Portuguese Primeira Liga

Benfica vs Estoril, 2025-26 Portuguese Primeira Liga

· Portuguese Primeira Liga
Benfica
  • 34': Vangelis Pavlidis (P)
  • 45'+1': Vangelis Pavlidis
  • 80': Vangelis Pavlidis
FT
3 - 1
Estoril
  • 45'+3': João Carvalho

About

Benfica are hosting Estoril at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, starting on . The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Attempt saved. Yanis Begraoui (Estoril) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Anatoliy Trubin (Benfica). Assisted by Rafik Guitane.
  • 2': Attempt missed. Pedro Amaral (Estoril) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 3': Foul by Alejandro Marqués (Estoril).
  • 3': Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Manu Silva (Benfica).
  • 5': Ricard Sánchez (Estoril) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Richard Ríos with a headed pass.
  • 9': Attempt missed. Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Amar Dedic.
  • 10': Corner, Estoril. Conceded by Tomás Araújo.
  • 11': Foul by Felix Bacher (Estoril).
  • 11': Richard Ríos (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Delay in match (Benfica).
  • 12': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 13': Foul by Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica).
  • 13': Pedro Amaral (Estoril) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 14': Foul by Ricard Sánchez (Estoril).
  • 14': Richard Ríos (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Foul by Alejandro Marqués (Estoril).
  • 17': Samuel Dahl (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Alejandro Marqués (Estoril) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rafik Guitane.
  • 18': Attempt saved. Alejandro Marqués (Estoril) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by Anatoliy Trubin (Benfica).
  • 18': Corner, Estoril. Conceded by Anatoliy Trubin.
  • 19': Attempt blocked. Jandro Orellana (Estoril) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 19': Foul by Felix Bacher (Estoril).
  • 19': Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Foul by Pedro Amaral (Estoril).
  • 20': Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 21': Delay in match because of an injury Rafik Guitane (Estoril).
  • 21': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Amar Dedic with a cross.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amar Dedic.
  • 25': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Felix Bacher.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Manu Silva (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 26': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Alejandro Marqués.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. Richard Ríos (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Heorhii Sudakov with a cross.
  • 26': Attempt blocked. Tomás Araújo (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 28': Attempt blocked. Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolás Otamendi.
  • 28': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Felix Bacher.
  • 28': Penalty conceded by Alejandro Marqués (Estoril) with a handball in the penalty area.
  • 31': VAR Decision: Penalty Benfica.
  • 34': Goal! Benfica 1, Estoril 0. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis.
  • 36': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Kévin Boma.
  • 38': Foul by Alejandro Marqués (Estoril).
  • 38': Richard Ríos (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Foul by Manu Silva (Benfica).
  • 39': Rafik Guitane (Estoril) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Attempt blocked. Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Manu Silva.
  • 41': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Joel Robles.
  • 43': Foul by Alejandro Marqués (Estoril).
  • 43': Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Goal! Benfica 2, Estoril 0. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Leandro Barreiro with a through ball.
  • 45'+3': Goal! Benfica 2, Estoril 1. João Carvalho (Estoril) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Rafik Guitane.
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, Benfica 2, Estoril 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Benfica 2, Estoril 1.
  • 46': Foul by Richard Ríos (Benfica).
  • 46': João Carvalho (Estoril) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Foul by Jordan Holsgrove (Estoril).
  • 47': Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 48': Attempt blocked. Amar Dedic (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vangelis Pavlidis.
  • 51': Corner, Estoril. Conceded by Richard Ríos.
  • 51': Foul by Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica).
  • 51': Kévin Boma (Estoril) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amar Dedic.
  • 56': Foul by Richard Ríos (Benfica).
  • 56': Jordan Holsgrove (Estoril) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Foul by Yanis Begraoui (Estoril).
  • 57': Richard Ríos (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 59': Foul by Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica).
  • 59': Pedro Amaral (Estoril) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Substitution, Estoril. Antef Tsoungui replaces Ricard Sánchez.
  • 60': Offside, Benfica. Samuel Dahl is caught offside.
  • 62': Antef Tsoungui (Estoril) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Foul by Manu Silva (Benfica).
  • 65': Foul by Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica).
  • 65': Pedro Amaral (Estoril) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Substitution, Estoril. Fabrício Garcia replaces Alejandro Marqués.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Yanis Begraoui (Estoril) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 68': Attempt missed. João Carvalho (Estoril) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Rafik Guitane.
  • 69': Foul by Felix Bacher (Estoril).
  • 69': Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 69': Felix Bacher (Estoril) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 71': Attempt missed. Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
  • 73': Foul by Antef Tsoungui (Estoril).
  • 73': Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Jordan Holsgrove.
  • 75': Delay in match because of an injury Pedro Amaral (Estoril).
  • 76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 76': Attempt blocked. Richard Ríos (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tomás Araújo.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Tomás Araújo (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Samuel Dahl following a corner.
  • 77': Substitution, Benfica. Sidny Cabral replaces Gianluca Prestianni.
  • 77': Substitution, Benfica. Fredrik Aursnes replaces Heorhii Sudakov.
  • 77': Substitution, Estoril. Pizzi replaces Jandro Orellana.
  • 77': Substitution, Estoril. Tiago Parente replaces Pedro Amaral because of an injury.
  • 78': Foul by Samuel Dahl (Benfica).
  • 78': Rafik Guitane (Estoril) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 78': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Kévin Boma.
  • 80': Goal! Benfica 3, Estoril 1. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  • 82': Antef Tsoungui (Estoril) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Foul by Manu Silva (Benfica).
  • 87': Foul by Tiago Parente (Estoril).
  • 87': Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 87': Tiago Parente (Estoril) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Substitution, Benfica. Franjo Ivanovic replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
  • 88': Attempt missed. Sidny Cabral (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
  • 90': Foul by João Carvalho (Estoril).
  • 90': Richard Ríos (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Offside, Benfica. Leandro Barreiro is caught offside.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Benfica. João Rego replaces Leandro Barreiro.
  • 90'+2': Fabrício Garcia (Estoril) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica).
  • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Antef Tsoungui (Estoril) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Anatoliy Trubin (Benfica).
  • 90'+3': Delay in match because of an injury Kévin Boma (Estoril).
  • 90'+3': Delay in match because of an injury Tomás Araújo (Benfica).
  • 90'+3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Benfica 3, Estoril 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Benfica 3, Estoril 1.

Statistics

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15 Fouls 12
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 7
0 Saves 3
48.8 Possession 51.2
9 SHOTS 20
4 ON GOAL 3
0.4 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
336 Accurate Passes 338
403 Passes 415
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 4
9 Crosses 15
0.1 Cross % 0.3
40 Long Balls 42
19 Accurate Long Balls 19
0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
2 Blocked Shots 10
10 Effective Tackles 14
15 Tackles 20
0.7 Tackle % 0.7
14 Interceptions 8
27 Effective Clearances 13
27 Clearances 13

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 59,865

Liga Portugal Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 FC Porto 17 +32 49
2 Sporting CP 17 +38 42
3 Benfica 17 +25 39
4 Gil Vicente 17 +10 28
Full Standings

Line-Ups

SLB Benfica (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Anatoliy Trubin (GK)
30 Nicolás Otamendi
44 Tomás Araújo
26 Samuel Dahl
17 Amar Dedic
18 Leandro Barreiro
20 Richard Ríos
16 Manu Silva
14 Vangelis Pavlidis
10 Georgiy Sudakov
25 Gianluca Prestianni
Benfica Substitutes:
Andreas Schjelderup, Diogo Prioste, Sidny Cabral, Diogo Ferreira, Franjo Ivanovic, João Rêgo, Fredrik Aursnes, José Neto, Rafael Obrador.

EPF Estoril (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Joel Robles (GK)
25 Felix Bacher Yellow Card
44 Kévin Boma
24 Pedro Amaral
2 Ricard Sánchez
10 Jordan Holsgrove
6 Jandro Orellana
12 João Carvalho
99 Rafik Guitane
14 Yanis Begraoui
9 Alejandro Marqués
Estoril Substitutes:
Peixinho, Antef Tsoungui, Ferro, Pizzi, Tiago Parente, Pedro Carvalho, Nodar Lominadze, Fabrício Andrade, Martin Turk.

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