FC Porto vs Benfica match stats & report

3–1 Full time

Primeira Liga · Portugal · Regular Season - 7 · Estádio do Dragão, Porto · Ref Miguel Nogueira, Portugal

FC Porto stats & fixtures · Benfica stats & fixtures

FC Porto beat Benfica 3–1 in the Primeira Liga on 20 September 2026. Expected goals finished 1.30–0.84. Benfica had 55% of the ball.

FC Porto vs Benfica match statistics

FC PortoBenfica

45% Ball possession 55%
1.30 Expected goals (xG) 0.84
20 Total shots 12
7 Shots on target 3
7 Shots off target 5
6 Blocked shots 4
12 Shots inside the box 8
3 Corners 3
17 Fouls 12
2 Offsides 0
3 Yellow cards 5
0 Red cards 1
343 Passes 425
90% Pass accuracy 85%
1 Goalkeeper saves 4

Goals and cards

5' Yellow card Gabri Veiga FC Porto
25' Yellow card C. Lenglet Benfica
31' Goal Gabri Veiga (assist Pepê Aquino) FC Porto
34' Yellow card G. Prestianni Benfica
35' Yellow card C. Lenglet Benfica
35' Red card C. Lenglet Benfica
51' Goal A. Bah (assist G. Prestianni) Benfica
54' Goal V. Froholdt (assist André Silva) FC Porto
60' Goal Hwang In-Beom (assist André Silva) FC Porto
80' Yellow card Hwang In-Beom FC Porto
90+2' Yellow card O. Pietuszewski FC Porto
90+3' Yellow card A. Bah Benfica
90+3' Yellow card Tomás Araújo Benfica

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

FC Porto

Confirmed 4-3-3 Francesco Farioli

99 Diogo Costa

52 Martim Fernandes 4 J. Kiwior 5 J. Bednarek 20 Alberto Baio

10 Gabri Veiga 13 P. Rosario 8 V. Froholdt

11 Pepê Aquino 19 André Silva 7 William Gomes

Bench Cláudio Ramos , D. Prpic , Souza , Francisco Moura , Luís Gomes , Hwang In-Beom , A. Varela , Samu , S. Gimenez , Borja Sainz , O. Pietuszewski , Gabriel Mec

Benfica

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 Marco Silva

24 Samuel Soares

26 S. Dahl 2 C. Lenglet 44 Tomás Araújo 6 A. Bah

36 João Palhinha 8 F. Aursnes

25 G. Prestianni 10 H. Sudakov 27 Rafa

14 V. Pavlidis

Bench A. Trubin , S. El Karouani , D. Banjaqui , A. Circati , L. Barreiro , Manu , C. Echeverri , J. Kaminski , J. Durán , A. Cabral , D. Lukebakio , A. Schjelderup

Form guide

FC Porto at home

8–1–1 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.6 per game
Conceded: 0.6 per game
Clean sheets: 5 / 10
Corners: 6.6 per game
Shots on target: 6.0 per game

6% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

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.

FC Porto vs Benfica head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
8 Mar 26	Benfica v FC Porto	2–2
5 Oct 25	FC Porto v Benfica	0–0
6 Apr 25	FC Porto v Benfica	1–4
10 Nov 24	Benfica v FC Porto	4–1
3 Mar 24	FC Porto v Benfica	5–0
29 Sep 23	Benfica v FC Porto	1–0

The full FC Porto vs Benfica head-to-head record