Benfica 1-1 Santa Clara: result and report

Liga Portugal · Friday 12 September 2025

Result

Benfica 1-1 Santa Clara

Liga Portugal · Friday 12 September 2025, 19:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Benfica 1-1 Santa Clara: match report

Benfica drew with Santa Clara 1-1 in Liga Portugal on Friday 12 September 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.

Vangelis Pavlidis opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Benfica's goal came from Vangelis Pavlidis (59'). Santa Clara scored through Vinícius Lopes (90+2').

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Santa Clara received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Benfica were 4th on 9 points from 3 and Santa Clara 10th on 4 points from 4. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 80 points, and Santa Clara 12th with 36.

Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Santa Clara in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Richard Ríos of Benfica (7.8), level with Enzo Barrenechea (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 1 for Santa Clara.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Gabriel SilvaSanta Clara
  • 38'Red card · Paulo VictorSanta Clara
  • 45+6'Yellow card · Vasco MatosSanta Clara
  • 58'Yellow card · Enzo BarrenecheaBenfica
  • 59'Goal · Vangelis PavlidisBenfica · 1-0
  • 90+2'Goal · Vinícius LopesSanta Clara · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Benfica 8, draws 1, Santa Clara 1.

Team news

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Benfica line-up (4-4-2)

Anatoliy Trubin, Tomás Araújo, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Fredrik Aursnes, Richard Ríos, Enzo Barrenechea, Andreas Schjelderup, Franjo Ivanović, Vangelis Pavlidis

Santa Clara line-up (3-4-3)

Gabriel Batista, Sidney Lima, Frederico Venâncio, MT, Lucas Soares, Adriano Firmino, Serginho, Paulo Victor, Brenner, Gabriel Silva, Matheus Pereira