Portuguese Primeira Liga

Benfica vs Portimonense, 2023-24 Portuguese Primeira Liga

· Portuguese Primeira Liga
Benfica
  • 55': Rafa Silva
  • 57': David Neres
  • 59': Ángel Di María
  • 75': Rafa Silva
FT
4 - 0
Portimonense

    About

    Benfica are hosting Portimonense 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.
    • 1': Foul by João Mário (Benfica).
    • 1': Hélio Varela (Portimonense) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 3': Carlinhos (Portimonense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Foul by João Neves (Benfica).
    • 4': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Hélio Varela.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Sylvester Jasper (Portimonense) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Guga.
    • 7': Carlinhos (Portimonense) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 7': Foul by João Neves (Benfica).
    • 9': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by David Neres.
    • 9': Attempt saved. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 11': Offside, Benfica. Alexander Bah is caught offside.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by João Mário.
    • 16': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Guga.
    • 19': Hand ball by Orkun Kökçü (Benfica).
    • 20': Foul by João Mário (Benfica).
    • 20': Hélio Varela (Portimonense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Hélio Varela (Portimonense) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dener.
    • 23': Attempt saved. Carlinhos (Portimonense) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 25': Delay in match (Benfica).
    • 26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 27': Dangerous play by Alemão (Portimonense).
    • 27': Ángel Di María (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 30': Attempt blocked. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Neres.
    • 30': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Filipe Relvas.
    • 31': Attempt saved. Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Orkun Kökçü with a through ball.
    • 31': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Kosuke Nakamura.
    • 34': Foul by Dener (Portimonense).
    • 34': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 36': Attempt missed. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by David Neres with a through ball.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Rafa (Benfica) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross.
    • 40': Attempt missed. David Neres (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Rafa.
    • 40': Hand ball by Hildeberto (Portimonense).
    • 41': Attempt missed. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Orkun Kökçü.
    • 43': Foul by Alexander Bah (Benfica).
    • 43': Hélio Varela (Portimonense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica).
    • 43': Hildeberto (Portimonense) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Carlinhos (Portimonense) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 45': Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Orkun Kökçü.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Sylvester Jasper (Portimonense) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Hildeberto.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Benfica 0, Portimonense 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Benfica 0, Portimonense 0.
    • 47': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Alemão.
    • 48': Offside, Benfica. António Silva is caught offside.
    • 51': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Gonçalo Costa.
    • 54': Foul by Alemão (Portimonense).
    • 54': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 55': Goal! Benfica 1, Portimonense 0. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexander Bah.
    • 57': Goal! Benfica 2, Portimonense 0. David Neres (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Orkun Kökçü with a through ball.
    • 59': Goal! Benfica 3, Portimonense 0. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rafa following a fast break.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Carlinhos (Portimonense) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Hildeberto.
    • 62': Attempt saved. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexander Bah.
    • 62': Offside, Benfica. Fredrik Aursnes is caught offside.
    • 63': Foul by João Mário (Benfica).
    • 63': Hildeberto (Portimonense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Hélio Varela (Portimonense) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Guga.
    • 66': Substitution, Benfica. Florentino replaces João Neves.
    • 66': Substitution, Benfica. Tiago Gouveia replaces David Neres.
    • 67': Foul by João Mário (Benfica).
    • 67': Hildeberto (Portimonense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Foul by Orkun Kökçü (Benfica).
    • 68': Sylvester Jasper (Portimonense) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 69': Substitution, Portimonense. Moustapha Seck replaces Gonçalo Costa.
    • 69': Substitution, Portimonense. Tamble Monteiro replaces Hildeberto.
    • 69': Foul by Hélio Varela (Portimonense).
    • 69': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Hélio Varela (Portimonense) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 70': Attempt blocked. Carlinhos (Portimonense) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 70': Corner, Portimonense. Conceded by Alexander Bah.
    • 71': Offside, Benfica. Rafa is caught offside.
    • 73': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Pedrão.
    • 75': Attempt blocked. Hélio Varela (Portimonense) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Tiago Gouveia.
    • 75': Goal! Benfica 4, Portimonense 0. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Orkun Kökçü.
    • 77': Foul by Florentino (Benfica).
    • 77': Sylvester Jasper (Portimonense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Attempt blocked. Tamble Monteiro (Portimonense) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Carlinhos.
    • 78': Attempt saved. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rafa.
    • 79': Delay in match because of an injury Tamble Monteiro (Portimonense).
    • 79': Substitution, Benfica. Tomás Araújo replaces António Silva.
    • 80': Substitution, Benfica. Arthur Cabral replaces João Mário.
    • 81': Substitution, Portimonense. Igor Formiga replaces Guga.
    • 81': Substitution, Portimonense. Taichi Fukui replaces Dener.
    • 81': Substitution, Portimonense. Rodrigo Martins replaces Tamble Monteiro because of an injury.
    • 81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 86': Dangerous play by Taichi Fukui (Portimonense).
    • 86': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Attempt saved. Arthur Cabral (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Tiago Gouveia.
    • 88': Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Rafa.
    • 89': Attempt saved. Arthur Cabral (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florentino.
    • 89': Offside, Benfica. Tiago Gouveia is caught offside.
    • 89': Substitution, Benfica. Marcos Leonardo replaces Rafa.
    • 90': Alemão (Portimonense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Foul by Marcos Leonardo (Benfica).
    • 90'+1': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Moustapha Seck.
    • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arthur Cabral.
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Sylvester Jasper (Portimonense) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Igor Formiga.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Benfica 4, Portimonense 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Benfica 4, Portimonense 0.

    Statistics

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    6 Fouls 12
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 5
    1 Corner Kicks 8
    9 Saves 2
    31.1 Possession 68.9
    11 SHOTS 22
    2 ON GOAL 13
    0.2 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    248 Accurate Passes 659
    325 Passes 728
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 3
    8 Crosses 20
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    61 Long Balls 46
    26 Accurate Long Balls 36
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.8
    5 Blocked Shots 3
    14 Effective Tackles 13
    22 Tackles 20
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    9 Interceptions 10
    32 Effective Clearances 12
    32 Clearances 12

    Game Information

    Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

    Venue: Estádio da Luz
    Location: Lisbon, Portugal
    Attendance: 57,201

    Liga Portugal Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Sporting CP 11 +34 33
    2 FC Porto 11 +20 27
    3 Benfica 10 +21 25
    4 Santa Clara 11 +2 21
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    BEN Benfica (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Anatoliy Trubin (GK)
    30 Nicolás Otamendi
    4 António Silva
    8 Fredrik Aursnes
    6 Alexander Bah
    10 Orkun Kökçü
    20 João Mário
    87 João Neves
    27 Rafa Silva
    7 David Neres
    11 Ángel Di María
    Benfica Substitutes:
    Samuel Soares, Marcos Leonardo, Florentino Luís, Arthur Cabral, Tomás Araújo, Álvaro Fernández, Morato, Benjamín Rollheiser, Tiago Gouveia.

    PTMO Portimonense (3-4-3)

    No. Name
    32 Kosuke Nakamura (GK)
    43 Alemão
    22 Filipe Relvas
    44 Pedro Henrique
    13 Dener
    11 Carlinhos
    18 Goncalo Costa
    27 Guga
    10 Hildeberto Pereira
    77 Hélio Varela Yellow Card
    7 Sylvester Jasper
    Portimonense Substitutes:
    Steve Regis Mvoue, Luan Campos, Igor Marques, Rafael Alcobia, Vinicius, Rodrigo Martins, Moustapha Seck, Tamble Monteiro, Taichi Fukui.

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