LISBOA. Benfica destroys Vizela 6-1 with goals of David Neres (16′), Nicolás Otamendi (25′), Tiago Gouveia (30′), David Neres (45′), Rafa (45′) and Marcos Leonardo Santos Almeida (88′). Talking about the opposition, Vizela scored with Samuel Essende (48′). Benfica was decisively better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Samuel Essende didn’t score a decisive penalty (71′). That would have allowed Vizela to draw the match.
The match was played at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica stadium in Lisboa on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. In front of 56,191 spectators. The referee was João António Ferreira Gonçalves with the collaboration of João Alexandre Bessa Silva and Ângelo Carneiro. The 4th official was . The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.09 degrees Celsius or 62.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Benfica had a strong ball possession 61% while Vizela was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Benfica was more aggressive with 38 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benfica won the match.
Benfica shot 15 times, 10 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Vizela shot 9 times, 6 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Benfica didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Vizela received 4 yellow cards (Aleksandar Busnic, Samuel Essende, Anderson and Bruno Costa).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Benfica has 55 points to hold in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Vizela will stays with 16 points to sit in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Benfica will host Portimonense on the 25th of February with a 12-2 head to head in favor of Benfica (2 draws).
Vizela will host Famalicão on the 18th of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Famalicão (4 draws).
Benfica – Formation
Benfica
25'
46'
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: Anatoliy Trubin , Alexander Bah , Tomás Araújo , Nicolás Otamendi , Morato , João Mário , João Neves , David Neres , Rafa , Tiago Gouveia and Casper Tengstedt .
The home team had on the bench: António Silva, Fredrik Aursnes , Arthur Cabral, Ángel Di María , Álvaro Fernández, Samuel Soares, Gianluca Prestianni, Benjamín Rollheiser and Marcos Leonardo Santos Almeida .
Substitutions
Benfica made 5 changes: Rafa for Ángel Di María (46′), João Neves for Fredrik Aursnes (66′), Casper Tengstedt for Marcos Leonardo Santos Almeida (76′), David Neres for Benjamín Rollheiser (89′) and Tiago Gouveia for Álvaro Fernández (89′).
Player of the match: Rafa
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Benfica was Rafa.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 5.
Vizela – Formation
Vizela
52'
Vizela started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Rubén De La Barrera Fernández played with: Samu , Francesco Ruberto , Jota Gonçalves , Anderson , Orest Lebedenko , Tomás Silva , Diogo Nascimento , Bruno Costa , Matheus Pereira , Abdul Awudu and Samuel Essende , Domingos Quina .
These were the players on the bench: Fabijan Buntic , Alex Méndez, Amadou Ba-Sy, Dylan Saint-Louis, Aleksandar Busnic , Osama Rashid , Rodrigo Escoval, Alberto Soro and Nikola Bursac.
Vizela could not rely on the presence of Fabijan Buntic (injured).
Substitutions
Vizela made 4 changes: Abdul Awudu for Aleksandar Busnic (46′), Francesco Ruberto for Fabijan Buntic (25′), Domingos Quina for Alberto Soro (62′) and Bruno Costa for Osama Rashid (85′).
Player of the match: Tomás Silva
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Vizela was Tomás Silva.
His rating is with 29 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 3.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.
- Casa Pia – Arouca – 1-0
- Benfica – Vizela – 6-1
- Sporting Braga – Farense – 2-1
- Estoril – Gil Vicente – 1-3
