Benfica defeats Belenenses 3-1 with 3 goals from D. Nunez. HIGHLIGHTS

LISBOA. Benfica conquered Belenenses 3-1 thanks to D. Nunez who scored in the 22nd, 54th and 58th minute.

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Benfica defeats Belenenses 3-1 with 3 goals from D. Nunez. HIGHLIGHTS

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LISBOA. Benfica topped Belenenses 3-1 thanks to D. Nunez who scored in the 22nd, 54th and 58th minute. It was Belenenses to score first with a goal from A. Sousa. However, later Benfica found the way to turn the tables scoring 3 consecutive goals with D. Nunez (22′), D. Nunez (54′) and D. Nunez (58′). Benfica was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (63%) 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 Gustavo Fernandes Correia who was helped by Inácio Pereira and Tiago Oliveira Leandro. The 4th official was João Carlos Casegas Marques Almeida. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16.1 degrees Celsius or 60.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Benfica

3 - 1

Team 1

Belenenses

  • ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
  • 27 Total 8
  • 8 On Target 1
  • 19 Off Target 7
  • 6 Shots blocked 1
  • 124 Attack 78
  • 62 Dangerous attack 34
  • 111 Ball safe 92
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 11 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 18 Total 18
  • 1 Yellow Cards 7
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Benfica had a superior ball possession 63% while Belenenses was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Benfica was putting more pressure with 62 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Benfica won the match​.

Benfica shot 27 times, 8 on target, 19 off target. On the opposite side, Belenenses shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Benfica received 1 yellow card (V. Lazaro). On the opposite side, Belenenses received 7 yellow cards (Diogo Calila, S. Sithole, R. Camacho, Y. Tavares, N. Varela, Lica and D. Henriques).

Match Timeline

3'
22'
33'
45'
46'
48'
54'
58'
Rafa- sub ->Éverton
63'
63'
65'
65'
69'
72'
74'
Sandro Ranieri Guimarães Cordeiro- sub ->Braima
77'
80'
85'
Tomás Araújo- sub ->N. Otamendi
86'
86'
88'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Porto
91
34
Sporting CP
85
34
Benfica
74
34
Sporting Braga
65
34
Gil Vicente
51
34
Vitória SC
48
34
Santa Clara
40
34
Famalicão
39
34
Estoril
39
34
Marítimo
38
34
Boavista
38
34
Portimonense
38
34
Paços de Ferreira
38
34
Vizela
33
34
Arouca
31
34
Moreirense
29
34
Tondela
28
34
Belenenses
26
34

After this contest, Benfica will have 64 points to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, Belenenses will stay with 21 points to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Primeira Liga, Benfica will play away with Sporting CP on the 17th of April with a 16-9 head to head statistic in favor of Benfica (13 draws).

Belenenses will host Vizela on the 16th of April with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Belenenses (0 draws).

Benfica – Formation

Benfica
G
Odysseas Vlachodimos 99.Greece
6.6
D
Nicolás Otamendi  30.Argentina
7.3
86'
D
André Almeida 34.Portugal
7.6
D
Morato 91.Brazil
7.1
D
Valentino Lazaro 22.Austria
7.2
88'
M
A. Taarabt 49.Morocco
8.8
63'
M
Soualiho Meïté 11.France
7.0
M
João Mário 20.Portugal
7.8
M
Diogo Gonçalves 17.Portugal
7.2
86'
M
Everton 7.Brazil
7.4
63'
F
Darwin Núñez  9.Uruguay
9.6
72' Goals22', 54', 58'
Substitutes
G
Helton Leite 77.Brazil
D
Gilberto 2.Brazil
D
Tomás Araújo 72.Portugal
86'
M
Gil Dias 31.Portugal
M
Rafa 27.Portugal
6.5
63'
M
Paulo Bernardo 55.Portugal
86'
F
Gonçalo Ramos 88.Portugal
6.4
63'
F
H. Seferović 14.Switzerland
F
Roman Yaremchuk  15.Ukraine
6.7
72'

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

The manager Nelson Alexandre da Silva Veríssimo decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Benfica made 5 changes: A. Taarabt for G. Ramos (63′), Everton for R. Silva (63′), D. Nunez for R. Yaremchuk (72′), N. Otamendi for T. Araujo (86′) and D. Goncalves for P. Bernardo (86′).

Belenenses – Formation

Belenenses
G
Luiz Felipe 1.Brazil
7.0
D
Yohan Tavares 32.Portugal
7.0
69'
D
Diogo Calila 2.Portugal
6.4
46' 33'
D
Carraça 17.Portugal
6.6
D
Cafú Phete 21.South Africa
6.6
M
S. Sithole 8.South Africa
6.8
65' 45'
M
Afonso Sousa 10.Portugal
6.8
80' Goals3'
M
Braima Embaló Sambú 45.Portugal
6.1
74'
M
Yves Baraye 77.Senegal
6.0
M
Rafael Camacho 64.Portugal
6.8
48'
F
Safira 25.Brazil
6.3
65'
Substitutes
G
João Monteiro 31.Portugal
D
Nilton 5.Portugal
5.8
46' 77'
D
Chima Uche Akas 27.Nigeria
M
Pedro Nuno 7.Portugal
6.7
80'
M
Tomás Castro 49.Portugal
M
Licá 88.Portugal
6.8
65' 85'
M
Danny Henriques 14.Netherlands
6.2
65' 90'
M
S. Ranieri 30.Brazil
7.2
74'
F
Abel Camará 29.Guinea-Bissau

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

Franclim Pereira da Silva Maia Carvalho played with: .

Substitutions

Belenenses made 5 changes: Diogo Calila for N. Varela (46′), Safira for Lica (65′), S. Sithole for D. Henriques (65′), Braima for Sandro (74′) and A. Sousa for N. Pedro (80′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Primeira Liga.​