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Benfica 2-1 Braga - December 18, 2019 / Taça de Portugal 2019/2020

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Taça de Portugal 2019/2020 - Round of 16

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

December 18, 2019

Benfica

2 - 1

Braga

Assist by Carlos Vinícius Pizzi

19'

Assist by Adel Taarabt Carlos Vinícius

62'

14'

Ferro (o.g)

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14' - Own goal Ferro

19' - Goal Pizzi19

24' - Yellow card Alejandro Grimaldo24

41' - Yellow card Rui Fonte

42' - Yellow card Pizzi42

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57' - Yellow card Carlos Vinícius57

57' - Yellow card Wallace

62' - Goal Carlos Vinícius62

68' - Substitution Wilson Eduardois substituted by Paulinho

78' - Substitution Franco Cerviis substituted by Andreas Samaris78

79' - Substitution Wallaceis substituted by João Novais

83' - Substitution Carlos Viníciusis substituted by Haris Seferovic83

84' - Yellow card Ruben Dias84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

2 - 1

Braga

Benfica Braga

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

95Carlos Vinícius628357

Carlos Vinícius

Brazil

B.date22/03/1995

Age24 years

H1m90

positionStriker

19Chiquinho

Chiquinho

Portugal

B.date19/07/1995

Age24 years

H1m74

positionPlaymaker

11Cervi78

Franco Cervi

Argentina

B.date26/05/1994

Age25 years

H1m66

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

49Taarabt

Adel Taarabt

Morocco

B.date24/05/1989

Age30 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

8Gabriel Pires

Gabriel Pires

Brazil

B.date18/09/1993

Age26 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

21Pizzi1942

Pizzi

Portugal

B.date06/10/1989

Age30 years

H1m72

positionCentre Midfield

3Grimaldo24

Alejandro Grimaldo

Spain

B.date15/09/1995

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

97Ferro14

Ferro

Portugal

B.date26/03/1997

Age22 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

6Dias84

Ruben Dias

Portugal

B.date14/05/1997

Age22 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

84T. Tavares

Tomas Tavares

Portugal

B.date07/03/2001

Age18 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

72Zlobin

Ivan Zlobin

Russia

B.date07/03/1997

Age22 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
72	G	Ivan Zlobin		22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
97	D	Ferro	14	22	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Ruben Dias	84	22	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Alejandro Grimaldo	24	24	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
84	D	Tomas Tavares		18	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Gabriel Pires		26	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Pizzi	1942	30	254	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Franco Cervi	78	25	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
49	M	Adel Taarabt		30	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Chiquinho		24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
95	F	Carlos Vinícius	628357	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Braga

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

21R. Horta

Ricardo Horta

Portugal

B.date15/09/1994

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

18Rui Fonte41

Rui Fonte

Portugal

B.date23/04/1990

Age29 years

H1m81

positionSecond striker

7Wilson Eduardo68

Wilson Eduardo

Angola

B.date08/07/1990

Age29 years

H1m79

positionLeft Winger

60Palhinha

João Palhinha

Portugal

B.date09/07/1995

Age24 years

H1m90

positionDefensive Midfielder

27Fransérgio

Fransérgio

Brazil

B.date18/10/1990

Age29 years

H1m87

positionCentre Midfield

77Trincão

Francisco Trincão

Portugal

B.date29/12/1999

Age19 years

H1m84

positionRight Winger

5Sequeira

Sequeira

Portugal

B.date19/08/1990

Age29 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

13Wallace7957

Wallace

Brazil

B.date14/10/1994

Age25 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

36Bruno Viana

Bruno Viana

Brazil

B.date05/02/1995

Age24 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

47Ricardo Esgaio

Ricardo Esgaio

Portugal

B.date16/05/1993

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

12Tiago Sá

Tiago Sá

Portugal

B.date11/01/1995

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Tiago Sá		24	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Wallace	7957	25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	D	Bruno Viana		24	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
47	D	Ricardo Esgaio		26	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Sequeira		29	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
60	M	João Palhinha		24	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Fransérgio		29	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Ricardo Horta		25	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Wilson Eduardo	68	29	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Rui Fonte	41	29	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
77	M	Francisco Trincão		19	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
99	G	Odisseas Vlachodimos		25
33	D	Jardel		33
71	D	Nuno Tavares		19
22	M	Andreas Samaris	78	30	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Caio		25
14	F	Haris Seferovic	83	27	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
73	F	Jota		20

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Matheus		27
14	D	Pablo		27
17	M	João Novais	79	26	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Uche Agbo		24
10	M	Xadas		22
15	M	André Horta		23
20	F	Paulinho	68	27	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ivan Zlobin

Odisseas Vlachodimos

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ricardo Esgaio

Diogo Viana

OUT

Fransérgio

João Novais

OUT

Wallace

Pablo

OUT

Wilson Eduardo

Paulinho

OUT

Rui Fonte

André Horta

OUT

Francisco Trincão

Galeno

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bruno Lage

Success rate in this team:

76 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

74 %

Lage vs Braga

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 18, 2019

Lage vs Sa Pinto

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 18, 2019

Manager

Age

Match num

Ricardo Sa Pinto

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Sa Pinto vs Benfica

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 2019

Sa Pinto vs Lage

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 18, 2019

Referee

Artur Soares Dias

38 victories	8 draws	14 losses	Benfica60 matches	General total	Braga59 matches	29 victories	9 draws	21 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica3 matches	Season total	Braga1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 06, 2024					Latest figure on September 24, 2023

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Key figures

Benfica keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 25/09/2019). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 29/01/2019-10/08/2019 time period (14 matches).

Ricardo Esgaio played his game number 10 vs Benfica in his professional career

Benfica keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored vs Braga in Taça de Portugal running (since 24/02/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 2-1 Lyon23/10/2019

VBenfica 4-0 Portimonense30/10/2019

VBenfica 2-0 Rio Ave02/11/2019

VBenfica 4-0 Maritimo Funchal30/11/2019

VBenfica 3-0 Zenit St.Petersburg10/12/2019

VBenfica 4-0 Famalicão14/12/2019

Overall

DRB Leipzig 2-2 Benfica27/11/2019

VBenfica 4-0 Maritimo Funchal30/11/2019

DSporting Covilhã 1-1 Benfica03/12/2019

VBoavista 1-4 Benfica06/12/2019

VBenfica 3-0 Zenit St.Petersburg10/12/2019

VBenfica 4-0 Famalicão14/12/2019

Current form

Away

VLeça 1-3 Braga19/10/2019

VBesiktas 1-2 Braga24/10/2019

LBoavista 2-0 Braga31/10/2019

VVitória Guimarães 0-2 Braga10/11/2019

LAves 1-0 Braga07/12/2019

VSlovan Bratislava 2-4 Braga12/12/2019

Overall

VBraga 1-0 Gil Vicente23/11/2019

DBraga 3-3 Wolverhampton28/11/2019

VBraga 2-0 Rio Ave02/12/2019

LAves 1-0 Braga07/12/2019

VSlovan Bratislava 2-4 Braga12/12/2019

LBraga 0-1 Paços de Ferreira15/12/2019

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	3
Unbeaten streak	8	8
Drawless streak	7	3
Scoring streak	7	16
Invincibility streak	5	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	11	4
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

6	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	61
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

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

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	4
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (1 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Carlos Vinícius	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Wilson Eduardo
-		Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Wilson Eduardo
Caio	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Rui Fonte
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Rui Fonte
Carlos Vinícius	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Ricardo Horta

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

49 v

13 d

1 l

173 gf

35 ga

Away

62 matches

33 v

16 d

13 l

102 gf

57 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

126 matches

83 v

29 d

14 l

278 gf

92 ga

Historical head to head

Home

62 matches

13 v

16 d

33 l

57 gf

102 ga

Away

63 matches

1 v

13 d

49 l

35 gf

173 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

126 matches

14 v

29 d

83 l

92 gf

278 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 0	June 27, 1965
Home	9 - 0	June 27, 1965

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 20, 1966
Away	2 - 1	December 18, 2014

Latest head to head

September 01, 2019 - Liga NOS 2019/2020

Braga

0 - 4

Benfica

April 28, 2019 - Liga NOS 2018/2019

Braga

1 - 4

Benfica

December 23, 2018 - Liga NOS 2018/2019

Benfica

6 - 2

Braga

January 13, 2018 - Liga NOS 2017/2018

Braga

1 - 3

Benfica

September 20, 2017 - Taça CTT 2017/2018

Benfica

1 - 1

Braga

Best historical scorers against Braga

Eusebio	23 goals	1964 - 1970
José Torres	9 goals	1961 - 1969
Pizzi	8 goals	2016 - 2019
Jonas	8 goals	2014 - 2018
Nuno Gomes	7 goals	1997 - 2006
Jose Augusto	6 goals	1961 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Odair	3 goals	1998 - 2000
Toni	3 goals	1997 - 1999
J. M. Bevacqua	2 goals	2005 - 2005
Luis Filipe	2 goals	2001 - 2001
Márcio Mossoró	2 goals	2011 - 2012
Hugo Viana	2 goals	2009 - 2011

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Braga

Luisão	27 matches	2004 - 2017
Nuno Gomes	18 matches	1997 - 2009
Maxi Pereira	17 matches	2007 - 2015
Nicolás Gaitán	16 matches	2010 - 2016
Fernando Cruz	16 matches	1960 - 1969
Jose Augusto	15 matches	1960 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Alan	18 matches	2009 - 2017
Quim	15 matches	1998 - 2013
Castanheira	13 matches	1998 - 2007
Hugo Viana	12 matches	2009 - 2013
Márcio Mossoró	12 matches	2009 - 2013
Artur Jorge	10 matches	1997 - 2003