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Benfica 2-0 Santa Clara - January 18, 2012 / Taça da Liga 2011/2012

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Taça da Liga 2011/2012 - Groupe B 2e phase

Estadio da Luz - Lisbonne - Portugal

January 18, 2012

14 453

Benfica

2 - 0

Santa Clara

Nelson Oliveira

68'

Axel Witsel

76'

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46' - Substitution Nemanja Maticis substituted by Axel Witsel46

60' - Substitution Sylvestreis substituted by Alex

65' - Substitution Nicolás Gaitánis substituted by Nolito photo Rodrigo

65' - Substitution Javier Saviolais substituted by Rodrigo65

68' - Goal Nelson Oliveira68

75' - Substitution Platiniis substituted by Pipo

76' - Goal Axel Witsel76

79' - Substitution Minhocais substituted by Darko Djurdjevic

85' - Red card Hugo Moreira

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

2 - 0

Santa Clara

Benfica Santa Clara

Team line-ups

Benfica

47 Eduardo

Eduardo

Portugal

B.date19/09/1982

Age29 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

27 Miguel Vítor

Miguel Vítor

Israel

B.date30/06/1989

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

33 Jardel

Jardel

Brazil

B.date29/03/1986

Age25 years

H1m92

positionLeft central defender

38 Capdevila

Joan Capdevila

Spain

B.date02/03/1978

Age33 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

34 Almeida

André Almeida

Portugal

B.date13/09/1990

Age21 years

H1m86

positionRight full-back

6 Javi García

Javi García

Spain

B.date08/02/1987

Age24 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

21 Matic46

Nemanja Matic

Serbia

B.date01/08/1988

Age23 years

H1m94

positionLeft central midfielder

8 Bruno César

Bruno César

Brazil

B.date03/11/1988

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

20 Gaitán65

Nicolás Gaitán

Argentina

B.date23/02/1988

Age23 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

30 Saviola65

Javier Saviola

Argentina

B.date11/12/1981

Age30 years

H1m68

positionStriker

16 Oliveira68

Nelson Oliveira

Portugal

B.date08/08/1991

Age20 years

H1m86

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
47	G	Eduardo		29	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Miguel Vítor		22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Jardel		25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
38	D	Joan Capdevila		33	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	André Almeida		21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Javi García		24	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Nemanja Matic	46	23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Bruno César		23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nicolás Gaitán	65	23	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Javier Saviola	65	30	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Nelson Oliveira	68	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Santa Clara

Stefanovic

Igor Stefanovic

Serbia

B.date12/04/1988

Age23 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

Ilic

Milan Ilic

Serbia

B.date12/05/1987

Age24 years

H1m93

positionDefender

Silva

Sandro Silva

Brazil

B.date13/03/1983

Age28 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Simões

André Simões

Portugal

B.date16/12/1989

Age22 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

Grilo

Paulo Grilo

Portugal

B.date19/08/1991

Age20 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Pacheco

Canada

B.date27/06/1984

Age27 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

Lourenço

Portugal

B.date04/12/1979

Age32 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Platini75

Platini

Cape Verde

B.date16/04/1986

Age25 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

Minhoca79

Minhoca

Portugal

B.date29/04/1988

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

Sylvestre60

Sylvestre

Brazil

B.date03/08/1984

Age27 years

H1m77

positionForward

Moreira85

Hugo Moreira

Portugal

B.date12/04/1982

Age29 years

H1m75

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Igor Stefanovic		23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Milan Ilic		24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sandro Silva		28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	André Simões		22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paulo Grilo		20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pacheco		27	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lourenço		32	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Platini	75	25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Minhoca	79	23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sylvestre	60	27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hugo Moreira	85	29	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
28	M	Axel Witsel	7646	23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Nolito	65	25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Rodrigo	65	20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Darko Djurdjevic	79	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alex	60	20	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Pipo	75	19	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Miguel Vítor

Luisão

OUT

Joan Capdevila

Maxi Pereira

OUT

André Almeida

Emerson Conçeiçao

OUT

Javier Saviola

Óscar Cardozo

OUT

Eduardo

Artur Moraes

OUT

Nicolás Gaitán

Nolito

OUT

Nelson Oliveira

Rodrigo

OUT

Javi García

Axel Witsel

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lourenço

Edgar

OUT

Minhoca

Nelson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Jesus

137

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Jesus vs Santa Clara

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 2012

Jesus vs Moura

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Bruno Moura

Success rate in this team:

32 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Moura vs Benfica

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 2012

Moura vs Jesus

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 18, 2012

Referee

Jorge Rui Silva

3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica3 matches	General total	Santa Clara11 matches	4 victories	1 draw	6 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Santa Clara1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 24, 2012					Latest figure on November 25, 2015

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Key figures

Benfica keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored at home in Taça da Liga running (since 20/10/2007). It's a record streak. The first of history

Benfica keeps its 8 consecutive wins at home in Taça da Liga running (since 14/01/2009). It's a record streak. The first of history

Benfica keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Santa Clara running (since 03/11/2002). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 34 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 2-1 Olhanense29/10/2011

DBenfica 1-1 FC Basel02/11/2011

VBenfica 1-0 Sporting CP26/11/2011

VBenfica 1-0 Otelul Galati07/12/2011

VBenfica 5-1 Rio Ave16/12/2011

VBenfica 4-1 Vitória Setúbal14/01/2012

Overall

VBenfica 1-0 Otelul Galati07/12/2011

VMaritimo Funchal 0-1 Benfica11/12/2011

VBenfica 5-1 Rio Ave16/12/2011

VVitória Guimarães 1-4 Benfica03/01/2012

VLeiria 0-4 Benfica08/01/2012

VBenfica 4-1 Vitória Setúbal14/01/2012

Current form

Away

DAves 2-2 Santa Clara30/10/2011

LLeiria 1-0 Santa Clara13/11/2011

VFreamunde 1-2 Santa Clara27/11/2011

LOs Belenenses 2-1 Santa Clara18/12/2011

LMaritimo Funchal 2-0 Santa Clara02/01/2012

LMoreirense 2-0 Santa Clara08/01/2012

Overall

LSanta Clara 0-1 União Madeira11/12/2011

LOs Belenenses 2-1 Santa Clara18/12/2011

LSanta Clara 1-2 Estoril28/12/2011

LMaritimo Funchal 2-0 Santa Clara02/01/2012

LMoreirense 2-0 Santa Clara08/01/2012

DSanta Clara 2-2 Naval 1 de Maio14/01/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	6
Unbeaten streak	15	6
Drawless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	57	31
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	6
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	11	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

7	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	0
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	0

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	6
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
1	Victories (Competition total)	3
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
4	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.83
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (1 times)

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

	Óscar Cardozo	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Lourenço
	Óscar Cardozo	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	Alex

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Away

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

5 gf

1 ga

Total

6 matches

5 v

1 d

0 l

9 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

1 gf

5 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

6 matches

0 v

1 d

5 l

2 gf

9 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	September 12, 1999
Home	1 - 0	March 22, 2003

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

March 22, 2003 - SuperLiga 2002/2003

Benfica

1 - 0

Santa Clara logo Santa Clara

November 03, 2002 - SuperLiga 2002/2003

Santa Clara

1 - 2

Benfica

April 06, 2002 - Primeira Liga 2001/2002

Santa Clara

0 - 0

Benfica

December 02, 2001 - Primeira Liga 2001/2002

Benfica

2 - 1

Santa Clara logo Santa Clara

February 06, 2000 - Primeira Liga 1999/2000

Benfica

1 - 0

Santa Clara logo Santa Clara

Best historical scorers against Santa Clara

Simão	4 goals	2001 - 2003
Nuno Gomes	2 goals	1999 - 2000
Sergiy Kandaurov	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Maniche	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Mantorras	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

	João Pedro	1 goal	2002 - 2002
	Rui Gregorio	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Santa Clara

João Manuel Pinto	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Miguel	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Argel	3 matches	2001 - 2003
Ednilson	3 matches	2001 - 2002
Simão	3 matches	2001 - 2003
Moreira	3 matches	2002 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/09/1999. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Paulo Figueiredo	6 matches	1999 - 2003
George	6 matches	1999 - 2003
Telmo	4 matches	1999 - 2002
Portela	4 matches	1999 - 2003
Paiva	4 matches	2001 - 2003
Sandro Barbosa	3 matches	2001 - 2002