Portuguese Primeira Liga

SC Farense vs Benfica, 2024-25 Portuguese Primeira Liga

· Portuguese Primeira Liga
SC Farense
  • 15': Darío Poveda
FT
1 - 2
Benfica
  • 21': Álvaro Fernández
  • 54': Vangelis Pavlidis

About

SC Farense are hosting Benfica at Estádio Algarve, Almancil, 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.
  • 3': Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 3': Foul by Ángel Di María (Benfica).
  • 3': Marco Moreno (Farense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Neto (Farense) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Miguel Menino with a cross.
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Neto (Farense) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Cláudio Falcão (Farense) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 5': Attempt saved. Darío Poveda (Farense) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cláudio Falcão.
  • 6': Offside, Benfica. Kerem Aktürkoglu is caught offside.
  • 6': Foul by Alexander Bah (Benfica).
  • 6': Paulo Victor (Farense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Miguel Menino (Farense) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Paulo Victor with a cross.
  • 9': Attempt missed. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alexander Bah.
  • 14': Elves Baldé (Farense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Tomás Araújo (Benfica).
  • 15': Goal! Farense 1, Benfica 0. Darío Poveda (Farense) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pastor with a cross.
  • 20': Attempt missed. Kerem Aktürkoglu (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alexander Bah with a cross.
  • 20': Offside, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis is caught offside.
  • 20': Offside, Benfica. Ángel Di María is caught offside.
  • 21': Goal! Farense 1, Benfica 1. Álvaro Carreras (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kerem Aktürkoglu.
  • 27': Foul by Cláudio Falcão (Farense).
  • 27': Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 29': Corner, Farense. Conceded by Álvaro Carreras.
  • 30': Foul by Neto (Farense).
  • 30': Ángel Di María (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis.
  • 33': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Neto.
  • 35': Hand ball by Neto (Farense).
  • 36': Attempt saved. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María.
  • 37': Foul by Cláudio Falcão (Farense).
  • 37': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 38': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Miguel Menino.
  • 38': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Lucas Áfrico.
  • 39': Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kerem Aktürkoglu with a cross.
  • 40': Attempt missed. Kerem Aktürkoglu (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Álvaro Carreras.
  • 45': Alexander Bah (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Elves Baldé (Farense).
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Farense 1, Benfica 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Farense 1, Benfica 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Benfica. Jan-Niklas Beste replaces Alexander Bah.
  • 47': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Pastor.
  • 48': Corner, Farense. Conceded by Álvaro Carreras.
  • 48': Attempt missed. Marco Moreno (Farense) header from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jan-Niklas Beste with a headed pass.
  • 49': Attempt blocked. Ángel Di María (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kerem Aktürkoglu.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Darío Poveda (Farense) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 51': Delay in match because of an injury Darío Poveda (Farense).
  • 52': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 52': Substitution, Farense. Cuba replaces Darío Poveda because of an injury.
  • 54': Goal! Farense 1, Benfica 2. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a fast break.
  • 56': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Pastor.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 62': Offside, Benfica. Jan-Niklas Beste is caught offside.
  • 63': Substitution, Farense. Álex Bermejo replaces Elves Baldé.
  • 63': Substitution, Farense. Geovanny Almeida replaces Miguel Menino.
  • 63': Substitution, Farense. Rafael Barbosa replaces Cláudio Falcão.
  • 66': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Artur Jorge.
  • 67': Delay in match because of an injury Rafael Barbosa (Farense).
  • 68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 70': Florentino (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 70': Foul by Neto (Farense).
  • 72': Foul by Neto (Farense).
  • 72': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 74': Foul by Rafael Barbosa (Farense).
  • 74': Ángel Di María (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 75': Attempt saved. Geovanny Almeida (Farense) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cuba.
  • 75': Delay in match because of an injury Ricardo Velho (Farense).
  • 75': Substitution, Farense. Álex Millán replaces Artur Jorge.
  • 76': Substitution, Benfica. Zeki Amdouni replaces Kerem Aktürkoglu.
  • 76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Florentino (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Orkun Kökçü.
  • 80': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Geovanny Almeida.
  • 80': Attempt missed. Zeki Amdouni (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nicolás Otamendi following a corner.
  • 82': Foul by Geovanny Almeida (Farense).
  • 82': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 83': Attempt blocked. Zeki Amdouni (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jan-Niklas Beste.
  • 83': Foul by Zeki Amdouni (Benfica).
  • 83': Pastor (Farense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 84': Foul by Neto (Farense).
  • 84': Zeki Amdouni (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 84': Neto (Farense) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Pastor.
  • 87': Substitution, Benfica. Arthur Cabral replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
  • 87': Substitution, Benfica. Andreas Schjelderup replaces Ángel Di María.
  • 88': Cuba (Farense) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Foul by Álvaro Carreras (Benfica).
  • 89': Corner, Farense. Conceded by Jan-Niklas Beste.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Benfica. Renato Sanches replaces Orkun Kökçü.
  • 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Zeki Amdouni (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jan-Niklas Beste.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Farense 1, Benfica 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Farense 1, Benfica 2.

Statistics

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5 Fouls 10
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 0
8 Corner Kicks 3
3 Saves 5
69.6 Possession 30.4
18 SHOTS 9
7 ON GOAL 4
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
593 Accurate Passes 205
670 Passes 285
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
7 Accurate Crosses 3
31 Crosses 16
0.2 Cross % 0.2
53 Long Balls 59
39 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.7 Long Balls % 0.4
5 Blocked Shots 2
14 Effective Tackles 8
17 Tackles 14
0.8 Tackle % 0.6
10 Interceptions 7
13 Effective Clearances 32
13 Clearances 32

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio Algarve
Location: Almancil, Portugal
Attendance: 12,649

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

SCF SC Farense (5-4-1)

No. Name
33 Ricardo Velho (GK)
4 Artur Jorge
44 Lucas Áfrico
3 Marco Moreno
2 Paulo Victor
28 Pastor
6 Neto Yellow Card
29 Falcao
7 Elves Umar Baldé
93 Miguel Menino
14 Darío Poveda
SC Farense Substitutes:
Álex Millán, Rafael Barbosa, Geovanny Almeida, Bruno Miguel Vicente Dos Santos, Kaique, Rivaldo Morais, Derick Poloni, Raul, Álex Bermejo.

BEN Benfica (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Anatoliy Trubin (GK)
30 Nicolás Otamendi
44 Tomás Araújo
3 Álvaro Fernández
6 Alexander Bah
61 Florentino Luís
10 Orkun Kökçü
8 Fredrik Aursnes
14 Vangelis Pavlidis
17 Kerem Aktürkoglu
11 Ángel Di María
Benfica Substitutes:
Arthur Cabral, Renato Sanches, Andreas Schjelderup, Zeki Amdouni, Benjamín Rollheiser, Samuel Soares, Issa Kaboré, António Silva, Jan-Niklas Beste.

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