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play_arrow5 clips- 5′FC Porto, yellow card:Foul
- 25′Benfica, yellow card:Foul
- 31′FC Porto, goal:1–0assist
- 34′Benfica, yellow card:Argument
- 35′Benfica, second yellow card:Foul
- 38′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 38′Benfica, substitution:off
- Half-time1 – 0
- 51′Benfica, goal:1–1assist
- 54′FC Porto, goal:2–1assist
- 60′FC Porto, goal:3–1assist
- 69′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 69′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 74′Benfica, substitution:off
- 74′Benfica, substitution:off
- 74′Benfica, substitution:off
- 80′FC Porto, yellow card:Foul
- 85′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 85′FC Porto, substitution:off
- 85′Benfica, substitution:off
- 90+2′FC Porto, yellow card:Argument
- 90+3′Benfica, yellow card:Argument
- 90+3′Benfica, yellow card:Argument
- Full-time3 – 1
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FC Porto
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Match report
FC Porto beat ten-man Benfica 3-1 to extend Primeira Liga lead
FC Porto beat Benfica 3-1 at Estádio do Dragão on Matchday 7 of the Primeira Liga, moving five points clear at the top of the table. Benfica, who arrived in second place with a 12-game unbeaten run, lost a league game for the first time this season after six league games without defeat.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Gabri Veiga gave the hosts the lead in the 31st minute, finishing from a Pepê Aquino assist. Four minutes later Clément Lenglet was sent off, leaving Benfica with ten men for the remainder, and Porto took a 1-0 lead into the interval.
Benfica levelled in the 51st minute when Alexander Bah scored from Gianluca Prestianni's assist, but the equaliser did not last. Victor Mow Froholdt put Porto back in front in the 54th minute and Hwang In-Beom made it 3-1 in the 60th, both goals created by André Silva. From the red card onwards Benfica scored once and conceded twice.
Porto finished the night on 21 points from seven games, five clear of Benfica on 16.
Pablo Rosario earned the highest rating of any player, 8.6, though he did not score or assist. André Silva (7.9) supplied the assists for both of Porto's second-half goals.
Porto had 20 shots to Benfica's 12, with seven on target to three, despite Benfica having 55 per cent of the possession.
FC Porto beat Benfica 3–1 (half-time 1–0).
FC Porto met Benfica in the Primeira Liga (Regular Season - 7). Kick-off was Sunday, 20 September 2026, 19:30 UTC at Estádio do Dragão. Referee: Miguel Nogueira.
Team pages: FC Porto · Benfica · Primeira Liga
Key moments
- 31' Goal: Gabri Veiga (assist: Pepê) — 1–0 · Watch Gabri Veiga's goal video (31')
- 35' Red card: Clément Lenglet
- 51' Goal: Alexander Bah (assist: Gianluca Prestianni) — 1–1 · Watch Alexander Bah's goal video (51')
- 54' Goal: Victor Froholdt (assist: André Silva) — 2–1 · Watch Victor Froholdt's goal video (54')
- 60' Goal: Hwang In-Beom (assist: André Silva) — 3–1 · Watch Hwang In-Beom's goal video (60')
Starting line-ups
FC Porto (4-3-3)
- 99 Diogo Costa (c)
- 52 Martim Fernandes
- 4 Jakub Kiwior
- 5 Jan Bednarek
- 20 Alberto Costa
- 10 Gabri Veiga
- 13 Pablo Rosario
- 8 Victor Froholdt
- 11 Pepê
- 19 André Silva
- 7 William Gomes
Benfica (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave FC Porto 37%, the draw 28%, Benfica 35%. It finished FC Porto 3–1 Benfica.
Home ground outweighs Benfica's rating edge — Benfica are the stronger side on our strength rating, but home ground plus Benfica's hot finishing due to cool give FC Porto the lean. The draw at 28% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why FC Porto at 37%?
Home ground, against the rating. Benfica sit 72 points higher on our strength rating — 1976 to 2048. Sides with a 50–100-point rating edge on the road won 33.0% of 10,669 such games. Benfica scored +0.60 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Visitors running this hot went on to win 28.8% of 1,513 games, vs 29.1% for visitors finishing normally.
Why only 37%?
Because Benfica are the stronger side on our strength rating. Benfica hold 8 more possession points (63 to 55 in recent games) — and between equals, control has been worth something. Between evenly-matched sides, when the visitors held this control edge the home team's win rate fell to 40.3% across 5,599 games, from 43.9% when styles were level.
Why the draw at 28%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 28.3%. These teams' recent games average 3.1 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.6% of 25,162. The cool-off factor takes 1.5 points off the draw. The control factor adds 1.2 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
FC Porto are unbeaten in their last 23 home Primeira Liga games: 20 wins and 3 draws. The run began on 18 April 2025. Last recorded home league defeat: 6 April 2025 — FC Porto 1–4 Benfica. Latest home league result: 4 September 2026 — FC Porto 2–1 Moreirense. Across 13,641 historical matches following an unbeaten home league run of at least six games, hosts won 56.2%, compared with 54.5% expected from team strength. FC Porto are missing 3 regular starters — Jan Bednarek, Victor Mow Froholdt, Zaidu Sanusi — about 24% of their usual starting-XI weight. Our measured receipt covers one-sided absences only, and the picture here isn't one-sided — both squads are short. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the FC Porto vs Benfica final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Primeira Liga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Gabri Veiga's goal against Benfica (31').
- Watch Alexander Bah's goal against FC Porto (51').
- Watch Victor Froholdt's goal against Benfica (54').
- Watch Hwang In-Beom's goal against Benfica (60').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from FC Porto 3–1 Benfica. Explore more on the FC Porto and Benfica team pages or the Primeira Liga page.