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Benfica 4-0 Varzim - December 21, 1997 / Primeira Divisão 1997/1998

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Primeira Divisão 1997/1998 - Round 14

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

December 21, 1997

5 000

Benfica

4 - 0

Varzim

Nuno Gomes

51'

Nuno Gomes

55'

Nuno Gomes

84'

(penalty) Nuno Gomes

88'

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15' - Substitution Srdjan Slagalois substituted by André

33' - Substitution Paulo Madeirais substituted by Taher El-Khalej33

45' - Substitution Abdelkarim El Hadriouiis substituted by Leônidas45

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51' - Goal Nuno Gomes51

55' - Goal Nuno Gomes55

65' - Substitution Sérgio Lavosis substituted by Lopes Lino

70' - Substitution Andréis substituted by Ricardo Nascimento

72' - Substitution Erwin Sanchezis substituted by Martin Pringle72

84' - Goal Nuno Gomes84

88' - Goal Nuno Gomes88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

4 - 0

Varzim

Benfica Varzim

Team line-ups

Benfica

1 Preud'homme

Michel Preud'homme

Belgium

B.date24/01/1959

Age38 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

5 Madeira33

Paulo Madeira

Portugal

B.date06/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m70

positionCentral defender

13 Guiaro

Ronaldo Guiaro

Brazil

B.date18/02/1974

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

18 El Hadrioui45

Abdelkarim El Hadrioui

Morocco

B.date06/03/1972

Age25 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

36 Sousa

Sousa

Portugal

B.date09/10/1977

Age20 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

16 Minto

Scott Minto

England

B.date06/08/1971

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

15 Amaral

Amaral

Brazil

B.date28/02/1973

Age24 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

22 Calado

José António Calado

Portugal

B.date01/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

10 Sanchez72

Erwin Sanchez

Bolivia

B.date19/10/1969

Age28 years

H1m74

positionPlaymaker

17 Taument

Gaston Taument

Netherlands

B.date01/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

21 Gomes55845188

Nuno Gomes

Portugal

B.date05/07/1976

Age21 years

H1m81

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Michel Preud'homme		38	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Paulo Madeira	33	27	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ronaldo Guiaro		23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Abdelkarim El Hadrioui	45	25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	D	Sousa		20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Scott Minto		26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Amaral		24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	José António Calado		23	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Erwin Sanchez	72	28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Gaston Taument		27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Gomes	55845188	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Varzim

12 Brassard

Brassard

Portugal

B.date11/04/1972

Age25 years

H1m74

positionGoalkeeper

4 Slagalo15

Srdjan Slagalo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

B.date08/07/1966

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

5 Castro

Castro

Portugal

B.date24/02/1972

Age25 years

H1m77

positionCentral defender

3 Alexandre

Alexandre

Portugal

B.date29/11/1973

Age24 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

18 Quim Machado

Quim Machado

Portugal

B.date10/10/1966

Age31 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

6 Lito

Lito

Portugal

B.date02/12/1962

Age35 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

7 Miranda

Miranda

Portugal

B.date09/07/1965

Age32 years

positionMidfield

11 Piedade

Paulo Piedade

Portugal

B.date09/10/1969

Age28 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

20 Lavos65

Sérgio Lavos

Portugal

B.date04/02/1968

Age29 years

H1m79

positionRight Winger

8 Alberto

Rui Alberto

Portugal

B.date21/03/1967

Age30 years

H1m73

positionForward

19 Zacarias

Zacarias

Portugal

B.date29/12/1971

Age25 years

H1m76

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Brassard		25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Srdjan Slagalo	15	31	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Castro		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Alexandre		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Quim Machado		31	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Lito		35	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Miranda		32	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Paulo Piedade		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Sérgio Lavos	65	29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Rui Alberto		30	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Zacarias		25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
2	M	Taher El-Khalej	33	29	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Leônidas	45	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Martin Pringle	72	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
2	D	André	1570	31	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	D	Lopes Lino	65	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Ricardo Nascimento	70	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Erwin Sanchez

João Pinto

OUT

Nuno Gomes

Martin Pringle

OUT

Scott Minto

Taher El-Khalej

OUT

José António Calado

Nica Panduru

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Miranda

Cristiano

OUT

Quim Machado

Luizão

OUT

Sérgio Lavos

André

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

Nelo Vingada

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Souness vs Varzim

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 1997

Souness vs Gonçalves

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 1997

Manager

Age

Match num

Horacio Gonçalves

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Gonçalves vs Benfica

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 1997

Gonçalves vs Souness

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 1997

Referee

Joaquim Paulo Paraty

19 victories	5 draws	6 losses	Benfica30 matches	General total	Varzim7 matches	2 victories	3 draws	2 losses
3 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica4 matches	Season total	Varzim2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on March 02, 2008					Latest figure on April 06, 2003

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Benfica after 3 matches with at least one goal conceded (since 29/11/1997).

It's the first time since the 26/05/1991 (Nuno Gomes1 with vs ) that a player (Nuno Gomes) scores at least 4 goals during the same Primeira Liga game

It's the first time in his career that Nuno Gomes scores at least 4 goals during the same game in Primeira Liga with

Read the next 6 key stats

General ranking

	2	Vitória Guimarães	28 pts	14 rd
	3	Rio Ave	27 pts	14 rd
+1	4	Benfica	23 pts	14 rd
+1	5	Sporting CP	23 pts	14 rd
-2	6	Salgueiros 1911-2005	21 pts	14 rd

General ranking

-1	11	Braga	17 pts	14 rd
	12	Farense	16 pts	14 rd
	13	Varzim	15 pts	14 rd
	14	Académica	14 pts	14 rd
	15	Vitória Setúbal	14 pts	14 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBenfica 0-0 Bastia30/09/1997

VBenfica 3-1 Farense19/10/1997

VBenfica 4-2 Farense26/10/1997

VBenfica 1-0 Vitória Guimarães10/11/1997

VBenfica 3-0 Rio Ave16/11/1997

DBenfica 2-2 Salgueiros 1911-200507/12/1997

Overall

VBenfica 1-0 Vitória Guimarães10/11/1997

VBenfica 3-0 Rio Ave16/11/1997

DBoavista 0-0 Benfica21/11/1997

VOs Belenenses 1-2 Benfica29/11/1997

DBenfica 2-2 Salgueiros 1911-200507/12/1997

LMaritimo Funchal 1-0 Benfica12/12/1997

Current form

Away

DCampomaiorense 1-1 Varzim20/09/1997

DAcadémica 1-1 Varzim05/10/1997

DSporting CP 1-1 Varzim01/11/1997

LSporting CP 3-0 Varzim16/11/1997

LFarense 1-0 Varzim23/11/1997

LVitória Guimarães 5-0 Varzim06/12/1997

Overall

VVarzim 1-0 Braga09/11/1997

LSporting CP 3-0 Varzim16/11/1997

LFarense 1-0 Varzim23/11/1997

DVarzim 1-1 Chaves30/11/1997

LVitória Guimarães 5-0 Varzim06/12/1997

DVarzim 0-0 Boavista13/12/1997

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	10	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	17	5
Drawless streak	3	0
Goalless streak	3	2
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

5	General ranking (Competition total)	13
11	General ranking (Home / Away)	14

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

13	Number of games (Competition total)	13
6	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
5	Victories (Competition total)	3
3	Victories (Home / Away)	0
5	Draws (Competition total)	6
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
3	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

16	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	15
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	9
1.23	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.62
1.83	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
0.85	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.15
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

31	Yellow cards (Competition total)	37
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	19
1	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Edgar	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Miranda
João Pinto	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Miranda
Nica Panduru	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Nica Panduru	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Edgar	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	Miranda

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

17 v

1 d

0 l

66 gf

7 ga

Away

18 matches

7 v

10 d

1 l

23 gf

9 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

37 matches

25 v

11 d

1 l

91 gf

17 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

1 v

10 d

7 l

9 gf

23 ga

Away

18 matches

0 v

1 d

17 l

7 gf

66 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

37 matches

1 v

11 d

25 l

17 gf

91 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	October 17, 1982
Home	8 - 0	October 17, 1982

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	November 11, 1979
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

June 02, 1988 - Primeira Divisão 1987/1988

Benfica

2 - 2

Varzim

January 24, 1988 - Primeira Divisão 1987/1988

Varzim

0 - 0

Benfica

January 10, 1987 - Primeira Divisão 1986/1987

Varzim

0 - 0

Benfica

August 31, 1986 - Primeira Divisão 1986/1987

Benfica

2 - 0

Varzim

May 12, 1985 - Primeira Divisão 1984/1985

Benfica

5 - 1

Varzim

Best historical scorers against Varzim

Eusebio	17 goals	1964 - 1971
José Torres	11 goals	1964 - 1968
Jose Augusto	5 goals	1964 - 1969
Artur Jorge	5 goals	1969 - 1971
Mario Coluna	2 goals	1965 - 1965
António Simões	2 goals	1964 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/01/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/01/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Varzim

Eusebio	13 matches	1964 - 1971
José Torres	13 matches	1964 - 1970
António Simões	13 matches	1964 - 1971
Mario Coluna	12 matches	1964 - 1969
Jose Augusto	11 matches	1964 - 1969
Fernando Cruz	10 matches	1964 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/01/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/01/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Miranda

9 matches

12 matches

1988 - 1997

Brassard

4 matches

13 matches

1995 - 1997

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Brassard

4 matches

13 matches

1995 - 1997

Miranda

9 matches

12 matches

1988 - 1997

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/11/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 20, 1997

Braga

2 2

Vitória S.

Line-ups available

Salgueiros

2 0

Maritimo Funchal

Line-ups available

December 21, 1997

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

December 22, 1997

Boavista

3 4

FC Porto

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	FC Porto	31	13	9	4	0	28	10	+18
2	Vitória Guimarães	28	14	9	1	4	21	9	+12
3	Rio Ave	27	14	8	3	3	25	17	+8
+14	Benfica	23	14	6	5	3	20	11	+9
+15	Sporting CP	23	14	6	5	3	13	9	+4
-26	Salgueiros 1911-2005	21	14	5	6	3	18	13	+5
+27	Campomaiorense	19	14	5	4	5	19	19	0
+38	Leça	19	14	5	4	5	15	16	-1
-29	Estrela da Amadora	19	14	5	4	5	15	17	-2
-210	Maritimo Funchal	18	14	5	3	6	14	16	-2
-111	Braga	17	14	4	5	5	19	21	-2
12	Farense	16	14	3	7	4	15	18	-3
13	Varzim	15	14	3	6	5	8	19	-11
14	Académica	14	14	3	5	6	10	14	-4
15	Vitória Setúbal	14	14	3	5	6	12	16	-4
16	Boavista	13	13	2	7	4	7	10	-3
17	Belenenses	9	14	1	6	7	8	19	-11
18	Chaves	8	14	2	2	10	9	22	-13

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Benfica 4-0 Varzim - December 21, 1997 / Primeira Divisão 1997/1998

Benfica

4 - 0

Varzim

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

Souness vs Varzim

Souness vs Gonçalves

Manager

Gonçalves vs Benfica

Gonçalves vs Souness

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 Varzim

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Players with most games played vs Varzim

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