Benfica recovers a 0-1 deficit to prevail over Santa Clara 2-1 with D. Nunez scoring 2 goals. HIGHLIGHTS

LISBOA. Benfica managed to find the solution against Santa Clara to win 2-1. D. Nunez was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals.

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February 13, 2022

LISBOA. Benfica managed to find the solution against Santa Clara to win 2-1. D. Nunez was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Santa Clara to strike first with a goal of M. Mohebi at the 21′. Then it was a penalty in the 60′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, D. Nunez gave the win to Benfica in the 62′ minute scoring a double. Benfica was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (69%) 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. The referee was Hélder Miguel Azevedo Malheiro who had the assistance of Gonçalo Nuno Soares Vaz Freire and Rui Cidade. The 4th official was Hélder Carvalho. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.9 degrees Celsius or 55.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.

Match Statistics

Benfica

2 - 1

Santa Clara

! 69 Ball Possession 31

Shots

16 Total 8
4 On Target 4
12 Off Target 4
2 Shots blocked 1

158 Attack 59
88 Dangerous attack 27
121 Ball safe 107

1 Penalties 0
7 Corners 2
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

11 Total 17
3 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Benfica had a strong ball possession 69% while Santa Clara was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Benfica was more pushing with 88 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benfica won the match.

Benfica shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Santa Clara shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Benfica received 3 yellow cards (R. Silva, D. Nunez and J. Weigl). On the opposite side, Santa Clara received 5 yellow cards (M. Mohebi, H. Morita, O. Barreto, M. Rocha and M. Villanueva).

Match Timeline

21'

Rafa- Yellow

24'

28'

32'

40'

45'

Marco Pereira - Yellow

52'

58'

59'

60'

62'

69'

Paulo Henrique- sub ->O. Barreto

69'

75'

81'

82'

86'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Benfica will have 50 points to remain in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Santa Clara will stay with 24 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Primeira Liga, Benfica will play away against Boavista on the 18th of February with a 14-3 head to head in favor of Benfica (4 draws).

Santa Clara will host Portimonense on the 21st of February with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Santa Clara (3 draws).

Benfica – Formation

Benfica

Odysseas Vlachodimos 99.Greece

6.8

Jan Vertonghen 5.Belgium

6.9

Nicolás Otamendi 30.Argentina

7.3

Alejandro Grimaldo 3.Spain

7.1

Valentino Lazaro 22.Austria

6.9

Rafa 27.Portugal

7.3

24'

Julian Weigl 28.Germany

7.3

82'

Paulo Bernardo 55.Portugal

6.9

58'

Everton 7.Brazil

6.4

58'

Darwin Núñez 9.Uruguay

7.8

86'

40'

60', 62'

Gonçalo Ramos 88.Portugal

6.8

75'

Substitutes

Mile Svilar 1.Serbia

André Almeida 34.Portugal

Morato 91.Brazil

João Mário 20.Portugal

A. Taarabt 49.Morocco

7.0

58'

Nemanja Radonjic 23.Serbia

Soualiho Meïté 11.France

6.4

75'

Diogo Gonçalves 17.Portugal

6.2

86'

Roman Yaremchuk 15.Ukraine

7.1

58'

Benfica started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Nelson Alexandre da Silva Veríssimo decided to play with the following team: Odysseas Vlachodimos (6.8), Valentino Lazaro (6.9), Nicolás Otamendi (7.3), Jan Vertonghen (6.9), Alejandro Grimaldo (7.1), Rafa Silva (7.3), Paulo Bernardo (6.9), Julian Weigl (7.3), Everton (6.3), Gonçalo Ramos (6.8) and Darwin Núñez (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: André Almeida, João Mário, Adel Taarabt (7.0), Roman Yaremchuk (7.1), Nemanja Radonjić, Soualiho Meïté (6.4), Felipe Morato, Mile Svilar and Diogo Gonçalves (6.2).

Substitutions

Benfica made 4 changes: Everton for R. Yaremchuk (58′), P. Bernardo for A. Taarabt (58′), G. Ramos for S. Meite (75′) and D. Nunez for D. Goncalves (86′).

Best player: Darwin Núñez

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Benfica was Darwin Núñez.

His rating is (7.8) with 2 goals, 20 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.

Santa Clara – Formation

Santa Clara

Marco Pereira 99.Portugal

6.1

45'

Mansur 6.Brazil

6.8

Mikel Villanueva 3.Venezuela

6.1

59'

Rafael Ramos 2.Portugal

6.9

Kennedy Boateng 4.Togo

6.8

Anderson Carvalho 8.Brazil

6.0

81'

O. Barreto 20.Colombia

7.1

69'

40'

Hidemasa Morita 25.Japan

6.2

32'

Ricardinho 98.Portugal

6.1

81'

Rui Costa 77.Portugal

6.8

69'

Mohammad Mohebi 30.Iran

7.1

52'

28'

21'

Substitutes

Ricardo Fernandes 1.Portugal

C. Tassano 17.Uruguay

Paulo Henrique 16.Portugal

6.4

69'

João Afonso 5.Portugal

Rúben Oliveira 14.Portugal

6.8

81'

Júlio Romão 19.Brazil

Nené 21.Portugal

6.5

52'

Pipe Gómez 22.Colombia

6.4

81'

Kyosuke Tagawa 27.Japan

6.3

69'

Santa Clara started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Mário Fernando Magalhães da Silva played with: Marco Pereira (6.1), Rafael Ramos (6.9), Kennedy Boateng (6.8), Mikel Villanueva (6.1), Mansur (6.8), Hidemasa Morita (6.2), Anderson Carvalho (6.0), Rui Costa (6.8), Ricardinho (6.1), Óscar Barreto (7.1) and Mohammad Mohebi (7.3).

They had on the bench: Nené (6.7), Cristian Tassano, Ricardo, Paulo Henrique (6.4), João Afonso, Luis Gómez (6.4), Kyosuke Tagawa (6.3), Rúben Oliveira (6.8) and Júlio Romão.

Substitutions

Santa Clara made 5 changes: M. Mohebi for Nene (52′), O. Barreto for P. Henrique (69′), R. Costa for K. Tagawa (69′), Ricardinho for P. Gomez (81′) and A. Carvalho for R. Oliveira (81′).