Portuguese Primeira Liga

Santa Clara vs Benfica 2021-22 Portuguese Liga

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0 - 5
  • 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 . 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

Venue: Estádio de São Miguel
Location: Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Attendance: 3,326

Portuguese Primeira Liga Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+41 Sporting CP 22 52 2
+32 Benfica 22 50 4
+19 Braga 23 47 4
+28 FC Porto 22 46 4
Full Table

Statistics

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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

SCL 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

BEN 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

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