Portuguese Primeira Liga

Santa Clara vs Benfica 2021-22 Portuguese Liga

Sep 11, 2021, 5:00 PM
Santa Clara
    FT
    0 - 5
    Benfica
    • 42': Rodrigo Pinho
    • 54': Darwin Núñez
    • 58': Rafa Silva
    • 62': Darwin Núñez
    • 68': Roman Yaremchuk

    Introduction

    Santa Clara are hosting Benfica at Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, starting on Saturday 11 Sep 2021 5:00 PM UTC+00:00. The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

    Match Commentary

    • 28': Odysseas Vlachodimos (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for dangerous play.
    • 42': Goal! Santa Clara 0, Benfica 1. Rodrigo Pinho (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a through ball.
    • 45'+2': Rafael Ramos (Santa Clara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Santa Clara 0, Benfica 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Santa Clara 0, Benfica 1.
    • 45': Substitution, Benfica. Rafa replaces Rodrigo Pinho.
    • 47': Mansur (Santa Clara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 54': Goal! Santa Clara 0, Benfica 2. Darwin Núñez (Benfica) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Éverton with a through ball.
    • 58': Goal! Santa Clara 0, Benfica 3. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Julian Weigl.
    • 60': Substitution, Santa Clara. Luiz Phellype replaces Rui Costa.
    • 60': Substitution, Santa Clara. Mohammad Mohebbi replaces Crysan.
    • 62': Goal! Santa Clara 0, Benfica 4. Darwin Núñez (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Veríssimo.
    • 63': Substitution, Benfica. Roman Yaremchuk replaces Darwin Núñez.
    • 64': Substitution, Benfica. Gedson Fernandes replaces João Mário.
    • 68': Goal! Santa Clara 0, Benfica 5. Roman Yaremchuk (Benfica) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross.
    • 73': Substitution, Benfica. Valentino Lazaro replaces Diogo Gonçalves.
    • 73': Substitution, Benfica. Pizzi replaces Éverton.
    • 84': Substitution, Santa Clara. Nené replaces Anderson Carvalho.
    • 88': Substitution, Santa Clara. Júlio Romao replaces Mansur.
    • 88': Substitution, Santa Clara. Jean Patric replaces Lincoln.
    • 90'+2': Second Half ends, Santa Clara 0, Benfica 5.

    Game Information

    Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga
    5:00 PM, Sat, Sep 11, 2021
    Venue: Estádio de São Miguel
    Location: Ponta Delgada, Portugal
    Attendance: 3,326

    Portuguese Primeira Liga Standings

    POS TEAM GP GD PTS
    +61 Sporting CP 34 82 2
    +56 Benfica 34 80 4
    +35 FC Porto 34 71 7
    +25 Braga 34 66 6
    Full Table

    Statistics

    BEN SCL
    20 Fouls 20
    1 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 1
    2 Corner Kicks 7
    5 Saves 0
    69.6 Possession 30.4
    8 SHOTS 11
    5 ON GOAL 5
    0.6 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    543 Accurate Passes 189
    624 Passes 267
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
    2 Accurate Crosses 4
    9 Crosses 12
    0.2 Cross % 0.3
    67 Long Balls 42
    33 Accurate Long Balls 15
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    2 Blocked Shots 4
    8 Effective Tackles 10
    12 Tackles 16
    0.7 Tackle % 0.6
    14 Interceptions 11
    19 Effective Clearances 8
    19 Clearances 8

    Line-Ups

    Santa Clara (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    99 Marco (GK)
    5 João Afonso
    16 Paulo Henrique
    4 Kennedy Boateng
    25 Hidemasa Morita
    8 Anderson Carvalho
    10 Lincoln
    6 Mansur Yellow Card
    2 Rafael Ramos Yellow Card
    23 Crysan
    77 Rui Costa
    Substitutes:
    Andrei Chindris, Ricardo Fernandes, Nené, Luiz Phellype, Pierre Sagna, Jean Patric, Julio Rodrigues Romao, Mohammad Mohebbi, Ricardinho.

    Benfica (3-4-3)

    No. Name
    99 Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK) Yellow Card
    5 Jan Vertonghen
    91 Morato
    4 Lucas Verissimo
    20 João Mário
    28 Julian Weigl
    3 Alejandro Grimaldo
    17 Diogo Gonçalves
    18 Rodrigo Pinho
    9 Darwin Núñez
    7 Everton
    Substitutes:
    Rafa Silva, Gedson Fernandes, Valentino Lazaro, Roman Yaremchuk, Souahilo Meïté, Gilberto, Ferro, Helton Leite, Pizzi.

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