Benfica 2-1 Santa Clara: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 12 February 2022
Result
Benfica 2-1 Santa Clara
Liga Portugal · Saturday 12 February 2022, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Benfica 2-1 Santa Clara: match report
Benfica beat Santa Clara 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 12 February 2022. The half-time score was 0-1.
Mohammad Mohebi opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Benfica's goals came from Darwin Núñez (60', penalty) and Darwin Núñez (62'). Santa Clara scored through Mohammad Mohebi (20').
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Santa Clara received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 44 points from 20 and Santa Clara 10th on 24 points from 21. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Santa Clara 7th with 40.
Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Santa Clara in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Darwin Núñez of Benfica (7.9), ahead of Nicolás Otamendi (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 1 for Santa Clara.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-L-W-D-W and Santa Clara's D-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Mohammad Mohebi
- 24'Yellow card · Rafa Silva
- 28'Yellow card · Mohammad Mohebi
- 32'Yellow card · Hidemasa Morita
- 39'Yellow card · O. Barreto
- 40'Yellow card · Darwin Núñez
- 45+1'Yellow card · Marco Pereira
- 59'Yellow card · Mikel Villanueva
- 60'Penalty goal · Darwin Núñez
- 62'Goal · Darwin Núñez
- 82'Yellow card · Julian Weigl
Head-to-head
Team news
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Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Valentino Lazaro, Nicolás Otamendi, Jan Vertonghen, Alejandro Grimaldo, Rafa Silva, Paulo Bernardo, Julian Weigl, Everton, Gonçalo Ramos, Darwin Núñez
Santa Clara line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marco Pereira, Rafael Ramos, Kennedy Boateng, Mikel Villanueva, Mansur, Hidemasa Morita, Anderson Carvalho, Rui Costa, Ricardinho, O. Barreto, Mohammad Mohebi