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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Mohammad MohebiSanta Clara · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Rafa SilvaBenfica
  • 28'Yellow card · Mohammad MohebiSanta Clara
  • 32'Yellow card · Hidemasa MoritaSanta Clara
  • 39'Yellow card · O. BarretoSanta Clara
  • 40'Yellow card · Darwin NúñezBenfica
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Marco PereiraSanta Clara
  • 59'Yellow card · Mikel VillanuevaSanta Clara
  • 60'Penalty goal · Darwin NúñezBenfica · 1-1
  • 62'Goal · Darwin NúñezBenfica · 2-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Julian WeiglBenfica

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Benfica 5, draws 1, Santa Clara 1.

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