Benfica vs Boavista, 2022-23 Portuguese Primeira Liga

· Portuguese Primeira Liga

Benfica

55': Gilberto
82': Gonçalo Ramos
90'+2': Petar Musa

FT
3 - 1

Boavista

58': Yusupha Njie

About

Benfica are hosting Boavista at Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal, starting on . The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by João Mário (Benfica).
1': Ibrahima Camará (Boavista) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
1': Attempt missed. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
10': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Pedro Malheiro.
11': Attempt blocked. Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florentino.
11': Foul by Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica).
11': Reggie Cannon (Boavista) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Bruno Lourenço (Boavista).
14': João Mário (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
14': Bruno Lourenço (Boavista) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
16': Attempt missed. Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
17': Foul by Bruno Lourenço (Boavista).
17': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
17': Foul by António Silva (Benfica).
17': Yusupha Njie (Boavista) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Foul by Ibrahima Camará (Boavista).
18': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
18': Ibrahima Camará (Boavista) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
19': Delay in match because of an injury Rafa (Benfica).
19': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
23': Offside, Boavista. Ibrahima Camará tries a through ball, but Salvador Agra is caught offside.
25': Attempt missed. Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross.
29': Foul by Chiquinho (Benfica).
29': Ricardo Mangas (Boavista) wins a free kick on the right wing.
31': Hand ball by Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica).
32': Delay in match because of an injury Salvador Agra (Boavista).
32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
33': Chiquinho (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
33': Foul by Bruno Lourenço (Boavista).
33': Hand ball by Ricardo Mangas (Boavista).
34': Offside, Benfica. Rafa tries a through ball, but António Silva is caught offside.
36': Foul by João Mário (Benfica).
36': Ricardo Mangas (Boavista) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica).
38': Yusupha Njie (Boavista) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Foul by Gaïus Makouta (Boavista).
39': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45': Foul by Florentino (Benfica).
45': Salvador Agra (Boavista) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': Attempt blocked. Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
45'+2': Attempt saved. Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica) header from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gilberto with a cross.
45'+2': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Pedro Malheiro.
45'+3': First Half ends, Benfica 0, Boavista 0.
45': Second Half begins Benfica 0, Boavista 0.
45': Substitution, Benfica. David Neres replaces Florentino.
46': Attempt missed. Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by João Mário.
53': Attempt saved. David Neres (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rafa.
53': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Bruno.
53': Bracali (Boavista) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53': Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica).
55': Attempt saved. Rafa (Benfica) header from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross.
55': Goal! Benfica 1, Boavista 0. Gilberto (Benfica) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
56': Substitution, Boavista. Kenji Gorré replaces Salvador Agra.
58': Goal! Benfica 1, Boavista 1. Yusupha Njie (Boavista) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kenji Gorré with a cross.
61': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Ibrahima Camará.
61': Foul by Yusupha Njie (Boavista).
61': Rafa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
62': Delay in match because of an injury Yusupha Njie (Boavista).
63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
64': Bruno (Boavista) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Foul by Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica).
66': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Vincent Sasso.
67': Corner, Boavista. Conceded by Gilberto.
68': Corner, Boavista. Conceded by António Silva.
68': Attempt missed. Bruno (Boavista) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
69': Penalty Benfica. Rafa draws a foul in the penalty area.
69': Penalty conceded by Vincent Sasso (Boavista) after a foul in the penalty area.
70': Delay in match because of an injury Rafa (Benfica).
70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
71': VAR Decision: Penalty Benfica.
72': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
72': Vincent Sasso (Boavista) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
72': Penalty saved! João Mário (Benfica) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
72': Attempt saved. Rafa (Benfica) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gilberto.
72': Foul by João Mário (Benfica).
72': Reggie Cannon (Boavista) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
73': João Mário (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
74': Substitution, Benfica. Gonçalo Guedes replaces Rafa.
74': David Neres (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
74': Foul by Kenji Gorré (Boavista).
76': Attempt saved. Gonçalo Guedes (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
77': Corner, Boavista. Conceded by António Silva.
77': Kenji Gorré (Boavista) is shown the yellow card.
77': Attempt blocked. Pedro Malheiro (Boavista) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Vincent Sasso.
77': Corner, Boavista. Conceded by Gilberto.
78': Substitution, Boavista. Ilija Vukotic replaces Bruno Lourenço.
80': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Bruno.
80': Attempt blocked. João Mário (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
80': Hand ball by Yusupha Njie (Boavista).
80': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Bruno.
81': Attempt blocked. João Mário (Benfica) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gonçalo Guedes.
82': Goal! Benfica 2, Boavista 1. Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gilberto with a through ball.
84': Delay in match (Boavista).
84': Delay in match because of an injury Gilberto (Benfica).
85': Substitution, Benfica. Lucas Veríssimo replaces Gilberto because of an injury.
85': Substitution, Benfica. Petar Musa replaces Gonçalo Ramos.
85': Substitution, Boavista. Luís Santos replaces Ibrahima Camará.
85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
85': Substitution, Boavista. Martim Tavares replaces Ricardo Mangas.
86': Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Pedro Malheiro.
87': Gonçalo Guedes (Benfica) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Chiquinho following a corner.
87': Foul by Yusupha Njie (Boavista).
87': João Mário (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': António Silva (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Foul by Bruno (Boavista).
88': Bruno (Boavista) is shown the yellow card.
89': Foul by Luís Santos (Boavista).
89': Petar Musa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Goal! Benfica 3, Boavista 1. Petar Musa (Benfica) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Mário with a cross.
90'+4': Attempt saved. Yusupha Njie (Boavista) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Martim Tavares.
90'+4': Corner, Boavista. Conceded by Odysseas Vlachodimos.
90'+5': Foul by Martim Tavares (Boavista).
90'+5': Petar Musa (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Attempt missed. Luís Santos (Boavista) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yusupha Njie.
90'+6': Substitution, Benfica. João Neves replaces Chiquinho.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Benfica 3, Boavista 1.
0': Match ends, Benfica 3, Boavista 1.

Statistics

BOA		BEN
14	Fouls	11
5	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
5	Corner Kicks	8
6	Saves	1
29.3	Possession	70.7
5	SHOTS	18
2	ON GOAL	10
0.4	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
168	Accurate Passes	496
239	Passes	578
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	6
13	Crosses	32
0.2	Cross %	0.2
50	Long Balls	46
23	Accurate Long Balls	33
0.5	Long Balls %	0.7
1	Blocked Shots	3
11	Effective Tackles	8
19	Tackles	12
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
8	Interceptions	11
38	Effective Clearances	5
38	Clearances	5

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio da Luz
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Attendance: 56,413

Liga Portugal Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Sporting CP	10	+32	30
2	FC Porto	10	+23	27
3	Benfica	9	+18	22
4	Braga	10	+10	20

Full Table

Line-Ups

Benfica (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
99	Odisseas Vlachodimos (GK)
30	Nicolás Otamendi
66	António Silva
3	Alejandro Grimaldo
2	Gilberto
27	Rafa Silva
22	Chiquinho
61	Florentino Luís
88	Gonçalo Ramos
8	Fredrik Aursnes
20	João Mário

Benfica Substitutes:

Casper Tengstedt, Rafael Rodrigues, Goncalo Guedes, David Neres, Samuel Soares, Petar Musa, Andreas Schjelderup, Lucas Verissimo, João Neves.

Boavista (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Rafael Bracali (GK)
23	Vincent Sasso
2	Reggie Cannon
6	Ibrahima Camará
70	Bruno
79	Pedro Malheiro
42	Gaïus Makouta
8	Bruno Lourenco
21	Salvador
19	Ricardo Mangas
11	Yusupha Njie

Boavista Substitutes:

César, Masaki Watai, Kenji Gorré, Ilija Vukotic, Luís Santos, Róbert Bozeník, Martim Tavares, Robson, Filipe Ferreira.

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