Portuguese Primeira Liga

Santa Clara vs Benfica 2022-23 Portuguese Primeira Liga

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0 - 3
  • 9': Fredrik Aursnes
  • 16': Goncalo Ramos
  • 80': Goncalo Guedes

Introduction

Santa Clara are hosting Benfica at Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, Portugal, starting on . The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 9': Goal! Santa Clara 0, Benfica 1. Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enzo Fernández with a cross.
  • 16': Goal! Santa Clara 0, Benfica 2. Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross.
  • 29': Substitution, Santa Clara. Ricardinho replaces MT.
  • 30': Ítalo (Santa Clara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Santa Clara 0, Benfica 2.
  • 50': Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 53': Morato (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Substitution, Benfica. Chiquinho replaces Fredrik Aursnes.
  • 64': Substitution, Benfica. David Neres replaces Florentino.
  • 64': Substitution, Benfica. Gonçalo Guedes replaces João Mário.
  • 64': Substitution, Santa Clara. Victor Bobsin replaces Kento Misao.
  • 64': Substitution, Santa Clara. Kyosuke Tagawa replaces Matheus Babi.
  • 74': Substitution, Santa Clara. Rildo replaces Ricardinho because of an injury.
  • 74': Substitution, Santa Clara. Costinha replaces Bruno Almeida.
  • 80': Goal! Santa Clara 0, Benfica 3. Gonçalo Guedes (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Enzo Fernández.
  • 82': Substitution, Benfica. João Neves replaces Julian Draxler.
  • 90': Substitution, Benfica. Petar Musa replaces Gonçalo Ramos.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Santa Clara 0, Benfica 3.

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio de São Miguel
Location: Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Attendance: 9,701

Portuguese Primeira Liga Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+63 Sporting CP 32 84 2
+44 Benfica 32 76 4
+34 FC Porto 32 66 6
+21 Braga 32 65 7
Full Table

Statistics

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13 Fouls 14
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
9 Corner Kicks 8
0 Saves 2
66.6 Possession 33.4
14 SHOTS 9
5 ON GOAL 1
0.4 On Target % 0.1
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
532 Accurate Passes 221
608 Passes 302
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
6 Accurate Crosses 1
23 Crosses 14
0.3 Cross % 0.1
50 Long Balls 54
30 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 2
9 Effective Tackles 10
20 Tackles 14
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
19 Interceptions 2
28 Effective Clearances 24
28 Clearances 24

Line-Ups

SCL Santa Clara (4-4-2)

No. Name
12 Gabriel Batista (GK)
44 Ítalo Fernando Assis Goncalves Yellow Card
4 Kennedy Boateng
16 Paulo Henrique
13 Diogo Calila
40 Kento Misao
20 Adriano
49 Gabriel Silva
32 MT
39 Matheus Babi
19 Bruno Almeida

BEN Benfica (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
99 Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK)
91 Morato Yellow Card
66 António Silva
3 Alejandro Grimaldo
6 Alexander Bah
93 Julian Draxler
13 Enzo Fernández
61 Florentino Luís
88 Goncalo Ramos
8 Fredrik Aursnes
20 João Mário

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