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Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs CD Santa Clara, Primeira Liga 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2020-21
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
2 – 1
Full Time
CD Santa Clara
Mon 26 Apr 2021 · 18:00 UTC Estadio da Luz HT 45+4' · FT 45+5'
Julian Weigl 89' Y
Julian Weigl 89' Y
Nicolas Otamendi 90' Y
Nicolas Otamendi 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs CD Santa Clara — Primeira Liga at Estadio da Luz.

Match Details

  • Referee Luis Godinho
  • Referee Helder Malheiro
  • Referee Hugo Coelho
  • Referee Goncalo Freire
  • Referee
4 games this season 🟨 5.3/game ⚽ 10.8 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Porto 7 21
2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 7 16
3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 7 15
4 CD Santa Clara 7 15
5 FC Arouca 7 11
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 6 11
7 Académico de Viseu FC 7 11
8 CF Estrela da Amadora 7 10
9 Moreirense FC 7 8
10 Gil Vicente FC 6 8
11 CS Marítimo 7 8
12 FC Alverca 7 8
13 FC Famalicão 7 7
14 Vitória SC 7 5
15 CD Nacional 7 4
16 Rio Ave FC 7 4
17 Casa Pia AC 7 4
18 GD Estoril Praia 7 2

Head-to-Head

11
2
1
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 14 games · Avg 3.4 goals CD Santa Clara
Last 5 meetings
2021-04-26 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 CD Santa Clara 2021-01-04 CD Santa Clara 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2020-06-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–4 CD Santa Clara 2019-11-09 CD Santa Clara 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2019-05-18 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–1 CD Santa Clara

Recent Form

Sport Lisboa e Benfica
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Apr CD Santa Clara H 2–1 W
22 Apr Portimonense SC A 5–1 W
17 Apr Gil Vicente FC H 1–2 L
10 Apr FC Paços de Ferreira A 5–0 W
05 Apr CS Marítimo H 1–0 W
21 Mar Sporting Clube de Braga A 2–0 W
CD Santa Clara
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Apr Sport Lisboa e Benfica A 1–2 L
21 Apr Moreirense FC H 0–0 D
17 Apr Vitória SC A 0–1 L
11 Apr CD Nacional H 5–1 W
03 Apr FC Porto A 1–2 L
20 Mar CD Tondela H 1–1 D

Season Stats

Sport Lisboa e Benfica CD Santa Clara
#2 Position #4
16 Points 15
7 Played 7
5 / 1 / 1 W / D / L 4 / 3 / 0
22 Scored 11
7 Conceded 4
+15 GD +7
2.29 PPG 2.14
71% Win % 57%

Key Stats

64% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)
71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
43% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season
57% Clean Sheets
CD Santa Clara this season

Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 2nd (16 pts). CD Santa Clara are 4th (15 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica
0-15
4/1
16-30
1/–
31-45
2/1
46-60
8/3
61-75
3/1
76+
3/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
CD Santa Clara
0-15
2/–
16-30
4/–
31-45
1/2
46-60
2/1
61-75
–/1
76+
2/–
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Vangelis Pavlidis 8 G 2 A
Gianluca Prestianni 5 G 3 A
Leandro Barreiro Martins 2 G 1 A
Rafa Silva 1 G 2 A
Jhon Duran 1 G
CD Santa Clara
Goncalo Paciencia 5 G 1 A
Brenner 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The ball is rolling at Estadio da Luz. Sport Lisboa e Benfica are looking to make home advantage count against CD Santa Clara.
  • 5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 10' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 15' It is a cagey affair so far. Sport Lisboa e Benfica in their trying to find a way past CD Santa Clara's compact .
  • 20' Sport Lisboa e Benfica started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 20.
  • 25' A stunning finish from Carlos — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 26' Against the run of play, Carlos has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 31' It looks like no one’s ball. Sport Lisboa e Benfica is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 36' Over 36 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 41' It’s high time Daniel Ramos made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 46' Haris Seferovic has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 51' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sport Lisboa e Benfica and CD Santa Clara are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 56' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 59' Chiquinho has so much to prove this time. He replaces Everton on 59 minute.
  • 62' Goal! Anderson Carvalho scores his 3 goal in 317 matches.
  • 63' What a moment for Anderson Carvalho! That strike on 63 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 68' Sport Lisboa e Benfica make a change. Pizzi trudges off to be replaced by Darwin Nunez on 68 minutes.
  • 73' Chiquinho does the damage! The net is bulging and Sport Lisboa e Benfica surge ahead!
  • 76' Another change for CD Santa Clara made on 76 minute. Crysan leaves to be changed by Rui Costa.
  • 78' Fresh legs for CD Santa Clara! Costinha comes on to replace Allano.
  • 81' Gian-Luca Waldschmidt has so much to prove this time. He replaces Rafa Silva on 81 minute.
  • 86' Another substitution for CD Santa Clara to replace Lincoln by Nene on 86 minute.
  • 89' Sport Lisboa e Benfica player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 90' Sport Lisboa e Benfica receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 90.
  • Sport Lisboa e Benfica celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jorge Jesus

CD Santa Clara Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Daniel Ramos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Darwin Nunez 6
Rafa Silva 4
Carlos Vinicius 3
Carlos 3
Anderson Carvalho 3
Haris Seferovic 3
Carlos 2
Rodrigo Pinho 2

Head to Head

2021-04-26 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 CD Santa Clara 2021-01-04 CD Santa Clara 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2020-06-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–4 CD Santa Clara 2019-11-09 CD Santa Clara 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2019-05-18 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–1 CD Santa Clara

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2021-04-26 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 CD Santa Clara W 2021-04-22 Portimonense SC 1–5 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2021-04-17 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–2 Gil Vicente FC L 2021-04-10 FC Paços de Ferreira 0–5 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2021-04-05 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–0 CS Marítimo W 2021-03-21 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W

CD Santa Clara Form

2021-04-26 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 CD Santa Clara L 2021-04-21 CD Santa Clara 0–0 Moreirense FC D 2021-04-17 Vitória SC 1–0 CD Santa Clara L 2021-04-11 CD Santa Clara 5–1 CD Nacional W 2021-04-03 FC Porto 2–1 CD Santa Clara L 2021-03-20 CD Santa Clara 1–1 CD Tondela D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.73 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.15 CD Santa Clara xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sport Lisboa e Benfica54% Draw24% CD Santa Clara22%
Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 2.88
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 78%
22%
± 2.5 54%
46%
± 3.5 33%
67%
± 4.5 17%
83%

Double Chance

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw
78%
Draw or CD Santa Clara
46%
Sport Lisboa e Benfica or CD Santa Clara
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sport Lisboa e Benfica36% Draw45% CD Santa Clara19%
Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 0
8.9%
2 – 0
8.3%
0 – 0
7.4%
1 – 2
6.2%
0 – 1
5.6%
3 – 1
5.4%
2 – 2
5.4%
3 – 0
4.7%
0 – 2
3.7%
3 – 2
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Handicap Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers Push CD Santa Clara covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 15% 72%
-1.5 28% — 72%
-1 28% 22% 50%
-0.5 50% — 50%
+0.5 76% — 24%
+1 76% 14% 10%
+1.5 90% — 10%
+2 90% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet
32% ✓
CD Santa Clara keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.