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Benfica 2-3 Braga - November 08, 2020 / Liga NOS 2020/2021

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Liga NOS 2020/2021 - Round 7

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

November 08, 2020

Behind closed doors

Benfica

2 - 3

Braga

Assist by Rafa Silva (right foot) Haris Seferovic

68'

Assist by Alejandro Grimaldo (left foot) Haris Seferovic

86'

38'

Iuri Medeiros (left foot) Assist by André Castro

50'

Francisco Moura (left foot) Assist by El Motassem Al Musrati

63'

Francisco Moura (left foot) Assist by El Motassem Al Musrati

logo Benfica BEN

11' - Yellow card Iuri Medeiros

26' - Yellow card Ricardo Esgaio

38' - Goal Iuri Medeiros

logo Benfica BEN

46' - Substitution Andreas Samarisis substituted by Gabriel Pires photo Haris Seferovic

46' - Substitution Evertonis substituted by Haris Seferovic46

50' - Goal Francisco Moura

56' - Yellow card Sequeira

60' - Substitution Nuno Tavaresis substituted by Alejandro Grimaldo photo Adel Taarabt

60' - Substitution Pizziis substituted by Adel Taarabt60

63' - Goal Francisco Moura

68' - Goal Haris Seferovic68

69' - Substitution Gilbertois substituted by Diogo Goncalves69

73' - Substitution Francisco Mourais substituted by João Novais

79' - Yellow card Diogo Goncalves79

86' - Goal Haris Seferovic86

87' - Substitution Paulinhois substituted by Guilherme Schettine

92' - Substitution Galenois substituted by Rodrigo Gomes photo Raúl Silva

92' - Substitution Iuri Medeirosis substituted by Raúl Silva

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

2 - 3

Braga

Benfica Braga

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Núñez

Darwin Núñez

Uruguay

B.date24/06/1999

Age21 years

H1m87

positionCentre forward

10Waldschmidt

Luca Waldschmidt

Germany

B.date19/05/1996

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre forward

27Silva

Rafa Silva

Portugal

B.date17/05/1993

Age27 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

22Samaris46

Andreas Samaris

Greece

B.date13/06/1989

Age31 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

21Pizzi60

Pizzi

Portugal

B.date06/10/1989

Age31 years

H1m72

positionCentre Midfield

7Everton46

Everton

Brazil

B.date22/03/1996

Age24 years

H1m74

positionRight Winger

71Tavares60

Nuno Tavares

Portugal

B.date26/01/2000

Age20 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

5Vertonghen

Jan Vertonghen

Belgium

B.date24/04/1987

Age33 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

30Otamendi

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

B.date12/02/1988

Age32 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

2Gilberto69

Gilberto

Brazil

B.date07/03/1993

Age27 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

99Vlachodimos

Odisseas Vlachodimos

Greece

B.date26/04/1994

Age26 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
99	G	Odisseas Vlachodimos		26	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Nicolás Otamendi		32	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jan Vertonghen		33	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
71	D	Nuno Tavares	60	20	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Gilberto	69	27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Andreas Samaris	46	31	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Pizzi	60	31	291	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Everton	46	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Luca Waldschmidt		24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Rafa Silva		27	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Darwin Núñez		21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Braga

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

90Galeno90+2

Galeno

Brazil

B.date21/10/1997

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

20Paulinho87

Paulinho

Portugal

B.date09/11/1992

Age27 years

H1m87

positionSecond striker

74Moura635073

Francisco Moura

Portugal

B.date16/08/1999

Age21 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

88Castro

André Castro

Portugal

B.date02/04/1988

Age32 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

8Al Musrati

El Motassem Al Musrati

Libya

B.date06/04/1996

Age24 years

H1m93

positionCentre Midfield

45Medeiros3890+211

Iuri Medeiros

Portugal

B.date10/07/1994

Age26 years

H1m74

positionRight Winger

5Sequeira56

Sequeira

Portugal

B.date19/08/1990

Age30 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

36Bruno Viana

Bruno Viana

Brazil

B.date05/02/1995

Age25 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

3Tormena

Vitor Tormena

Brazil

B.date04/01/1996

Age24 years

H1m92

positionRight full-back

47Ricardo Esgaio26

Ricardo Esgaio

Portugal

B.date16/05/1993

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1Matheus

Matheus

Brazil

B.date29/03/1992

Age28 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Matheus		28	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	D	Bruno Viana		25	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
47	D	Ricardo Esgaio	26	27	141	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Sequeira	56	30	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Vitor Tormena		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	El Motassem Al Musrati		24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
88	M	André Castro		32	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
74	M	Francisco Moura	635073	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
90	F	Galeno	90+2	23	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	M	Iuri Medeiros	3890+211	26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Paulinho	87	27	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
77	G	Helton Leite		30
33	D	Jardel		34
3	D	Alejandro Grimaldo	60	25	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Julian Weigl		25
8	M	Gabriel Pires	46	27	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
49	M	Adel Taarabt	60	31	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Franco Cervi		26
14	F	Haris Seferovic	688646	28	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Diogo Goncalves	6979	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Tiago Sá		25
34	D	Raúl Silva	90+2	31	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Rolando		35
57	D	Rodrigo Gomes	90+2	17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Zé Carlos		22
7	M	João Novais	73	27	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	André Horta		24
95	F	Guilherme Schettine	87	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Abel Ruiz		20

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andreas Samaris

Adel Taarabt

OUT

Gilberto

Diogo Goncalves

OUT

Luca Waldschmidt

Haris Seferovic

OUT

Darwin Núñez

Julian Weigl

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sequeira

Raúl Silva

OUT

André Castro

João Novais

OUT

Francisco Moura

André Horta

OUT

Vitor Tormena

David Carmo

OUT

Iuri Medeiros

Abel Ruiz

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Jesus

332

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Jesus vs Braga

17 victories

11 draws

16 losses

Latest figure on November 08, 2020

Jesus vs Carvalhal

4 victories

5 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on November 08, 2020

Manager

Age

Match num

Carlos Carvalhal

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Carvalhal vs Benfica

3 victories

6 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on November 08, 2020

Carvalhal vs Jesus

1 victory

5 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on November 08, 2020

Referee

Artur Soares Dias

38 victories	8 draws	14 losses	Benfica60 matches	General total	Braga59 matches	29 victories	9 draws	21 losses
1 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Benfica4 matches	Season total	Braga5 matches	2 victories	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on April 06, 2024					Latest figure on September 24, 2023

Videos

May 07, 2021

Comments

Key figures

Braga keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 20/07/2020). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 02/12/2019-02/02/2020 time period (13 matches).

Alejandro Grimaldo played his game number 10 vs in his professional career

Andreas Samaris played his game number 10 vs Benfica in his professional career

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

	1	Sporting CP	19 pts	7 rd
+1	2	Braga	15 pts	7 rd
-1	3	Benfica	15 pts	7 rd
+2	4	FC Porto	13 pts	7 rd
-1	5	Rio Ave	10 pts	7 rd

General ranking

	1	Sporting CP	19 pts	7 rd
+1	2	Braga	15 pts	7 rd
-1	3	Benfica	15 pts	7 rd
+2	4	FC Porto	13 pts	7 rd
-1	5	Rio Ave	10 pts	7 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 2-1 Sporting CP25/07/2020

VBenfica 2-0 Moreirense26/09/2020

VBenfica 3-2 Farense04/10/2020

VBenfica 2-0 Belenenses SAD26/10/2020

VBenfica 3-0 Standard Liège29/10/2020

DBenfica 3-3 Glasgow Rangers05/11/2020

Overall

VRio Ave 0-3 Benfica18/10/2020

VLech Poznan 2-4 Benfica22/10/2020

VBenfica 2-0 Belenenses SAD26/10/2020

VBenfica 3-0 Standard Liège29/10/2020

LBoavista 3-0 Benfica02/11/2020

DBenfica 3-3 Glasgow Rangers05/11/2020

Current form

Away

LTondela 1-0 Braga20/07/2020

LFC Porto 3-1 Braga19/09/2020

VTondela 0-4 Braga03/10/2020

VVitória Guimarães 0-1 Braga25/10/2020

VZorya Lugansk 1-2 Braga29/10/2020

LLeicester 4-0 Braga05/11/2020

Overall

VBraga 2-1 Nacional Madeira17/10/2020

VBraga 3-0 AEK Athens22/10/2020

VVitória Guimarães 0-1 Braga25/10/2020

VZorya Lugansk 1-2 Braga29/10/2020

VBraga 1-0 Famalicão02/11/2020

LLeicester 4-0 Braga05/11/2020

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	8	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	9	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	8	11
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	3
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	5
25	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	34
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
5	Victories (Competition total)	4
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.83
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Haris Seferovic	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Galeno
Haris Seferovic	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Galeno
Darwin Núñez	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Paulinho
Alejandro Grimaldo	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Paulinho
Luca Waldschmidt	4 goals, 1 assist during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Bruno Viana

Historical head to head

Home

65 matches

50 v

13 d

2 l

175 gf

37 ga

Away

63 matches

33 v

16 d

14 l

103 gf

59 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

129 matches

84 v

29 d

16 l

281 gf

96 ga

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

14 v

16 d

33 l

59 gf

103 ga

Away

65 matches

2 v

13 d

50 l

37 gf

175 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

129 matches

16 v

29 d

84 l

96 gf

281 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 20, 1966
Away	1 - 0	February 15, 2020

Latest head to head

February 15, 2020 - Liga NOS 2019/2020

Benfica

0 - 1

Braga

December 18, 2019 - Taça de Portugal 2019/2020

Benfica

2 - 1

Braga

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

Best historical scorers against Braga

Eusebio	23 goals	1964 - 1970
Pizzi	9 goals	2016 - 2019
José Torres	9 goals	1961 - 1969
Jonas	8 goals	2014 - 2018
Nuno Gomes	7 goals	1997 - 2006
João Pinto	6 goals	1993 - 1998

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

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

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
João Pinto	15 matches	1992 - 2000

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
Vandinho	10 matches	2004 - 2011

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

They played in both sides

Nuno Gomes

391 matches

29 matches

1997 - 2012

João Pinto

300 matches

51 matches

1992 - 2007

Pizzi

290 matches

2 matches

2011 - 2020

Nicolás Gaitán

253 matches

3 matches

2010 - 2020

Quim

184 matches

276 matches

1998 - 2013

Ricardo Rocha

160 matches

45 matches

2000 - 2007

Total : 39 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/03/1981. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Quim

184 matches

276 matches

1998 - 2013

Paulo Santos

1 match

134 matches

1994 - 2008

Eduardo

9 matches

128 matches

2008 - 2019

Rafa Silva

146 matches

126 matches

2013 - 2020

Luis Filipe

40 matches

124 matches

1999 - 2011

Rui Fonte

1 match

107 matches

2015 - 2020

Total : 39 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/03/1981. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

November 06, 2020

Belenenses SAD

0 0

Rio Ave

Video availableLine-ups available

November 07, 2020

Tondela

2 0

Santa Clara

Video availableLine-ups available

Famalicão

2 1

Maritimo Funchal

Video availableLine-ups available

Guimarães

0 4

Sporting CP

Video availableLine-ups available

November 08, 2020

Farense

3 1

Boavista

Video availableLine-ups available

FC Porto

3 1

Portimonense

Video availableLine-ups available

Nacional Madeira

2 1

Gil Vicente

Video availableLine-ups available

December 01, 2020

Moreirense

0 1

Paços

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Sporting CP	19	7	6	1	0	19	4	+15
+12	Braga	15	7	5	0	2	12	7	+5
-13	Benfica	15	7	5	0	2	17	9	+8
+24	FC Porto	13	7	4	1	2	18	10	+8
-15	Rio Ave	10	7	2	4	1	5	5	0
-16	Vitória Guimarães	10	7	3	1	3	4	7	-3
+57	Nacional Madeira	10	7	2	4	1	8	7	+1
-18	Santa Clara	10	7	3	1	3	7	7	0
-19	Famalicão	9	7	2	3	2	11	14	-3
-110	Paços de Ferreira	8	6	2	2	2	7	8	-1
-111	Moreirense	8	6	2	2	2	5	6	-1
-112	Tondela	8	7	2	2	3	6	12	-6
13	Belenenses SAD	7	7	1	4	2	3	5	-2
14	Maritimo Funchal	7	7	2	1	4	8	11	-3
15	Boavista	6	7	1	3	3	10	15	-5
+216	Farense	5	7	1	2	4	9	12	-3
-117	Gil Vicente	5	7	1	2	4	5	9	-4
-118	Portimonense	4	7	1	1	5	5	11	-6

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Benfica 2-3 Braga - November 08, 2020 / Liga NOS 2020/2021

Benfica

2 - 3

Braga

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Jesus vs Braga

Jesus vs Carvalhal

Manager

Carvalhal vs Benfica

Carvalhal vs Jesus

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Braga

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Players with most games played vs Braga

Players with most games played vs Benfica

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking