Santa Clara vs Benfica — Primeira Liga: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow3 clips- 8′Benfica, yellow card:Foul
- 10′Benfica, yellow card:Dissent
- 32′Santa Clara, penalty goal:1–0Penalty
- 36′Santa Clara, yellow card:Foul
- 40′Santa Clara, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time1 – 0
- 46′Benfica, substitution:off
- 46′Benfica, substitution:off
- 59′Benfica, yellow card:Foul
- 62′Benfica, goal:1–1assist
- 67′Santa Clara, substitution:off
- 68′Benfica, goal:1–2
- 74′Benfica, yellow card:Foul
- 75′Santa Clara, substitution:off
- 82′Benfica, substitution:off
- 82′Benfica, substitution:off
- 85′Santa Clara, substitution:off
- 85′Santa Clara, substitution:off
- 88′Benfica, yellow card:Foul
- 89′Benfica, yellow card:Foul
- 90′Santa Clara, yellow card:Argument
- 90+2′Benfica, substitution:off
- 90+3′Santa Clara, yellow card:Foul
- 90+6′Benfica, red card:Abusive language
- 90+6′Santa Clara, red card:Abusive language
- Full-time1 – 2
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Match report
Benfica come from behind to beat Santa Clara 2-1 and end their unbeaten run
Benfica won 2-1 at Santa Clara in Primeira Liga Matchday 9 at the Estádio de São Miguel, turning the game around after the interval. Santa Clara had led at half-time, but Benfica scored twice in the second half to inflict the home side's first league defeat of the season, after eight league games unbeaten.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira put Santa Clara ahead from the penalty spot in the 32nd minute, and the hosts held that lead until the break. Benfica levelled in the 62nd minute when Vangelis Pavlidis scored from Gianluca Prestianni's assist, and Prestianni himself struck six minutes later to make it 2-1.
Benfica held 62 per cent of the possession and had 16 shots to 13, but Santa Clara put more of theirs on target, six to three. Jhon Durán was sent off in the 90+6 minute, leaving Benfica with ten men at the end, though the lead held. The win was Benfica's fourth in a row, and the result left them second in the table on 22 points, four clear of fourth-placed Santa Clara on 18.
Benfica next host GIL Vicente in the Taça da Liga on Thursday. Santa Clara travel to Maritimo in the Primeira Liga on Sunday.
Gianluca Prestianni created the equaliser for Pavlidis and then scored the winner himself, earning a rating of 8.24 as the best performer on the pitch.
Santa Clara had six shots on target to Benfica's three, but still lost the match.
Benfica won 2–1 away against Santa Clara (half-time 1–0).
Santa Clara met Benfica in the Primeira Liga (Regular Season - 9). Kick-off was Monday, 26 October 2026, 18:45 UTC at Estádio de São Miguel. Referee: C. Pereira.
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Key moments
- 32' Goal (penalty): Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira — 1–0 · Watch Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira's goal video (32')
- 62' Goal: Vangelis Pavlidis (assist: Gianluca Prestianni) — 1–1 · Watch Vangelis Pavlidis's goal video (62')
- 68' Goal: Gianluca Prestianni — 1–2 · Watch Gianluca Prestianni's goal video (68')
- 90+6' Red card: Jhon Durán
- 90+6' Red card: Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira
Starting line-ups
Santa Clara (4-2-3-1)
Benfica (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Santa Clara 20%, the draw 16%, Benfica 64%. It finished Santa Clara 1–2 Benfica.
Benfica's strength rating gives them a clear lead — Benfica sit 304 points higher on our strength rating, 1856 to 1553, which outweighs the usual home advantage Santa Clara start with and leaves us giving Benfica 64%. The draw sits at 16%, right at the usual draw rate for a strength gap this size, with nothing listed moving it.
Why Benfica at 64%?
Benfica sit 304 points higher on our strength rating — 1856 to 1553. Sides with a more than 240-point rating edge on the road won 65.7% of 6,286 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 22–15–63.
Why only 64%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 64% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 16% and Santa Clara at 20%.
Why is the draw only 16%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 16.1%. These teams' recent games average 2.9 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 27,202.
What did we measure but not count?
Benfica have averaged 13 percentage points more possession than Santa Clara in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. Benfica are unbeaten in their last 7 visits to Santa Clara: 6 wins and 1 draw, across 7 Primeira Liga games. No earlier defeat in this fixture appears in our recorded visits. Latest visit: 13 February 2026 — Santa Clara 1–2 Benfica. Across 2,295 historical matches involving visitors unbeaten in at least five consecutive visits, those visitors won 47.2%, compared with 45.1% expected from the teams' strength ratings. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Santa Clara 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 Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira's goal against Benfica (32').
- Watch Vangelis Pavlidis's goal against Santa Clara (62').
- Watch Gianluca Prestianni's goal against Santa Clara (68').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Santa Clara 1–2 Benfica. Explore more on the Santa Clara and Benfica team pages or the Primeira Liga page.