Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs CD Santa Clara, Primeira Liga 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2022-23

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

3 – 0

Full Time

CD Santa Clara

Sat 27 May 2023 · 17:00 UTC Estadio da Luz HT 45' · FT 45'

Alejandro Grimaldo 61' Y

Y 90' Adriano Firmino

Overview

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

Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1 games · 1 pts (2026/27)
CD Santa Clara 2 games · 4 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	2	6
2	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2	4
3	CD Santa Clara	2	4
4	CS Marítimo	1	3
5	FC Arouca	1	3
6	Gil Vicente FC	1	3
7	CF Estrela da Amadora	2	2
8	Moreirense FC	1	1
9	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	1	1
10	Sporting Clube de Braga	1	1
11	Académico de Viseu FC	2	1
12	FC Famalicão	1	1
13	GD Estoril Praia	1	1
14	CD Nacional	1	1
15	FC Alverca	2	1
16	Casa Pia AC	1	0
17	Vitória SC	2	0
18	Rio Ave FC	2	0

Head-to-Head

Sport Lisboa e Benfica 14 games · Avg 3.4 goals CD Santa Clara

Last 5 meetings

2023-05-27 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 CD Santa Clara 2023-01-21 CD Santa Clara 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2022-02-12 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 CD Santa Clara 2021-09-11 CD Santa Clara 0–5 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2021-04-26 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 CD Santa Clara

Recent Form

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 May	CD Santa Clara	H	3–0	W
21 May	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	2–2	D
13 May	Portimonense SC	A	5–1	W
06 May	Sporting Clube de Braga	H	1–0	W
29 Apr	Gil Vicente FC	A	2–0	W
23 Apr	GD Estoril Praia	H	1–0	W

CD Santa Clara

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
27 May	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	A	0–3	L
20 May	Portimonense SC	H	1–0	W
14 May	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	3–5	L
06 May	Gil Vicente FC	H	3–2	W
30 Apr	GD Estoril Praia	A	0–3	L
23 Apr	GD Chaves	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Sport Lisboa e Benfica		CD Santa Clara
#9	Position	#3
1	Points	4
1	Played	2
0 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	1 / 1 / 0
2	Scored	3
2	Conceded	2
+0	GD	+1
1.00	PPG	2.00
0%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

64% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

71% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

50% Clean Sheets
CD Santa Clara this season

Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 9th (1 pts). CD Santa Clara are 3rd (4 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

0-15

1/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/1

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

CD Santa Clara

0-15

1/–

16-30

2/–

31-45

–/2

46-60

–/–

61-75

–/–

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Estadio da Luz!
5' Sport Lisboa e Benfica started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
7' What a strike from Goncalo Ramos! The score is 1-0.
12' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sport Lisboa e Benfica and CD Santa Clara are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
17' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
22' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
27' It is a cagey affair so far. Sport Lisboa e Benfica in their trying to find a way past CD Santa Clara's compact .
28' Rafa Silva makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and Sport Lisboa e Benfica are in front.
33' It looks surprising CD Santa Clara does not make any changes. Fredrik Aursnes has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
38' Gabriel Batista has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
43' The energy levels are beginning to show. Roger Schmidt might look to freshen things up shortly.
46' The whistle greets Bruno Almeida as he departs to be replaced by Kento Misao.
51' It’s high time Roger Schmidt made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
56' The travelling CD Santa Clara supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
59' A goal from the Spain international Alejandro Grimaldo! He fires home on 59 to make it 3-0!
60' Alejandro Grimaldo adds to his 0 season tally! Sport Lisboa e Benfica lead 4-0 — and this changes everything.
61' The referee calls foul for Alejandro Grimaldo. He receives a Yellow card.
66' Sport Lisboa e Benfica are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against CD Santa Clara's shape.
68' David Neres is ready to make an impact after coming on for Rafa Silva at the 68 minute mark.
72' Time for substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Florentino Luis is replaced by Chiquinho.
73' Florentino Luis makes way for Chiquinho at the 73 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
74' Pierre Sagna makes way for Diogo Cabral at the 74 minute mark. A tactical switch from CD Santa Clara.
76' A change in the CD Santa Clara ranks — Andrezinho exits the field as Allano enters on 76.
81' Portugal international Joao Mario has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
82' The CD Santa Clara manager makes a substitution. Bruno Jordao departs to be replaced by Rildo.
83' The CD Santa Clara manager makes a substitution. Italo departs to be replaced by Paulo Godinho.
88' A tactical swap from Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Samuel Soares on, Odisseas Vlachodimos off on 88 minutes.
90' CD Santa Clara receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 90.
With this win, Sport Lisboa e Benfica is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

30
Nicolas Otamendi
20
Joao Mario
3
Alejandro Grimaldo
27
Rafa Silva ↓ David Neres 68'
99
Odisseas Vlachodimos ↓ Samuel Soares 88'
8
Fredrik Aursnes
91
Morato
88
Goncalo Ramos ↓ Petar Musa 68'
6
Alexander Bah ↓ Gilberto 72'
61
Florentino Luis ↓ Chiquinho 72'
87
Joao Neves

Bench

2
Gilberto ↑ 72'
7
David Neres ↑ 68'
22
Chiquinho ↑ 72'
4
Lucas Verissimo
23
Mihajlo Ristic
33
Petar Musa ↑ 68'
24
Samuel Soares ↑ 88'
21
Andreas Schjelderup
19
Casper Tengstedt

Coach Roger Schmidt

CD Santa Clara Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

7
Allano ↑ 76'
16
Paulo Henrique
40
Kento Misao ↑ 46'
9
Kyosuke Tagawa
13
Diogo Cabral ↑ 74'
43
Paulo Godinho ↑ 83'
37
Rildo ↑ 83'
80
Victor Bobsin
74
Marcos Guillermo Diaz

Coach Luis Morgado

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Darwin Nunez	6
Rafa Silva	4
Carlos Vinicius	3
Carlos	3
Anderson Carvalho	3
Haris Seferovic	3
Goncalo Ramos	2
Alejandro Grimaldo	2

Head to Head

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2023-05-27 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 CD Santa Clara W 2023-05-21 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2023-05-13 Portimonense SC 1–5 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2023-05-06 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–0 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2023-04-29 Gil Vicente FC 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2023-04-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–0 GD Estoril Praia W

CD Santa Clara Form

2023-05-27 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 CD Santa Clara L 2023-05-20 CD Santa Clara 1–0 Portimonense SC W 2023-05-14 Sporting Clube de Braga 5–3 CD Santa Clara L 2023-05-06 CD Santa Clara 3–2 Gil Vicente FC W 2023-04-30 GD Estoril Praia 3–0 CD Santa Clara L 2023-04-23 CD Santa Clara 1–1 GD Chaves D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.35 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.31 CD Santa Clara xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sport Lisboa e Benfica62% Draw20% CD Santa Clara18%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.66

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw

82%

Draw or CD Santa Clara

38%

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or CD Santa Clara

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sport Lisboa e Benfica44% Draw38% CD Santa Clara18%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

1 – 1

8.7%

2 – 0

7.2%

3 – 1

2 – 2

5.8%

1 – 0

5.7%

3 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

5.1%

3 – 2

4.6%

4 – 1

4.1%

0 – 0

3.8%

4 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Handicap	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers	Push	CD Santa Clara covers
-2.5	21%	—	79%
-2	21%	18%	61%
-1.5	39%	—	61%
-1	39%	21%	41%
-0.5	59%	—	41%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	11%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

28% ✗

CD Santa Clara keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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