Benfica 3-1 Boavista: result and report

Liga Portugal · Monday 20 September 2021

Result

Benfica 3-1 Boavista

Liga Portugal · Monday 20 September 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Benfica 3-1 Boavista: match report

Benfica defeated Boavista 3-1 in Liga Portugal on Monday 20 September 2021. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Darwin Núñez opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Benfica's goals came from Darwin Núñez (14'), Julian Weigl (34') and Darwin Núñez (61'). Boavista scored through Gustavo Sauer (32').

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Boavista received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 15 points from 5 and Boavista 6th on 8 points from 5. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Boavista 11th with 38.

Benfica lined up in a 3-4-3 and Boavista in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gustavo Sauer of Boavista (8.2), ahead of Nicolás Otamendi (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Benfica wins, 2 draws and 2 for Boavista.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Boavista's D-D-W-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Darwin NúñezBenfica · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · Gustavo SauerBoavista · 1-1
  • 34'Goal · Julian WeiglBenfica · 2-1
  • 36'Yellow card · NathanBoavista
  • 59'Yellow card · Lucas VeríssimoBenfica
  • 61'Goal · Darwin NúñezBenfica · 3-1
  • 69'Yellow card · J. PorozoBoavista
  • 74'Yellow card · Petar MusaBoavista

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Benfica 5, draws 2, Boavista 2.

Team news

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Benfica line-up (3-4-3)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, Lucas Veríssimo, Nicolás Otamendi, Jan Vertonghen, Diogo Gonçalves, Julian Weigl, João Mário, Alejandro Grimaldo, Rafa Silva, Roman Yaremchuk, Darwin Núñez

Boavista line-up (3-4-3)

Rafael Bracali, Nathan, Jackson Porozo, Rodrigo Abascal, Pedro Malheiro, Seba Pérez, Gaius Makouta, Yanis Hamache, Gustavo Sauer, Petar Musa, Kenji Gorré