Santa Clara 0-5 Benfica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 11 September 2021

Result

Santa Clara 0-5 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Saturday 11 September 2021, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Santa Clara · Benfica · Liga Portugal predictions

Santa Clara 0-5 Benfica: match report

Santa Clara lost to Benfica 0-5 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 11 September 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Rodrigo Pinho opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Santa Clara did not score. Benfica scored through Rodrigo Pinho (42'), Darwin Núñez (54'), Rafa Silva (58'), Darwin Núñez (62') and Roman Yaremchuk (68').

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

Going into the game Santa Clara were 12th on 4 points from 4 and Benfica 1st on 12 points from 4. Santa Clara went on to finish that season 7th with 40 points, and Benfica 3rd with 71.

Santa Clara lined up in a 3-5-2 and Benfica in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Darwin Núñez of Benfica (8.8), ahead of Alejandro Grimaldo (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Santa Clara win, 1 draw and 4 for Benfica.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Odysseas VlachodimosBenfica
  • 42'Goal · Rodrigo PinhoBenfica · 0-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Rafael RamosSanta Clara
  • 47'Yellow card · MansurSanta Clara
  • 54'Goal · Darwin NúñezBenfica · 0-2
  • 58'Goal · Rafa SilvaBenfica · 0-3
  • 62'Goal · Darwin NúñezBenfica · 0-4
  • 68'Goal · Roman YaremchukBenfica · 0-5

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Santa Clara 1, draws 1, Benfica 4.

Team news

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Santa Clara line-up (3-5-2)

Marco Pereira, Kennedy Boateng, João Afonso, Paulo Henrique, Rafael Ramos, Anderson Carvalho, Lincoln, Hidemasa Morita, Mansur, Rui Costa, Cryzan

Benfica line-up (3-4-3)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, Lucas Veríssimo, Jan Vertonghen, Morato, Diogo Gonçalves, Julian Weigl, João Mário, Alejandro Grimaldo, Everton, Rodrigo Pinho, Darwin Núñez