Paços de Ferreira 0-2 Benfica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Thursday 26 January 2023

Result

Paços de Ferreira 0-2 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Thursday 26 January 2023, 20:15 UTC · half-time 0-2

Paços de Ferreira · Benfica · Liga Portugal predictions

Paços de Ferreira 0-2 Benfica: match report

Paços de Ferreira were beaten by Benfica 0-2 in Liga Portugal on Thursday 26 January 2023. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Alejandro Grimaldo opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Paços de Ferreira did not score. Benfica scored through Alejandro Grimaldo (7') and João Mário (11').

Discipline: Paços de Ferreira received no yellow cards; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Paços de Ferreira were 18th on 6 points from 17 and Benfica 1st on 44 points from 17. Paços de Ferreira went on to finish that season 17th with 23 points, and Benfica 1st with 87.

Paços de Ferreira lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to João Mário of Benfica (8.3), ahead of Alejandro Grimaldo (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Paços de Ferreira wins, 0 draws and 6 for Benfica.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Alejandro GrimaldoBenfica · 0-1
  • 11'Goal · João MárioBenfica · 0-2
  • 37'Yellow card · Gonçalo GuedesBenfica
  • 71'Yellow card · FlorentinoBenfica

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Paços de Ferreira 0, draws 0, Benfica 6.

Team news

Paços de Ferreira line-up (4-3-3)

Marafona, Juan Antonio Delgado Baeza, Nuno Lima, Erick Ferigra, Vitorino Antunes, Luiz Carlos, Jordan Holsgrove, Rui Pires, Nico Gaitán, Alexandre Guedes, Nigel Thomas

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

Odysseas Vlachodimos, Alexander Bah, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Alejandro Grimaldo, Florentino, Enzo Fernández, João Mário, Gonçalo Guedes, Fredrik Aursnes, Gonçalo Ramos