Porto vs Benfica

6 April 2025 · Liga Portugal · 2024/25

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–2

Samu Aghehowa 81’

Vangelis Pavlidis 1’, 43’, 69’
Nicolás Otamendi 90+4’

Match summary

Benfica won comfortably, 4-1 away at Porto. Benfica led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Vangelis Pavlidis put Benfica ahead in the first minute and Pavlidis made it 0-2 from a corner in the 43rd minute. In the second half, Pavlidis made it 0-3 with a header in the 69th minute, Samu Aghehowa pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 81st minute, and Nicolás Otamendi made it 1-4 with a header in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Benfica created 2.71 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Porto's 1.23 from 14.

Match stats

14 Shots 14

3 Shots on Target 5

2 Corners 6

3 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.23 xG 2.71

1.23 Non-penalty xG 2.71

Key events

Porto Benfica

Kick-off

1’

Vangelis Pavlidis

0-1

43’

Vangelis Pavlidis

0-2

Half-time0-2

69’

Vangelis Pavlidis

0-3

Samu Aghehowa

1-3

81’

90+4’

Nicolás Otamendi

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Porto

Nehuén Pérez
Martim Fernandes
Gonçalo Borges

Benfica

Álvaro Carreras

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.

Porto 1.23 xGBenfica 2.71 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Benfica attacking Porto attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players


Diogo Costa	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nehuén Pérez	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–
Stephen Eustaquio Taken off	64′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Iván Marcano	90′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–	–
João Mário Taken off	77′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alan Varela	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fábio Vieira	90′	–	–	4	0.35	–	–	–
Francisco Moura Taken off	84′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pepê Taken off	64′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Samu Aghehowa	90′	1	–	4	0.64	–	–	–
Rodrigo Mora Taken off	77′	–	–	2	0.13	–	–	–
Martim Fernandes Came on as a substitute	26′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gonçalo Borges Came on as a substitute	26′	–	–	1	0.01	–	–
Zé Pedro Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Danny Namaso Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	1	0.08	–	–	–
William Gomes Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Players14 players


Anatoliy Trubin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tomás Araújo Taken off	62′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
António Silva	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nicolás Otamendi	90′	1	–	2	0.38	–	–	–
Álvaro Carreras	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fredrik Aursnes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Florentino Luís	90′	–	–	2	0.08	–	–	–
Orkun Kökçü	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ángel Di María Taken off	73′	–	–	1	0.19	–	–	–
Vangelis Pavlidis Taken off	73′	3	–	5	1.66	–	–	–
Kerem Aktürkoğlu Taken off	90′	–	–	3	0.32	–	–	–
Samuel Dahl Came on as a substitute	28′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Andreas Schjelderup Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	1	0.08	–	–	–
Andrea Belotti Came on as a substitute	17′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Porto win 29% Avg odds 3.32

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.36

Benfica win 43% Avg odds 2.19

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

Form going into the game

Porto D W L W W

Benfica W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Benfica 4-1 Porto, 10 Nov 24 Next meeting: Porto 0-0 Benfica, 05 Oct 25 All Porto vs Benfica 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.