Santa Clara vs Benfica
Ref: A. NobreEstádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada, Ilha de São Miguel, Açores · 13,277 cap
Match recap
Benfica beat Santa Clara 2–1 in their Primeira Liga fixture. Paciência scored for Santa Clara; Pavlidis and Paulo Victor replied for Benfica. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 0.28 for Santa Clara versus 1.57 for Benfica. Santa Clara sit 13th in the Primeira Liga table while Benfica are 3rd.
First Half
16'
⚽
Pavlidis
Assist: Araújo
38'
⚽
Paulo Victor (OG)
Lopes
Yellow Card
Second Half
⇄
Paulo Victor
⚽
Paciência
Assist: Klismahn
Paciência
Yellow Card
⇄
Paciência
⇄
Pedro Ferreira
Soares
Yellow Card
68'
⇄
Schjelderup
⇄
Lopes
Frederico Venâncio
Yellow Card
79'
⇄
Rafa
José Luís Rocha Tavares
Yellow Card
⇄
Klismahn
90+1'
Araújo
Yellow Card
Soares
Yellow Card
Soares
Red Card
90'
⇄
Prestianni
90'
Prestianni
Yellow Card
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  FC Porto | 34 | 28 | 4 | 2 | +48 | 88 |
| 2 |  Sporting CP | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | +65 | 82 |
| 3 |  Benfica | 34 | 23 | 11 | 0 | +49 | 80 |
| 4 |  SC Braga | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | +28 | 59 |
| 12 |  Rio Ave | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | -22 | 36 |
| 13 |  Santa Clara | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 36 |
| 14 |  Nacional | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | -8 | 34 |
As of 16 May 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
Santa ClaraBenfica
8Won
Statistical edge
8–8
battles won across 17 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
0.28VS1.57
Attack1 · 5 won
9
Shots
11
2
Shots on target
3
2
Shots in the box
8
7
Shots outside box
3
1
Shots off goal
5
1
Corners
7
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
53%
Possession
47%
433
Total passes
382
344
Accurate passes
296
79%
Pass accuracy
77%
Discipline1 · 3 won
23
Fouls
5
6
Yellow cards
2
1
Red cards
0
0
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence2 · 0 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
1
6
Blocked shots
3
-0.89
Goals prevented
-0.89
Santa Clara
4-3-3
Benfica
4-2-3-1
Santa Clara
4-3-3Starting XI
- 1Gabriel BatistaG
- 8Pedro FerreiraM
- 10Gabriel SilvaF
- 21Frederico VenâncioD
- 23Sidney LimaD
- 35SerginhoM
- 39Gonçalo PaciênciaF
- 42Lucas SoaresD
- 64Paulo VictorD
- 70Vinícius LopesF
- 77KlismahnM
Substitutes
- 2Diogo CalilaD
- 5Guilherme RomãoD
- 11Brenner Lucas Gonçalves SantosF
- 12NenecaG
- 26Luis Fernando Santos OliveiraF
- 37DarlanM
- 49Welinton TorrãoF
- 65José Luís Rocha TavaresM
- 94H. SilvaD
Benfica
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1Anatolii TrubinG
- 4António SilvaD
- 5Enzo BarrenecheaM
- 14Vangelis PavlidisF
- 18Leandro Barreiro MartinsM
- 21Andreas Rædergård SchjelderupM
- 25Gianluca Prestianni GrossM
- 26Samuel Elias DahlD
- 27RafaM
- 30Nicolás Hernán Gonzalo OtamendiD
- 44Tomás AraújoD
Substitutes
- 9Franjo IvanovićF
- 10Heorhii SudakovM
- 11Dodi Lukebakio NgandoliF
- 15Sidny Lopes CabralD
- 16ManuM
- 50Diogo FerreiraG
- 58D. BanjaquiD
- 64Gonçalo OliveiraD
- 72A. CabralF
Santa Clara
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonçalo Paciência | F | 62 | 7.5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| Gabriel Batista(C) | G | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gustavo Klismahn | M | 86 | 7.2 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 4/6 |
| Sidney Lima | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Serginho | M | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Frederico Venâncio | D | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vinícius Lopes | F | 73 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Gabriel Silva | F | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2/3 |
| Pedro Ferreira | M | 62 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Lucas Soares | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 |
| Paulo Victor | D | 45 | 5.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Henrique Silva | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Neneca | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diogo Calila | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Darlan | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Guilherme Romão | D | 45 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/2 |
| José Tavares | M | 28 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Welinton | F | 17 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Luis Fernando | F | 28 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Brenner | F | 10 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Benfica
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomás Araújo | D | 90 | 7.9 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 0/1 |
| Enzo Barrenechea | M | 90 | 7.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nicolás Otamendi(C) | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | F | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1/2 |
| Samuel Dahl | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Leandro Barreiro | M | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Gianluca Prestianni | M | 89 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3/4 |
| Andreas Schjelderup | M | 68 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/4 |
| Rafa Silva | M | 79 | 6.5 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0/1 |
| António Silva | D | 90 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Anatoliy Trubin | G | 90 | 6.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Gonçalo Oliveira | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dodi Lukebakio | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anísio Cabral | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Manuel Silva | M | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Diogo Ferreira | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daniel Banjaqui | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Franjo Ivanović | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sidny Lopes Cabral | D | 22 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/2 |
| Georgiy Sudakov | M | 11 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |