Santa Clara 1-2 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Friday 13 February 2026
Result
Santa Clara 1-2 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Friday 13 February 2026, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Santa Clara 1-2 Benfica: match report
Santa Clara lost to Benfica 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Friday 13 February 2026. The half-time score was 0-2.
Vangelis Pavlidis opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Santa Clara's goal came from Gonçalo Paciência (47'). Benfica scored through Vangelis Pavlidis (16') and an own goal by Paulo Victor (38').
Discipline: Santa Clara received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Santa Clara were 16th on 17 points from 21 and Benfica 3rd on 49 points from 21. Santa Clara went on to finish that season 12th with 36 points, and Benfica 3rd with 80.
Santa Clara lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Enzo Barrenechea of Benfica (7.4), level with Vangelis Pavlidis (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Santa Clara win, 2 draws and 7 for Benfica.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Vangelis Pavlidis
- 38'Own goal · Paulo Victor
- 45'Yellow card · Vinícius Lopes
- 47'Goal · Gonçalo Paciência
- 59'Yellow card · Gonçalo Paciência
- 66'Yellow card · Lucas Soares
- 78'Yellow card · Frederico Venâncio
- 84'Yellow card · Djé
- 85'Yellow card · Gonçalo Paciência
- 90'Yellow card · Gianluca Prestianni
- 90'Yellow card · Gianluca Prestianni
- 90+1'Yellow card · Tomás Araújo
- 90+2'Second yellow · Lucas Soares
Head-to-head
Team news
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Santa Clara line-up (4-3-3)
Gabriel Batista, Lucas Soares, Sidney Lima, Frederico Venâncio, Paulo Victor, Gustavo Klismahn, Pedro Ferreira, Serginho, Vinícius Lopes, Gonçalo Paciência, Gabriel Silva
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anatoliy Trubin, Tomás Araújo, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Leandro Barreiro, Enzo Barrenechea, Gianluca Prestianni, Rafa Silva, Andreas Schjelderup, Vangelis Pavlidis