Santa Clara 1-2 Benfica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Monday 26 October 2026

Result

Santa Clara 1-2 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Monday 26 October 2026, 18:45 UTC · Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada · half-time 1-0

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Santa Clara 1-2 Benfica: match report

Santa Clara were beaten by Benfica 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Monday 26 October 2026 at Estádio de São Miguel. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Fernando opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Santa Clara's goal came from Fernando (32', penalty). Benfica scored through Vangelis Pavlidis (62') and Gianluca Prestianni (68').

Discipline: Santa Clara received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Benfica received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Santa Clara were 4th on 18 points from 8 and Benfica 2nd on 19 points from 8. In the current table Santa Clara are 4th on 21 points and Benfica are 2nd on 25 points.

Santa Clara lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gianluca Prestianni of Benfica (8.0), ahead of Fernando (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Santa Clara wins, 2 draws and 8 for Benfica.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Alexander BahBenfica
  • 10'Yellow card · Marco SilvaBenfica
  • 32'Penalty goal · FernandoSanta Clara · 1-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Emanuel MoreiraSanta Clara
  • 40'Yellow card · Pedro PachecoSanta Clara
  • 59'Yellow card · Vangelis PavlidisBenfica
  • 62'Goal · Vangelis PavlidisBenfica · 1-1
  • 68'Goal · Gianluca PrestianniBenfica · 1-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Fredrik AursnesBenfica
  • 88'Yellow card · Samuel DahlBenfica
  • 89'Yellow card · Jhon DuránBenfica
  • 90'Yellow card · Guilherme RomãoSanta Clara
  • 90+3'Yellow card · VasconcelosSanta Clara
  • 90+6'Red card · Jhon DuránBenfica
  • 90+6'Red card · FernandoSanta Clara

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
2Benfica10811278+1925WLWWW
4Santa Clara10631156+921WDWLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Santa Clara 0, draws 2, Benfica 8.

Team news

Unavailable

  • MTSanta Clara · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
  • Jakub KamińskiBenfica · injury (Muscle Injury)

Santa Clara line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lucas França, Lucas Soares, Pedro Pacheco, Emanuel Moreira, Guilherme Romão, Pedro Ferreira, Dani Borges, Vinícius Lopes, Tiago Ribeiro, Brenner, Fernando

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

Samuel Soares, Alexander Bah, Tomás Araújo, Clément Lenglet, Samuel Dahl, Fredrik Aursnes, João Palhinha, Rafa Silva, Georgiy Sudakov, Gianluca Prestianni, Vangelis Pavlidis

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