Benfica 2-1 Alverca: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 8 February 2026
Result
Benfica 2-1 Alverca
Liga Portugal · Sunday 8 February 2026, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Benfica 2-1 Alverca: match report
Benfica defeated Alverca 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 8 February 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Andreas Schjelderup opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Benfica's goals came from Andreas Schjelderup (16') and Anísio Cabral (86'). Alverca scored through Figueiredo (30').
Discipline: Benfica received 4 yellow cards; Alverca received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 46 points from 20 and Alverca 10th on 24 points from 20. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 80 points, and Alverca 11th with 39.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Alverca in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Matheus Mendes of Alverca (8.0), ahead of Fredrik Aursnes (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 0 draws and 0 for Alverca.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-W-W-D and Alverca's D-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Lincoln
- 16'Goal · Andreas Schjelderup
- 23'Yellow card · Sidny Lopes Cabral
- 30'Goal · Figueiredo
- 39'Yellow card · Mateus Oliveira Mendes
- 39'Yellow card · Matheus Mendes
- 65'Yellow card · José Mourinho
- 66'Yellow card · Gianluca Prestianni
- 86'Goal · Anísio Cabral
- 90+7'Yellow card · Tomás Araújo
Head-to-head
Team news
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Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anatoliy Trubin, Sidny Lopes Cabral, Tomás Araújo, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Leandro Barreiro, Fredrik Aursnes, Gianluca Prestianni, Rafa Silva, Andreas Schjelderup, Vangelis Pavlidis
Alverca line-up (3-4-3)
Matheus Mendes, Kaiky Marques Naves, Sergi Gómez Solà, Bastien Meupiyou, Nabil Touaizi, Vasco Moreira, Lincoln, Chissumba, Figueiredo, Marko Milovanović, Francisco Jorge Tavares Oliveira