LISBOA. Porto snatched a late win Benfica 1-0 after Z. scored just 1 goal (90′). Benfica was surely better in terms of ball possession (63%).​

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 Luis Miguel Branco Godinho assisted by Rui Teixeira and Valter Rufo. The 4th official was Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23.2 degrees Celsius or 73.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.​

Match Statistics​

Benfica

0 - 1

Porto

  • ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
  • 10 Total 10
  • 3 On Target 5
  • 7 Off Target 5
  • 2 Shots blocked 3
  • 101 Attack 99
  • 43 Dangerous attack 31
  • 97 Ball safe 91
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 3
  • 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 23 Total 18
  • 10 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Benfica was in firm control of the ball 63% while Porto was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Benfica had a more offensive attitude with 43 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Porto was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Benfica shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Porto shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Benfica received 9 yellow cards (G. Dias, G. Ramos, D. Nunez, V. Lazaro, A. Almeida, N. Otamendi, J. Mario, J. Weigl and R. Yaremchuk). On the opposite side, Porto received 5 yellow cards (M. Grujic, Pepe, M. Taremi, Diogo Costa and Diogo Costa).

Match Timeline

16'
24'
30'
Marko Grujic- Yellow
40'
Pepe- Yellow
52'
53'
61'
62'
65'
Galeno- sub ->Evanilson
71'
Nicolás Otamendi - Yellow
71'
João Mário- sub ->V. Lazaro
73'
73'
79'
Mehdi Taremi- Yellow
João Mário- Yellow
83'
84'
87'
Stephen Eustaquio - sub ->Vitinha
87'
Toni Martínez- sub ->M. Taremi
90'
90'
Diogo Costa - Yellow
90'
Zaidu (goal)
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 stay with 71 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Porto will have 88 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

Benfica – Formation

Benfica
G
Odysseas Vlachodimos 99.Greece
7.1
D
Jan Vertonghen 5.Belgium
7.0
D
Nicolás Otamendi 30.Argentina
6.9
71'
D
Gilberto 2.Brazil
6.8
90'
D
Alejandro Grimaldo 3.Spain
6.5
M
A. Taarabt 49.Morocco
7.4
M
Valentino Lazaro 22.Austria
6.1
73' 62'
M
Julian Weigl 28.Germany
6.9
84'
M
Gil Dias 31.Portugal
6.6
61' 16'
M
Gonçalo Ramos 88.Portugal
6.8
73' 24'
F
Darwin Núñez 9.Uruguay
6.8
53'
Substitutes
G
Helton Leite 77.Brazil
D
Morato 91.Brazil
D
André Almeida 34.Portugal
71'
M
João Mário 20.Portugal
6.6
73' 83'
M
Soualiho Meïté 11.France
M
Paulo Bernardo 55.Portugal
F
Tiago Gouveia 47.Portugal
F
Roman Yaremchuk 15.Ukraine
6.4
73' 90'
F
H. Seferović 14.Switzerland
6.6
61'

Benfica started with a 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 3 changes: G. Dias for H. Seferovic (61′), V. Lazaro for J. Mario (73′) and G. Ramos for R. Yaremchuk (73′).

Porto – Formation

Porto
G
Diogo Costa 99.Portugal
7.3
90'
D
Pepe 3.Portugal
6.9
40'
D
Chancel Mbemba 19.DR Congo
6.8
D
Zaidu 12.Nigeria
8.0
90'
D
João Mário 23.Portugal
7.6
M
Otávio 25.Portugal
7.7
M
Marko Grujic 16.Serbia
6.4
30'
M
Vitinha 20.Portugal
6.4
87'
M
Pepê 11.Brazil
7.1
F
Mehdi Taremi 9.Iran
7.0
87' 79'
F
Evanilson 30.Brazil
7.1
65'
Substitutes
G
A. Marchesín 1.Argentina
D
Fábio Cardoso 2.Portugal
D
Wendell 22.Brazil
M
Galeno 13.Brazil
6.6
65'
M
Bruno Costa 28.Portugal
M
Stephen Eustaquio 46.Canada
6.8
87'
M
Fábio Vieira 50.Portugal
F
Francisco Conceição 10.Portugal
F
Toni Martínez 29.Spain
6.5
87'

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

Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro Conceição played with: .

Substitutions

Porto made 3 changes: Evanilson for Galeno (65′), Vitinha for S. Eustaquio (87′) and M. Taremi for T. Martinez (87′).

Results of the day

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