Benfica vs Moreirense

8 February 2025 · Liga Portugal · 2024/25

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 3–1

Vangelis Pavlidis 7’ (pen), 15’
Nicolás Otamendi 42’

Benny 19’
Ivo Rodrigues 85’

Match summary

Benfica beat Moreirense 3-2. Benfica led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Vangelis Pavlidis put Benfica ahead from the penalty spot in the 7th minute, Pavlidis made it 2-0 from a corner in the 15th minute, Benny pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 19th minute, and Nicolás Otamendi made it 3-1 with a header in the 42nd minute. In the second half, Ivo Rodrigues made it 3-2 in the 85th minute.

The chances backed that up: Benfica created 1.63 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Moreirense's 1.10 from 8.

Match stats

11 Shots 8

6 Shots on Target 4

6 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.63 xG 1.12

0.84 Non-penalty xG 1.12

Key events

Benfica Moreirense

Kick-off

Vangelis Pavlidis
Penalty

1-0

7’

Vangelis Pavlidis

2-0

15’

19’

Benny

2-1

Nicolás Otamendi

3-1

42’

Half-time3-1

85’

Ivo Rodrigues

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Moreirense

Marcelo

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Benfica 1.63 xGMoreirense 1.10 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Moreirense attacking Benfica attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Anatoliy Trubin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alexander Bah Taken off	34′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tomás Araújo	90′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Nicolás Otamendi	90′	1	–	2	0.16	–	–	–
Álvaro Carreras	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fredrik Aursnes	90′	–	–	1	0.07	–	–	–
Manu Silva Taken off	37′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Orkun Kökçü	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kerem Aktürkoğlu Taken off	70′	–	–	2	0.04	–	–	–
Vangelis Pavlidis Taken off	69′	2	–	2	1.21	–	–	–
Andreas Schjelderup Taken off	69′	–	–	2	0.09	–	–	–
António Silva Came on as a substitute	56′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Florentino Luís Came on as a substitute	53′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Leandro Barreiro Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bruma Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Andrea Belotti Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–


Kewin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dinis Pinto	90′	–	–	1	0.28	–	–	–
Marcelo	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Maracás	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Godfried Frimpong	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alan Taken off	62′	–	–	2	0.27	–	–	–
Rúben Ramos Ismael Taken off	79′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lawrence Ofori	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jeremy Antonisse Taken off	58′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Guilherme Schettine Taken off	62′	–	–	1	0.20	–	–	–
Benny Taken off	79′	1	–	2	0.08	–	–	–
Luís Asué Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Ivo Rodrigues Came on as a substitute	28′	1	–	1	0.25	–	–	–
Cedric Teguia Came on as a substitute	28′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joel Jorquera Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sidnei Tavares Came on as a substitute	11′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Benfica win 80% Avg odds 1.19

Draw 13% Avg odds 7.06

Moreirense win 7% Avg odds 14.20

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Benfica L L W L W

Moreirense D D D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Moreirense 1-1 Benfica, 30 Aug 24 Next meeting: Moreirense 0-4 Benfica, 14 Dec 25 All Benfica vs Moreirense meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.