Arouca 1-2 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 14 March 2026
Result
Arouca 1-2 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Saturday 14 March 2026, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arouca 1-2 Benfica: match report
Arouca lost to Benfica 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 14 March 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Iván Barbero opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Arouca's goal came from Iván Barbero (7', penalty). Benfica scored through Richard Ríos (50') and Franjo Ivanović (90+6').
Discipline: Arouca received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Benfica received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Arouca were 11th on 26 points from 25 and Benfica 3rd on 59 points from 25. Arouca went on to finish that season 9th with 42 points, and Benfica 3rd with 80.
Arouca lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Anatoliy Trubin of Benfica (7.6), ahead of Andreas Schjelderup (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Arouca wins, 1 draw and 6 for Benfica.
Key events
- 7'Penalty goal · Iván Barbero
- 22'Yellow card · Javi Sánchez
- 45+3'Yellow card · Iván Barbero
- 48'Yellow card · Hyun-ju Lee
- 50'Goal · Richard Ríos
- 59'Yellow card · Richard Ríos
- 59'Yellow card · António Silva
- 77'Yellow card · Pablo Gozálbez
- 80'Yellow card · Ignacio de Arruabarrena
- 90+6'Goal · Franjo Ivanović
- 90+8'Red card · Amar Dedic
- 90+8'Red card · Alfonso Trezza
- 90+8'Yellow card · Vangelis Pavlidis
- 90+9'Yellow card · Gianluca Prestianni
- 90+11'Yellow card · Anatoliy Trubin
Head-to-head
Team news
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Arouca line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ignacio de Arruabarrena, Diogo Monteiro, Javi Sánchez, José Fontán, Bas Kuipers, Espen van Ee, Taichi Fukui, Alfonso Trezza, Hyun-ju Lee, Naïs Djouahra, Iván Barbero
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anatoliy Trubin, Alexander Bah, Tomás Araújo, António Silva, Samuel Dahl, Leandro Barreiro, Richard Ríos, Dodi Lukébakio, Rafa Silva, Andreas Schjelderup, Vangelis Pavlidis