Santa Clara vs Benfica match stats & report

1–2 Full time

Primeira Liga · Portugal · Regular Season - 22 · Estádio de São Miguel, Ponta Delgada · Ref A. Nobre

Santa Clara stats & fixtures · Benfica stats & fixtures

Santa Clara lost to Benfica 1–2 in the Primeira Liga on 13 February 2026. Expected goals finished 0.28–1.57. Santa Clara had 53% of the ball.

Santa Clara vs Benfica match statistics

Santa ClaraBenfica

53% Ball possession 47%
0.28 Expected goals (xG) 1.57
9 Total shots 11
2 Shots on target 3
1 Shots off target 5
6 Blocked shots 3
2 Shots inside the box 8
1 Corners 7
23 Fouls 5
0 Offsides 1
6 Yellow cards 2
1 Red cards 0
433 Passes 382
79% Pass accuracy 77%
2 Goalkeeper saves 1

Goals and cards

16' Goal V. Pavlidis (assist Tomás Araújo) Benfica
38' Own goal Paulo Victor Benfica
45' Yellow card Vinícius Lopes Santa Clara
47' Goal Gonçalo Paciência (assist Gustavo Klismahn) Santa Clara
59' Yellow card Gonçalo Paciência Santa Clara
66' Yellow card Lucas Soares Santa Clara
78' Yellow card F. Venancio Santa Clara
84' Yellow card José Luís Rocha Tavares Santa Clara
90' Yellow card G. Prestianni Benfica
90+1' Yellow card Tomás Araújo Benfica
90+2' Yellow card Lucas Soares Santa Clara
90+2' Red card Lucas Soares Santa Clara

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Santa Clara

Confirmed 4-3-3 Vasco Matos

1 Gabriel Batista

64 Paulo Victor 21 F. Venancio 23 Sidney Lima 42 Lucas Soares

35 Serginho 8 Pedro Ferreira 77 Gustavo Klismahn

10 Gabriel Silva 39 Gonçalo Paciência 70 Vinícius Lopes

Bench Neneca , Diogo Calila , Guilherme Romão , Brenner Lucas Gonçalves Santos , Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira , Darlan , Welinton Torrão , José Luís Rocha Tavares , Henrique Silva

Benfica

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Jose Mourinho

1 A. Trubin

26 S. Dahl 30 N. Otamendi 4 António Silva 44 Tomás Araújo

5 E. Barrenechea 18 L. Barreiro

21 A. Schjelderup 27 Rafa 25 G. Prestianni

14 V. Pavlidis

Bench Diogo Ferreira , F. Ivanović , H. Sudakov , D. Lukebakio , S. Lopes Cabral , Manu , D. Banjaqui , G. Oliveira , A. Cabral

Form guide

Santa Clara at home

7–3–0 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.1 per game
Conceded: 0.4 per game
Clean sheets: 7 / 10
Corners: 4.4 per game
Shots on target: 3.4 per game

Benfica away

6–2–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.7 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 4.6 per game
Shots on target: 6.1 per game

7% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Santa Clara vs Benfica head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
12 Sep 25	Benfica v Santa Clara	1–1
15 Feb 25	Santa Clara v Benfica	0–1
14 Sep 24	Benfica v Santa Clara	4–1
27 May 23	Benfica v Santa Clara	3–0
21 Jan 23	Santa Clara v Benfica	0–3

Only 5 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Santa Clara vs Benfica head-to-head record