pia will have 10 points like Gil Vicente to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Benfica will play away against Sporting CP on the 7th of April with a 17-9 head to head in favor of Benfica (15 draws).
Casa Pia will play away agasint Estrela Amadora on the 10th of March with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Estrela Amadora (1 draw).
Benfica – Formation
Benfica
64'
44'
73'
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: Alexander Bah, Orkun Kökcü, Petar Musa, Anatoliy Trubin , Fredrik Aursnes , António Silva , Nicolás Otamendi , Juan Bernat , Florentino , João Neves , João Mário , Rafa , David Neres and Arthur Cabral .
The home team had on the bench: Morato, Ángel Di María , David Jurásek , Gonçalo Guedes , Casper Tengstedt , Chiquinho , Samuel Soares, Tomás Araújo and Tiago Gouveia.
Substitutions
Benfica made 5 changes: Juan Bernat for David Jurásek (64′), David Neres for Ángel Di María (64′), Arthur Cabral for Casper Tengstedt (74′), João Mário for Chiquinho (88′) and Florentino for Gonçalo Guedes (88′).
Best player: João Neves
The player that probably impressed the most for Benfica was João Neves.
His rating is with 98 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 7 crosses.
Casa Pia – Formation
Casa Pia
Casa Pia started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Filipe Gonçalo Pinto Martins played with: Vasco Fernandes, Ricardo Batista , Fernando Varela , Nermin Zolotic , João Nunes , Gaizka Larrazabal , Pablo Roberto , Neto , Leonardo Lelo , Yuki Soma , Felippe Cardoso , Jajá .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Beni , Artur Serobyan, Tiago Dias , Tchamba, André Geraldes , Telasco Segovia, Lucas Paes, Samuel Justo and Clayton .
Substitutions
Casa Pia made 5 changes: Neto for Beni (72′), Felippe Cardoso for Clayton (83′), Jajá for Tiago Dias (83′), Gaizka Larrazabal for André Geraldes (88′) and Yuki Soma for Samuel Justo (88′).
Best player: Ricardo Batista
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Casa Pia was the goalkeeper: Ricardo Batista. His rating is 8.36. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.
- Vitória SC – Chaves – 5-0
- Benfica – Casa Pia – 1-1
- Gil Vicente – Sporting Braga – 3-3
- Portimonense – Estoril – 1-0
