Benfica vs SC Farense, 2020-21 Portuguese Liga
· Portuguese Primeira Liga
FT
3 - 2
3 - 2
About
Benfica are hosting SC Farense
at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, starting on
. The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Foul by Nikola Stojiljkovic (SC Farense).
- 2': Jardel (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 4': Fabrício Isidoro (SC Farense) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 4': Foul by Pizzi (Benfica).
- 4': Attempt saved. Amine Oudrhiri (SC Farense) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 4': Attempt saved. César Martins (SC Farense) header from very close range is saved in the top left corner.
- 6': Attempt saved. Jonatan Lucca (SC Farense) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alex Pinto.
- 7': Offside, SC Farense. Fábio Nunes tries a through ball, but Ryan Gauld is caught offside.
- 8': Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gian-Luca Waldschmidt.
- 8': Attempt saved. Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafa.
- 9': Foul by Fabrício Isidoro (SC Farense).
- 9': Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Offside, SC Farense. Cássio Scheid tries a through ball, but Nikola Stojiljkovic is caught offside.
- 12': Foul by Nikola Stojiljkovic (SC Farense).
- 12': Jardel (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Attempt missed. Darwin Núñez (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gabriel Pires.
- 14': Attempt missed. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Everton.
- 15': Goal! Benfica 1, SC Farense 0. Pizzi (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafa following a fast break.
- 16': Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Alex Pinto (SC Farense).
- 19': Attempt blocked. Nikola Stojiljkovic (SC Farense) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonatan Lucca.
- 21': Attempt saved. Everton (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
- 25': Hand ball by Everton (Benfica).
- 27': Attempt saved. Nikola Stojiljkovic (SC Farense) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Gauld with a cross.
- 28': Fabrício Isidoro (SC Farense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Pizzi (Benfica).
- 28': Attempt missed. Nikola Stojiljkovic (SC Farense) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Cássio Scheid with a cross.
- 30': Foul by Claudio Falcão (SC Farense).
- 30': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Cássio Scheid.
- 33': Foul by Gabriel Pires (Benfica).
- 33': Jonatan Lucca (SC Farense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Fábio Nunes (SC Farense).
- 34': Pizzi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Fábio Nunes (SC Farense) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 35': Attempt saved. Nikola Stojiljkovic (SC Farense) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 38': Foul by Nikola Stojiljkovic (SC Farense).
- 38': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 40': Foul by Rafa (Benfica).
- 40': Fábio Nunes (SC Farense) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 41': Attempt blocked. Claudio Falcão (SC Farense) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonatan Lucca with a cross.
- 41': Corner, SC Farense. Conceded by Jardel.
- 43': Hand ball by Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica).
- 45'+2': Foul by Rafa (Benfica).
- 45'+2': Fábio Nunes (SC Farense) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Benfica 1, SC Farense 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Benfica 1, SC Farense 0.
- 48': Attempt missed. Fabrício Isidoro (SC Farense) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ryan Gauld.
- 49': Penalty SC Farense. Nikola Stojiljkovic draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 49': Penalty conceded by Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 50': Gabriel Pires (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 50': VAR Decision: Penalty SC Farense.
- 52': Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 54': Penalty saved! Ryan Gauld (SC Farense) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
- 54': Corner, SC Farense. Conceded by Odysseas Vlachodimos.
- 54': Goal! Benfica 1, SC Farense 1. Jonatan Lucca (SC Farense) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Gauld with a cross following a corner.
- 55': Substitution, Benfica. Pedrinho replaces Rafa.
- 55': Substitution, Benfica. Haris Seferovic replaces Gian-Luca Waldschmidt.
- 55': Substitution, Benfica. Julian Weigl replaces Gabriel Pires.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Pedrinho (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by André Almeida.
- 58': Attempt blocked. Alex Pinto (SC Farense) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonatan Lucca.
- 58': Offside, SC Farense. Alex Pinto tries a through ball, but Ryan Gauld is caught offside.
- 58': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Fabrício Isidoro (SC Farense) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
- 59': VAR Decision: No Goal Benfica 1-1 SC Farense.
- 61': Attempt saved. Nikola Stojiljkovic (SC Farense) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Fabrício Isidoro.
- 62': Foul by Jardel (Benfica).
- 62': Ryan Gauld (SC Farense) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 63': Everton (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Foul by César Martins (SC Farense).
- 63': César Martins (SC Farense) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 63': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Alex Pinto.
- 65': Offside, Benfica. Haris Seferovic tries a through ball, but Darwin Núñez is caught offside.
- 67': Substitution, SC Farense. Brian Mansilla replaces Claudio Falcão.
- 71': Foul by André Almeida (Benfica).
- 71': Fábio Nunes (SC Farense) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 71': André Almeida (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 72': Offside, SC Farense. Amine Oudrhiri tries a through ball, but Alex Pinto is caught offside.
- 74': Substitution, Benfica. Ferro replaces Jardel because of an injury.
- 76': Attempt saved. Pedrinho (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by André Almeida.
- 79': Goal! Benfica 2, SC Farense 1. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross.
- 81': Substitution, SC Farense. Patrick replaces Nikola Stojiljkovic.
- 81': Substitution, SC Farense. Hugo Seco replaces Fabrício Isidoro.
- 83': Cássio Scheid (SC Farense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Pedrinho (Benfica).
- 83': Foul by Patrick (SC Farense).
- 83': Pizzi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Attempt blocked. Darwin Núñez (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 85': Foul by Jonatan Lucca (SC Farense).
- 85': Pedrinho (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 87': Goal! Benfica 3, SC Farense 1. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darwin Núñez following a fast break.
- 88': Substitution, Benfica. Chiquinho replaces Darwin Núñez.
- 89': Foul by Cássio Scheid (SC Farense).
- 89': Pedrinho (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 89': Cássio Scheid (SC Farense) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90': Alex Pinto (SC Farense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Pedrinho (Benfica).
- 90'+3': Substitution, SC Farense. Bura replaces Cássio Scheid.
- 90'+3': Substitution, SC Farense. Pedro Henrique replaces Alex Pinto.
- 90'+4': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Fábio Nunes.
- 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Ferro (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 90'+5': Goal! Benfica 3, SC Farense 2. Patrick (SC Farense) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, Benfica 3, SC Farense 2.
- 0': Match ends, Benfica 3, SC Farense 2.
Statistics
 SCF |
BEN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 12 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 4 | Saves | 7 |
| 41.7 | Possession | 58.3 |
| 14 | SHOTS | 12 |
| 9 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 261 | Accurate Passes | 414 |
| 364 | Passes | 523 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 6 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 16 | Crosses | 9 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 77 | Long Balls | 53 |
| 33 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 22 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 17 | Interceptions | 21 |
| 11 | Effective Clearances | 16 |
| 11 | Clearances | 16 |
Game Information
Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga
Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Liga Portugal Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sporting CP | 9 | +28 | 27 |
| 2 | FC Porto | 9 | +19 | 24 |
| 3 | Benfica | 8 | +17 | 19 |
| 4 | Santa Clara | 9 | +3 | 18 |
Line-Ups
Benfica (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 99 | Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK) |
| 33 | Jardel |
| 30 | Nicolás Otamendi  |
| 3 | Alejandro Grimaldo |
| 34 | André Almeida |
| 8 | Gabriel |
| 21 | Pizzi |
| 7 | Everton |
| 27 | Rafa Silva |
| 9 | Darwin Núñez |
| 10 | Luca Waldschmidt |
SC Farense (4-5-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 12 | Rafael Defendi (GK) |
| 41 | Scheid |
| 4 | César |
| 92 | Fábio Nunes |
| 78 | Alex Pinto |
| 14 | Fabrício Isidoro |
| 47 | Jonatan Lucca |
| 29 | Falcao |
| 23 | Ryan Gauld |
| 5 | Amine Oudrhiri |
| 9 | Nikola Stojiljkovic |
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