Benfica vs Portimonense 2022-23 Portuguese Primeira Liga

9': João Mário (P)

FT
1 - 0

Introduction

Benfica are hosting Portimonense at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, starting on . The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
7': Kosuke Nakamura (Portimonense) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
9': Goal! Benfica 1, Portimonense 0. João Mário (Benfica) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
19': Penalty saved! Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
25': Zié Mohamed Ouattara (Portimonense) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
63': Substitution, Portimonense. Gonçalo Costa replaces Adewale Oluwafemi Sapara.
77': Substitution, Benfica. João Neves replaces Julian Draxler.
77': Substitution, Benfica. Petar Musa replaces Gonçalo Ramos.
81': Substitution, Benfica. David Neres replaces João Mário.
87': Substitution, Benfica. Henrique Araújo replaces Chiquinho because of an injury.
88': Substitution, Portimonense. Ricardo Matos replaces Zié Mohamed Ouattara.
88': Substitution, Portimonense. Henrique Jocú replaces Klismahn.
88': Substitution, Portimonense. Rui Gomes replaces Mohamed Lamine Diaby.
90'+4': Second Half ends, Benfica 1, Portimonense 0.

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 50,559

Portuguese Primeira Liga Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+59	Sporting CP	33	79	2
+56	Benfica	33	79	4
+31	FC Porto	32	65	7
+25	Braga	33	65	6

Full Table

Statistics

PTMO		BEN
15	Fouls	11
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	4
2	Corner Kicks	12
11	Saves	0
29.4	Possession	70.6
1	SHOTS	27
0	ON GOAL	12
0.0	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	2
184	Accurate Passes	572
267	Passes	655
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	14
9	Crosses	28
0.3	Cross %	0.5
54	Long Balls	56
26	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.5	Long Balls %	0.6
0	Blocked Shots	5
5	Effective Tackles	8
11	Tackles	13
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
22	Interceptions	3
23	Effective Clearances	5
23	Clearances	5

Line-Ups

Benfica (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
99	Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK)
30	Nicolás Otamendi
66	António Silva
3	Alejandro Grimaldo
6	Alexander Bah
22	Chiquinho
8	Fredrik Aursnes
61	Florentino
88	Gonçalo Ramos
93	Julian Draxler
20	João Mário

Substitutes:

Morato , Petar Musa, Gil Dias, Henrique Araújo, Gilberto, João Neves, Helton Leite, David Neres, Lucas Verissimo.

Portimonense (4-4-2)

No.	Name
32	Kosuke Nakamura (GK)
22	Filipe Relvas
44	Pedro Henrique
14	Moustapha Seck
18	Fahd Moufi
38	Paulo Estrela
24	Mohamed Lamine Diaby
27	Klismahn
3	Zié Ouattara
99	Yago Cajú
77	Adewale Sapara

Substitutes:

Kim Yong-Hak, Pastor, Bruno Reis, Bryan Róchez, Henrique Jocú, Rui Gomes, João, Goncalo Costa, Ricardo Matos.

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