Benfica 2-1 Santa Clara: result and report
Liga Portugal · Monday 26 April 2021
Result
Benfica 2-1 Santa Clara
Liga Portugal · Monday 26 April 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Benfica 2-1 Santa Clara: match report
Benfica beat Santa Clara 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Monday 26 April 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Benfica's goals came from an own goal by Carlos (25') and Chiquinho (73'). Santa Clara scored through Anderson Carvalho (62').
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Santa Clara received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 60 points from 28 and Santa Clara 7th on 36 points from 28. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 76 points, and Santa Clara 6th with 46.
Benfica lined up in a 3-4-3 and Santa Clara in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Diogo Gonçalves of Benfica (8.0), level with Anderson Carvalho (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 1 for Santa Clara.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Santa Clara's D-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 25'Own goal · Carlos
- 62'Goal · Anderson Carvalho
- 73'Goal · Chiquinho
- 89'Yellow card · Julian Weigl
- 90+2'Yellow card · Nicolás Otamendi
Head-to-head
Team news
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Benfica line-up (3-4-3)
Helton Leite, Lucas Veríssimo, Nicolás Otamendi, Jan Vertonghen, Diogo Gonçalves, Julian Weigl, Pizzi, Alejandro Grimaldo, Rafa Silva, Haris Seferovic, Everton
Santa Clara line-up (4-3-3)
Marco Pereira, Rafael Ramos, João Afonso, Mikel Villanueva, Mansur, Anderson Carvalho, Hidemasa Morita, Lincoln, Carlos Júnior, Cryzan, Allano