Benfica beat Santa Clara 2–1 — 2026 Primeira Liga 2026-27 Portuguese Primeira Liga

Benfica beat Santa Clara 2–1 at Estádio de São Miguel on Monday, October 26, 2026.

The goals

• 32' — Fernando (Santa Clara)
• 62' — Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica)
• 68' — Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica)

How it unfolded

1. —•First Half begins.
2. 8'•Alexander Bah (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
3. 26'•Delay in match because of an injury Tiago Ribeiro (Santa Clara).
4. 27'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
5. 32'⚽Goal! Santa Clara 1, Benfica 0. Fernando (Santa Clara) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
6. 36'•Emanuel Moreira (Santa Clara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
7. 40'•Pedro Pacheco (Santa Clara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
8. 45'+3'•First Half ends, Santa Clara 1, Benfica 0.
9. 45'•Substitution, Benfica. Andreas Schjelderup replaces Heorhiy Sudakov.
10. 45'•Substitution, Benfica. Dodi Lukébakio replaces Rafa.
11. 55'•Delay in match because of an injury Fernando (Santa Clara).
12. 56'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
13. 59'•Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
14. 61'•Delay in match because of an injury Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica).
15. 61'•Delay in match because of an injury Daniel Borges (Santa Clara).
16. 62'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
17. 62'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
18. 62'⚽Goal! Santa Clara 1, Benfica 1. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gianluca Prestianni.
19. 67'•Substitution, Santa Clara. Welinton Torrão replaces Brenner.
20. 68'⚽Goal! Santa Clara 1, Benfica 2. Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
21. 74'•Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
22. 75'•Substitution, Santa Clara. João Vasconcelos replaces Daniel Borges.
23. 80'•Delay in match (Benfica).
24. 80'•Delay in match because of an injury Pedro Ferreira (Santa Clara).
25. 81'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
26. 81'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
27. 82'•Substitution, Benfica. Alessandro Circati replaces Tomás Araújo.
28. 82'•Substitution, Benfica. Jhon Durán replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
29. 85'•Substitution, Santa Clara. Léo Jacó replaces Lucas Soares.
30. 85'•Substitution, Santa Clara. Vitinho replaces Pedro Ferreira because of an injury.
31. 88'•Samuel Dahl (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
32. 89'•Jhon Durán (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
33. 90'•Guilherme Romão (Santa Clara) is shown the yellow card.
34. 90'+2'•Substitution, Benfica. Manu Silva replaces Gianluca Prestianni.
35. 90'+3'•João Vasconcelos (Santa Clara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

How they arrived

• Santa Clara: 5W 3D 1L in their last 9 — 56% win rate, 14 scored and 7 conceded.
• Benfica: 9W 0D 1L in their last 10 — 90% win rate, 28 scored and 8 conceded.

Full match statistics

Team records

Sources

• 2026 Primeira Liga 2026-27 Portuguese Primeira Liga — live match data

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