Benfica 2-1 Estoril: result and report
Liga Portugal · Monday 31 August 2026
Result
Benfica 2-1 Estoril
Liga Portugal · Monday 31 August 2026, 19:15 UTC · Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisboa · half-time 1-0
Benfica 2-1 Estoril: match report
Benfica beat Estoril 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Monday 31 August 2026 at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The half-time score was 1-0.
Vangelis Pavlidis opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Benfica's goals came from Vangelis Pavlidis (40') and Clément Lenglet (51'). Estoril scored through Yanis Begraoui (82').
Discipline: Benfica received no yellow cards; Estoril received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Benfica were 8th on 4 points from 2 and Estoril 17th on 1 point from 3. In the current table Benfica are 2nd on 25 points and Estoril are 18th on 2 points.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Estoril in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexander Bah of Benfica (7.6), level with Vangelis Pavlidis (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 0 for Estoril.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Estoril's L-L-D.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Vangelis Pavlidis
- 51'Goal · Clément Lenglet
- 75'Yellow card · Ismael Sierra
- 82'Goal · Yanis Begraoui
Form and table
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Samuel Soares, Alexander Bah, Tomás Araújo, Clément Lenglet, Samuel Dahl, Leandro Barreiro, Enzo Barrenechea, Rafa Silva, Georgiy Sudakov, Gianluca Prestianni, Vangelis Pavlidis
Estoril line-up (3-4-3)
Joel Robles, Stelios Andreou, Ferro, Ismael Sierra, Ricard Sánchez, Xeka, A. Tsoungui, Fernando Medrano, André Lacximicant, Yanis Begraoui, João Carvalho
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