Santa Clara 0-3 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 21 January 2023
Result
Santa Clara 0-3 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Saturday 21 January 2023, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Santa Clara 0-3 Benfica: match report
Santa Clara lost to Benfica 0-3 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 21 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-2.
Fredrik Aursnes opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Santa Clara did not score. Benfica scored through Fredrik Aursnes (9'), Gonçalo Ramos (16') and Gonçalo Guedes (80').
Discipline: Santa Clara received 1 yellow card; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Santa Clara were 16th on 14 points from 16 and Benfica 1st on 41 points from 16. Santa Clara went on to finish that season 18th with 22 points, and Benfica 1st with 87.
Santa Clara lined up in a 4-4-2 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Enzo Fernández of Benfica (9.3), ahead of Alexander Bah (8.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Santa Clara win, 1 draw and 6 for Benfica.
Going into the match Santa Clara's last five read D-L-L-W-D and Benfica's D-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Fredrik Aursnes
- 16'Goal · Gonçalo Ramos
- 30'Yellow card · Ítalo
- 50'Yellow card · Fredrik Aursnes
- 53'Yellow card · Morato
- 80'Goal · Gonçalo Guedes
Head-to-head
Team news
Santa Clara line-up (4-4-2)
Gabriel Batista, Diogo Calila, Kennedy Boateng, Ítalo, Paulo Henrique, MT, Adriano Firmino, Kento Misao, Gabriel Silva, Bruno Almeida, Matheus Babi
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Alexander Bah, António Silva, Morato, Alejandro Grimaldo, Florentino, Enzo Fernández, João Mário, Julian Draxler, Fredrik Aursnes, Gonçalo Ramos