Portuguese Primeira Liga

Benfica vs Santa Clara 2022-23 Portuguese Primeira Liga

  • 7': Goncalo Ramos
  • 28': Rafa Silva
  • 60': Alejandro Grimaldo (P)
FT
3 - 0

Benfica win record 38th Portuguese league title after edging out Porto on final day

Benfica won their first Portuguese league title in four years after beating Santa Clara 3-0 on Saturday on the final day of the season.

Match Commentary

  • 7': Goal! Benfica 1, Santa Clara 0. Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexander Bah with a cross.
  • 28': Goal! Benfica 2, Santa Clara 0. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by João Mário following a fast break.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Benfica 2, Santa Clara 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Benfica 2, Santa Clara 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Santa Clara. Kento Misao replaces Bruno Almeida.
  • 60': Goal! Benfica 3, Santa Clara 0. Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 61': Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 68': Substitution, Benfica. David Neres replaces Rafa.
  • 68': Substitution, Benfica. Petar Musa replaces Gonçalo Ramos.
  • 72': Substitution, Benfica. Gilberto replaces Alexander Bah because of an injury.
  • 73': Substitution, Benfica. Chiquinho replaces Florentino.
  • 74': Substitution, Santa Clara. Allano replaces Andrézinho.
  • 74': Substitution, Santa Clara. Diogo Calila replaces Pierre Sagna.
  • 83': Substitution, Santa Clara. Rildo replaces Bruno Jordão.
  • 84': Substitution, Santa Clara. Paulo replaces Ítalo.
  • 88': Substitution, Benfica. Samuel Soares replaces Odysseas Vlachodimos.
  • 90'+1': Adriano (Santa Clara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Benfica 3, Santa Clara 0.

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 64,012

Portuguese Primeira Liga Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+50 Sporting CP 25 65 2
+39 Benfica 26 64 2
+32 FC Porto 26 58 4
+21 Braga 26 53 5
Full Table

Statistics

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15 Fouls 14
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 4
1 Saves 6
34 Possession 66
9 SHOTS 11
5 ON GOAL 4
0.6 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
262 Accurate Passes 585
326 Passes 660
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
4 Accurate Crosses 1
14 Crosses 11
0.3 Cross % 0.1
55 Long Balls 42
29 Accurate Long Balls 20
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
1 Blocked Shots 4
6 Effective Tackles 13
15 Tackles 21
0.4 Tackle % 0.6
9 Interceptions 6
10 Effective Clearances 9
10 Clearances 9

Line-Ups

BEN Benfica (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
99 Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK)
91 Morato
30 Nicolás Otamendi
3 Alejandro Grimaldo
6 Alexander Bah
27 Rafa Silva
61 Florentino Luís
87 João Neves
88 Goncalo Ramos
8 Fredrik Aursnes
20 João Mário

SCL Santa Clara (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
12 Gabriel Batista (GK)
44 Ítalo Fernando Assis Goncalves
2 Ygor Noguiera
32 MT
95 Pierre Sagna
19 Bruno Almeida
20 Adriano Yellow Card
6 Bruno Jordão
39 Matheus Babi
21 Andrezinho
10 Ricardinho

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