Benfica 1-1 Farense: result and report

Liga Portugal · Friday 8 December 2023

Result

Benfica 1-1 Farense

Liga Portugal · Friday 8 December 2023, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Benfica · Farense · Liga Portugal predictions

Benfica 1-1 Farense: match report

Benfica drew with Farense 1-1 in Liga Portugal on Friday 8 December 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Claudio Falcão opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Benfica's goal came from Rafa (71'). Farense scored through Claudio Falcão (51').

Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Farense received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 29 points from 12 and Farense 7th on 16 points from 12. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 80 points, and Farense 10th with 37.

Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Farense in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ricardo Velho of Farense (10.0), ahead of Ángel Di María (9.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 1 draw and 0 for Farense.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Zach MuscatFarense
  • 51'Goal · Claudio FalcãoFarense · 0-1
  • 71'Goal · RafaBenfica · 1-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Nicolás OtamendiBenfica
  • 82'Yellow card · João MárioBenfica
  • 90'Yellow card · Facundo CáseresFarense
  • 90'Yellow card · PastorFarense

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Benfica 1, draws 1, Farense 0.

Team news

Unavailable

Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)

Anatoliy Trubin, Fredrik Aursnes, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Morato, João Neves, Orkun Kökçü, Ángel Di María, Rafa Silva, João Mário, Casper Tengstedt

Farense line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ricardo Velho, Pastor, Gonçalo Silva, Zach Muscat, João Carlos Araújo Fonseca Silva, Vítor Gonçalves, Claudio Falcão, Mohamed Belloumi, Mattheus, Marco Matias, Bruno Duarte