Sunday , 15 November 2026

Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs FC Arouca, Primeira Liga 2026 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2026
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
4 – 0
Full Time
FC Arouca
Fri 5 Aug 2022 · 19:15 UTC Estadio da Luz HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 1' Jerome Opoku
Y 45' Quaresma
R 45' Quaresma
Florentino Luis 54' Y
Florentino Luis 55' Y
Julian Weigl 82' Y
Rafa Silva 83' Y

Overview

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Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs FC Arouca — Primeira Liga at Estadio da Luz.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Porto 11 33
2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 11 28
3 Sporting Clube de Portugal 11 24
4 CD Santa Clara 11 21
5 FC Arouca 11 20
6 Académico de Viseu FC 11 20
7 Gil Vicente FC 11 18
8 Sporting Clube de Braga 11 17
9 Moreirense FC 11 14
10 FC Famalicão 11 13
11 FC Alverca 11 12
12 CF Estrela da Amadora 11 10
13 CD Nacional 11 10
14 Vitória SC 11 9
15 CS Marítimo 10 8
16 Casa Pia AC 11 8
17 Rio Ave FC 11 7
18 GD Estoril Praia 10 2

Head-to-Head

9
1
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 10 games · Avg 3.3 goals FC Arouca
Last 5 meetings
2022-08-05 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–0 FC Arouca 2022-01-21 FC Arouca 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2021-08-14 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 FC Arouca

Recent Form

Sport Lisboa e Benfica
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Aug FC Arouca H 4–0 W
02 Aug FC Midtjylland H 4–1 W
13 May FC Paços de Ferreira A 2–0 W
07 May FC Porto H 0–1 L
30 Apr CS Marítimo A 1–0 W
23 Apr FC Famalicão H 0–0 D
FC Arouca
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Aug Sport Lisboa e Benfica A 0–4 L
14 May Os Belenenses Futebol H 0–0 D
08 May Sporting Clube de Braga A 0–1 L
30 Apr Portimonense SC H 1–0 W
22 Apr FC Vizela A 1–2 L
15 Apr CD Santa Clara H 1–1 D

Season Stats

Sport Lisboa e Benfica FC Arouca
#2 Position #5
28 Points 20
11 Played 11
9 / 1 / 1 W / D / L 6 / 2 / 3
30 Scored 13
10 Conceded 8
+20 GD +5
2.55 PPG 1.82
82% Win % 55%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
45% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season
55% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 2nd (28 pts). FC Arouca are 5th (20 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica
0-15
4/1
16-30
3/–
31-45
2/2
46-60
9/4
61-75
6/1
76+
4/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
FC Arouca
0-15
1/1
16-30
2/3
31-45
2/1
46-60
3/–
61-75
1/1
76+
3/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Vangelis Pavlidis 11 G 3 A
Gianluca Prestianni 7 G 4 A
Leandro Barreiro Martins 2 G 1 A
Rafa Silva 1 G 2 A
Jhon Duran 1 G
FC Arouca
Barbero 5 G
Jose Fontan 2 G
Dylan Nandin 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Sport Lisboa e Benfica welcome FC Arouca for this crunch clash at Estadio da Luz.
  • 1' That is a Yellow card for FC Arouca. Jerome Opoku will be fuming at that decision.
  • 6' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Arouca is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 8' Gilberto adds to his 0 season tally! Sport Lisboa e Benfica lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
  • 13' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 18' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 23' FC Arouca are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 28' Both keepers have barely been tested. Sport Lisboa e Benfica and FC Arouca are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 33' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 34' Fresh legs for Sport Lisboa e Benfica! Chiquinho comes on to replace Joao Mario.
  • 39' A quiet spell here at Estadio da Luz. Sport Lisboa e Benfica seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 42' What a moment for Rafa Silva! That strike on 42 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 45' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Quaresma.
  • 46' Alan Ruiz makes way for Bogdan Milovanov at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Arouca.
  • 51' Enzo Fernandez has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 45 minutes.
  • 52' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Enzo Fernandez makes no mistake. 4-0!
  • 54' Florentino Luis is having his name booked by the referee on 54.
  • 55' Florentino Luis was booked on 55.
  • 60' The travelling FC Arouca supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 63' Julian Weigl has so much to prove this time. He replaces Florentino Luis on 63 minute.
  • 68' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 69' Oriol Busquets makes way for Ismaila Soro at the 69 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Arouca.
  • 72' Another substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica to replace Goncalo Ramos by Henrique Araujo on 72 minute.
  • 77' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 79' Fresh legs for FC Arouca! Bruninho comes on to replace Antony.
  • 82' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Julian Weigl.
  • 83' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Rafa Silva.
  • 86' A goal from the Portugal international Rafa Silva! He fires home on 86 to make it 5-0!
  • That’s it! Another goalless match for Sport Lisboa e Benfica and FC Arouca (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Roger Schmidt

FC Arouca Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Armando Evangelista

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Rafa Silva 5
Joao Mario 3
Orkun Kokcu 3
Roman Yaremchuk 2
Darwin Nunez 2
Petar Musa 2
Angel di Maria 2
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt 2

Head to Head

2022-08-05 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–0 FC Arouca 2022-01-21 FC Arouca 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2021-08-14 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 FC Arouca

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2022-08-05 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–0 FC Arouca W 2022-08-02 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–1 FC Midtjylland W 2022-05-13 FC Paços de Ferreira 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2022-05-07 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 0–1 FC Porto L 2022-04-30 CS Marítimo 0–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2022-04-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 0–0 FC Famalicão D

FC Arouca Form

2022-08-05 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–0 FC Arouca L 2022-05-14 FC Arouca 0–0 Os Belenenses Futebol D 2022-05-08 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–0 FC Arouca L 2022-04-30 FC Arouca 1–0 Portimonense SC W 2022-04-22 FC Vizela 2–1 FC Arouca L 2022-04-15 FC Arouca 1–1 CD Santa Clara D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.21 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.51 FC Arouca xG
I would bet for: Sport Lisboa e Benfica to win 72% + Under — clean sheet likely 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sport Lisboa e Benfica72% Draw19% FC Arouca9%
Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes36% 0% No64%
Avg goals/match: 2.72
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 50%
50%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 15%
85%

Double Chance

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw
91%
Draw or FC Arouca
28%
Sport Lisboa e Benfica or FC Arouca
81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sport Lisboa e Benfica53% Draw40% FC Arouca7%
Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
15.8%
1 – 0
14.3%
3 – 0
11.3%
0 – 0
8.2%
2 – 1
7.9%
1 – 1
7.9%
4 – 0
Actual
3 – 1
5.9%
4 – 1
3.4%
5 – 0
2.8%
0 – 1
2.7%
2 – 2
2%

Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Handicap Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers Push FC Arouca covers
-2.5 28% — 72%
-2 28% 23% 49%
-1.5 51% — 49%
-1 51% 24% 25%
-0.5 75% — 25%
+0.5 94% — 6%
+1 94% 5% 1%
+1.5 99% — 1%
+2 99% 1% 0%
+2.5 100% — 0%

Clean Sheet

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet
60% ✓
FC Arouca keeps clean sheet
12% ✓

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