Benfica vs Santa Clara

14 September 2024 · Liga Portugal · 2024/25

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Kerem Aktürkoğlu 27’
Florentino Luís 34’
António Silva 47’
Ángel Di María 58’

Vinícius Lopes 1’

Match summary

Benfica came from behind to win 4-1 at home to Santa Clara. Benfica led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Vinícius Lopes put Santa Clara ahead in the first minute, Kerem Aktürkoğlu equalised in the 27th minute, and Florentino Luís put Benfica in front with a header in the 34th minute. In the second half, António Silva made it 3-1 with a header in the 47th minute and Ángel Di María made it 4-1 in the 58th minute.

The chances backed that up: Benfica created 2.60 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Santa Clara's 0.70 from 7.

Match stats

15 Shots 6

7 Shots on Target 2

5 Corners 1

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.60 xG 0.70

2.60 Non-penalty xG 0.70

Key events

Benfica Santa Clara

Kick-off

1’

Vinícius Lopes

0-1

Kerem Aktürkoğlu

1-1

27’

Florentino Luís

2-1

34’

Half-time2-1

António Silva

3-1

47’

Ángel Di María

4-1

58’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Benfica

António Silva

Santa Clara

Luís Rocha
Alisson Safira
Serginho

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 2.60 xGSanta Clara 0.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Santa Clara 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	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
António Silva	90′	1	–	1	0.11	–	–
Nicolás Otamendi	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Álvaro Carreras	90′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Florentino Luís	90′	1	–	1	0.37	–	–	–
Orkun Kökçü Taken off	82′	–	–	2	0.17	–	–	–
Ángel Di María Taken off	73′	1	–	2	0.17	–	–	–
Benjamín Rollheiser Taken off	67′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Kerem Aktürkoğlu Taken off	73′	1	–	2	0.37	–	–	–
Vangelis Pavlidis Taken off	82′	–	–	1	0.14	–	–	–
Zeki Amdouni Came on as a substitute	23′	–	–	2	0.76	–	–	–
Andreas Schjelderup Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	1	0.41	–	–	–
Gianluca Prestianni Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Leandro Barreiro Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Arthur Cabral Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–


Gabriel Batista	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sidney Lima	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luís Rocha	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–
Frederico Venâncio	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lucas Soares	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pedro Ferreira Taken off	62′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
Adriano Firmino Taken off	84′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matheus Araújo	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Vinícius Lopes Taken off	46′	1	–	2	0.50	–	–	–
Alisson Safira Taken off	75′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–
Gabriel Silva Taken off	62′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Ricardinho Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	1	0.07	–	–	–
Matheus Pereira Came on as a substitute	28′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gustavo Klismahn Came on as a substitute	28′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
João Costa Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Serginho Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 75% Avg odds 1.26

Draw 16% Avg odds 5.88

Santa Clara win 9% Avg odds 11.16

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

Form going into the game

Benfica D L W W D

Santa Clara L W L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Benfica 3-0 Santa Clara, 27 May 23 Next meeting: Santa Clara 0-1 Benfica, 15 Feb 25 All Benfica vs Santa Clara 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.