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Braga 2-0 Benfica - May 23, 2021 / Taça de Portugal 2020/2021

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Taça de Portugal 2020/2021 - Final

Nacional Do Jamor - Oeiras - Portugal

May 23, 2021

Braga

2 - 0

Benfica

Lucas Piazon

20'

Ricardo Horta

85'

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17' - Red card Helton Leite

20' - Goal Lucas Piazon20

21' - Substitution Pizziis substituted by Odisseas Vlachodimos

35' - Yellow card Ricardo Esgaio35

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57' - Substitution Diogo Goncalvesis substituted by Rafa Silva photo Nuno Tavares

57' - Substitution Evertonis substituted by Nuno Tavares photo Darwin Núñez

57' - Substitution Haris Seferovicis substituted by Darwin Núñez

67' - Yellow card El Motassem Al Musrati67

71' - Substitution André Castrois substituted by João Novais71

76' - Substitution El Motassem Al Musratiis substituted by André Horta76

82' - Yellow card João Novais82

82' - Substitution Moratois substituted by Chiquinho

85' - Goal Ricardo Horta85

85' - Yellow card Rafa Silva

87' - Substitution Abel Ruizis substituted by Andraz Sporar87

88' - Yellow card Nuno Tavares

90' - Red card Lucas Piazon90

90' - Yellow card Nicolás Otamendi photo Adel Taarabt

90' - Red card Adel Taarabt

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match

Braga

2 - 0

Benfica

Braga Benfica

Team line-ups

Braga

1 Matheus

Matheus

Brazil

B.date29/03/1992

Age29 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

34 Raúl Silva

Raúl Silva

Brazil

B.date04/11/1989

Age31 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

5 Sequeira

Sequeira

Portugal

B.date19/08/1990

Age30 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

3 Tormena

Vitor Tormena

Brazil

B.date04/01/1996

Age25 years

H1m92

positionRight full-back

47 Ricardo Esgaio35

Ricardo Esgaio

Portugal

B.date16/05/1993

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

8 Al Musrati7667

El Motassem Al Musrati

Libya

B.date06/04/1996

Age25 years

H1m93

positionCentre Midfield

88 Castro71

André Castro

Portugal

B.date02/04/1988

Age33 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

11 Piazon2090

Lucas Piazon

Brazil

B.date20/01/1994

Age27 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

21 Horta85

Ricardo Horta

Portugal

B.date15/09/1994

Age26 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

90 Galeno

Galeno

Brazil

B.date21/10/1997

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9 Ruiz87

Abel Ruiz

Spain

B.date28/01/2000

Age21 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Matheus		29	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	Raúl Silva		31	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Sequeira		30	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Vitor Tormena		25	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
47	D	Ricardo Esgaio	35	28	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	El Motassem Al Musrati	7667	25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
88	M	André Castro	71	33	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Lucas Piazon	2090	27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Ricardo Horta	85	26	232	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
90	M	Galeno		23	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Abel Ruiz	87	21	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

104

Benfica

77 Helton Leite17

Helton Leite

Brazil

B.date02/11/1990

Age30 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

91 Morato82

Morato

Brazil

B.date30/06/2001

Age19 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

30 Otamendi90

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

B.date12/02/1988

Age33 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

5 Vertonghen

Jan Vertonghen

Belgium

B.date24/04/1987

Age34 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

3 Grimaldo

Alejandro Grimaldo

Spain

B.date15/09/1995

Age25 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

28 Weigl

Julian Weigl

Germany

B.date08/09/1995

Age25 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

21 Pizzi21

Pizzi

Portugal

B.date06/10/1989

Age31 years

H1m72

positionCentre Midfield

49 Taarabt90

Adel Taarabt

Morocco

B.date24/05/1989

Age31 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

7 Everton57

Everton

Brazil

B.date22/03/1996

Age25 years

H1m74

positionForward

17 Goncalves57

Diogo Goncalves

Portugal

B.date06/02/1997

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft Winger

14 Seferovic57

Haris Seferovic

Switzerland

B.date22/02/1992

Age29 years

H1m89

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
77	G	Helton Leite	17	30	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
91	D	Morato	82	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Nicolás Otamendi	90	33	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jan Vertonghen		34	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Alejandro Grimaldo		25	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Julian Weigl		25	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Pizzi	21	31	329	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
49	M	Adel Taarabt	90	31	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Everton	57	25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Diogo Goncalves	57	24	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Haris Seferovic	57	29	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Tiago Sá		26
86	D	Bruno Rodrigues		19
26	D	Cristian Borja		28
15	M	André Horta	76	24	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	João Novais	7182	27	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Andraz Sporar	87	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Rui Fonte		31

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
99	G	Odisseas Vlachodimos	21	27	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Jardel		35
71	D	Nuno Tavares	5788	21	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Gabriel Pires		27
19	M	Chiquinho	82	25	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Darwin Núñez	57	21	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Rafa Silva	5785	28	182	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Abel Ruiz

Andraz Sporar

OUT

Matheus

Tiago Sá

OUT

André Castro

André Horta

OUT

Vitor Tormena

Cristian Borja

OUT

Ricardo Esgaio

Zé Carlos

OUT

Raúl Silva

Bruno Rodrigues

OUT

Galeno

Guilherme Soares

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Helton Leite

Odisseas Vlachodimos

OUT

Alejandro Grimaldo

Gilberto

OUT

Pizzi

Gabriel Pires

OUT

Jan Vertonghen

Lucas Verissimo

OUT

Everton

Pedrinho

OUT

Diogo Goncalves

Darwin Núñez

OUT

Julian Weigl

Nuno Tavares

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Carlos Carvalhal

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Carvalhal vs Benfica

5 victories

6 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on May 23, 2021

Carvalhal vs Jesus

3 victories

5 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on May 23, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Jesus

374

Success rate in this team:

69 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Jesus vs Braga

18 victories

11 draws

18 losses

Latest figure on May 23, 2021

Jesus vs Carvalhal

5 victories

5 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on May 23, 2021

Videos

Comments

Key figures

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

It's the first time Ricardo Horta scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Braga keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Benfica in Taça de Portugal running (since 18/12/2014). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 12 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

DFC Porto 2-2 Braga22/05/2016

LBenfica 3-0 Braga07/08/2016

LBraga 0-1 Moreirense29/01/2017

VBraga 2-1 Benfica20/01/2021

LSporting CP 1-0 Braga23/01/2021

VBraga 2-1 Santa Clara29/01/2021

Overall

LBraga 0-1 Sporting CP25/04/2021

LMaritimo Funchal 1-0 Braga29/04/2021

DBraga 1-1 Paços de Ferreira05/05/2021

DGil Vicente 1-1 Braga09/05/2021

VBraga 2-1 Moreirense14/05/2021

DPortimonense 0-0 Braga19/05/2021

Current form

Neutral ground

DFamalicão 1-1 Benfica11/02/2020

LBenfica 1-2 FC Porto01/08/2020

LFC Porto 2-0 Benfica23/12/2020

LBraga 2-1 Benfica20/01/2021

DBenfica 1-1 Arsenal18/02/2021

LArsenal 3-2 Benfica25/02/2021

Overall

VBenfica 2-1 Santa Clara26/04/2021

VTondela 0-2 Benfica30/04/2021

DBenfica 1-1 FC Porto06/05/2021

VNacional Madeira 1-3 Benfica11/05/2021

VBenfica 4-3 Sporting CP15/05/2021

VVitória Guimarães 1-3 Benfica19/05/2021

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	0
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	0	3
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	7
Winless streak	6	0
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	3	16
Conceding streak	6	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

45	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	27
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Results

6	Number of games (Competition total)	6
5	Victories (Competition total)	6
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

20	Goals scored (Competition total)	18
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
3.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
0.83	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.17

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	8
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Abel Ruiz	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Haris Seferovic
Ricardo Horta	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
João Novais	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
João Novais	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Adel Taarabt
Galeno	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Abel Ruiz	7 goals, 2 assists during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 5 matches	Haris Seferovic

Historical head to head

Home

64 matches

14 v

16 d

34 l

59 gf

105 ga

Away

66 matches

3 v

13 d

50 l

40 gf

177 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

132 matches

18 v

29 d

85 l

101 gf

286 ga

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

50 v

13 d

3 l

177 gf

40 ga

Away

64 matches

34 v

16 d

14 l

105 gf

59 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

2 ga

Total

132 matches

85 v

29 d

18 l

286 gf

101 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 20, 1966
Neutral ground	2 - 1	January 20, 2021

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 0	June 27, 1965
Neutral ground	3 - 0	August 07, 2016

Latest head to head

March 21, 2021 - Liga NOS 2020/2021

Braga

0 - 2

Benfica

January 20, 2021 - Allianz Cup 2020/2021

Braga

2 - 1

Benfica

November 08, 2020 - Liga NOS 2020/2021

Benfica

2 - 3

Braga

February 15, 2020 - Liga NOS 2019/2020

Benfica

0 - 1

Braga

December 18, 2019 - Taça de Portugal 2019/2020

Benfica

2 - 1

Braga

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Toni Duarte	3 goals	1997 - 1999
Odair	3 goals	1998 - 2000
Francisco Moura	2 goals	2020 - 2020
J. M. Bevacqua	2 goals	2005 - 2005
Hugo Viana	2 goals	2009 - 2011
Luis Filipe	2 goals	2001 - 2001

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 Braga

Eusebio	23 goals	1964 - 1970
Pizzi	10 goals	2016 - 2021
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.

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
Ricardo Esgaio	11 matches	2017 - 2021

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
Pizzi	18 matches	2014 - 2021
Nuno Gomes	18 matches	1997 - 2009
Maxi Pereira	17 matches	2007 - 2015
Nicolás Gaitán	16 matches	2010 - 2016
Fernando Cruz	16 matches	1960 - 1969