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Benfica 3-2 Braga - January 10, 2024 / Taça de Portugal 2023/2024

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Taça de Portugal 2023/2024 - Round of 16

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

January 10, 2024

56 018

Benfica

3 - 2

Braga

Assist by Orkun Kökcü (right foot) Rafa Silva

42'

Assist by Morato (left foot) Arthur Cabral

44'

Assist by Arthur Cabral (right foot) Fredrik Aursnes

70'

Rodri Zalazar (right foot) Assist by Rony Lopes

48'

Rodri Zalazar (right foot)

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7' - Goal Rodri Zalazar

41' - Yellow card Morato41

42' - Goal Rafa Silva42

44' - Goal Arthur Cabral44

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48' - Goal Rodri Zalazar

56' - Substitution Rony Lopesis substituted by Alvaro Djalo

58' - Yellow card Vitor Carvalho

60' - Yellow card Ángel Di María60

70' - Goal Fredrik Aursnes70

72' - Substitution João Máriois substituted by Florentino72

72' - Yellow card Paulo Oliveira

75' - Substitution Víctor Gómezis substituted by Josafat Mendes photo Roger Fernandes

75' - Substitution Vitor Carvalhois substituted by Roger Fernandes

87' - Substitution Cristian Borjais substituted by Pizzi photo André Horta

87' - Substitution Rodri Zalazaris substituted by André Horta

89' - Substitution Ángel Di Maríais substituted by Tiago Gouveia photo Petar Musa

89' - Substitution Arthur Cabralis substituted by Petar Musa89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

3 - 2

Braga

Benfica Braga

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Cabral4489

Arthur Cabral

Brazil

B.date25/04/1998

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentre forward

27Rafa Silva42

Rafa Silva

Portugal

B.date17/05/1993

Age30 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

20João Mário72

João Mário

Portugal

B.date19/01/1993

Age30 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

87Neves

João Neves

Portugal

B.date27/09/2004

Age19 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

10Kökcü

Orkun Kökcü

Turkey

B.date29/12/2000

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

11Di María8960

Ángel Di María

Argentina

B.date14/02/1988

Age35 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

5Morato41

Morato

Brazil

B.date30/06/2001

Age22 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

4A. Silva

Antonio Silva

Portugal

B.date30/10/2003

Age20 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

30Otamendi

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

B.date12/02/1988

Age35 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

8Aursnes70

Fredrik Aursnes

Norway

B.date10/12/1995

Age28 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

1Trubin

Anatoliy Trubin

Ukraine

B.date01/08/2001

Age22 years

H1m100

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Anatoliy Trubin		22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Morato	41	22	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Nicolás Otamendi		35	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Antonio Silva		20	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Fredrik Aursnes	70	28	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	João Mário	72	30	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Orkun Kökcü		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ángel Di María	8960	35	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
87	M	João Neves		19	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Arthur Cabral	4489	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Rafa Silva	42	30	302	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Braga

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Ruiz

Abel Ruiz

Spain

B.date28/01/2000

Age23 years

H1m82

positionStriker

16Zalazar74887

Rodri Zalazar

Uruguay

B.date12/08/1999

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

21R. Horta

Ricardo Horta

Portugal

B.date15/09/1994

Age29 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

18Vitor Carvalho7558

Vitor Carvalho

Brazil

B.date27/05/1997

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

28Moutinho

João Moutinho

Portugal

B.date08/09/1986

Age37 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

20Lopes56

Rony Lopes

Portugal

B.date28/12/1995

Age28 years

H1m74

positionPlaymaker

26Borja87

Cristian Borja

Colombia

B.date18/02/1993

Age30 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

5Saatci

Serdar Saatci

Turkey

B.date14/02/2003

Age20 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

15Oliveira72

Paulo Oliveira

Portugal

B.date08/01/1992

Age32 years

H1m87

positionRight central defender

2Gómez75

Víctor Gómez

Spain

B.date01/04/2000

Age23 years

H1m66

positionRight full-back

91Hornicek

Lukas Hornicek

Czech Republic

B.date13/07/2002

Age21 years

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
91	G	Lukas Hornicek		21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Serdar Saatci		20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Paulo Oliveira	72	32	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Víctor Gómez	75	23	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Cristian Borja	87	30	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Rodri Zalazar	74887	24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Vitor Carvalho	7558	26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	João Moutinho		37	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Rony Lopes	56	28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Ricardo Horta		29	355	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Abel Ruiz		23	168	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
24	G	Samuel Soares		21
44	D	Tomás Araújo		21
13	D	David Jurasek		23
61	M	Florentino	72	24	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Chiquinho		28
17	M	Gonçalo Guedes		27
33	F	Petar Musa	89	25	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
47	F	Tiago Gouveia	89	22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	F	Marcos Leonardo		20

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Matheus		31
6	D	José Fonte		40
17	D	Josafat Mendes	75	21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Adrián Marín		27
22	M	Pizzi	87	34	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	André Horta	87	27	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
88	M	André Castro		35
14	F	Alvaro Djalo	56	24	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Roger Fernandes	75	18	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lukas Hornicek

Matheus

OUT

Paulo Oliveira

José Fonte

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roger Schmidt

Success rate in this team:

73 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

59 %

Schmidt vs Braga

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 10, 2024

Schmidt vs Artur Jorge

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 10, 2024

Manager

Age

Match num

Artur Jorge

Success rate in this team:

63 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Artur Jorge vs Benfica

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 10, 2024

Artur Jorge vs Schmidt

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on January 10, 2024

Referee

Miguel Nuno Almeida

31 victories	2 draws	3 losses	Benfica36 matches	General total	Braga38 matches	21 victories	4 draws	13 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Braga1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 10, 2024					Latest figure on January 10, 2024

Videos

January 23, 2024

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Rafa Silva scores 1 goal vs Braga in Taça de Portugal

It's the first time Rafa Silva scores a goal vs Braga in his professional career since the 06/05/2023 (with Benfica vs Braga )

Abel Ruiz played his game number 10 vs Benfica in his professional career

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 2-1 Sporting CP12/11/2023

VBenfica 2-0 Famalicão25/11/2023

DBenfica 3-3 Inter Milan29/11/2023

DBenfica 1-1 Farense08/12/2023

VBenfica 4-1 AVS Vila das Aves21/12/2023

VBenfica 3-0 Famalicão29/12/2023

Overall

DBenfica 1-1 Farense08/12/2023

VRed Bull Salzburg 1-3 Benfica12/12/2023

VBraga 0-1 Benfica17/12/2023

VBenfica 4-1 AVS Vila das Aves21/12/2023

VBenfica 3-0 Famalicão29/12/2023

VArouca 0-3 Benfica06/01/2024

Current form

Away

VArouca 0-1 Braga12/11/2023

VPortimonense 1-4 Braga25/11/2023

VVizela 1-3 Braga08/12/2023

LNapoli 2-0 Braga12/12/2023

VNacional Madeira 1-3 Braga22/12/2023

VCasa Pia 1-3 Braga30/12/2023

Overall

VVizela 1-3 Braga08/12/2023

LNapoli 2-0 Braga12/12/2023

LBraga 0-1 Benfica17/12/2023

VNacional Madeira 1-3 Braga22/12/2023

VCasa Pia 1-3 Braga30/12/2023

DBraga 1-1 Vitória Guimarães06/01/2024

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	7	10
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	7	6
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	7	0
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	5	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

13	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	36
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	2
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)	6
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
2	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)	0.5

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)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
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
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (1 times)

Bookings

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

Key players

Rafa Silva	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Rony Lopes
Rafa Silva	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Rony Lopes
Fredrik Aursnes	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	João Moutinho
João Mário	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	João Moutinho
João Mário	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last match	Ricardo Horta

Historical head to head

Home

68 matches

52 v

13 d

3 l

184 gf

41 ga

Away

67 matches

35 v

17 d

15 l

108 gf

64 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

4 gf

4 ga

Total

138 matches

88 v

30 d

20 l

296 gf

109 ga

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

15 v

17 d

35 l

64 gf

108 ga

Away

68 matches

3 v

13 d

52 l

41 gf

184 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

4 ga

Total

138 matches

20 v

30 d

88 l

109 gf

296 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 20, 1966
Away	3 - 2	November 08, 2020

Latest head to head

December 17, 2023 - Liga Portugal Bwin 2023/2024

Braga

0 - 1

Benfica

May 06, 2023 - Liga Portugal Bwin 2022/2023

Benfica

1 - 0

Braga

February 09, 2023 - Taça de Portugal Placard 2022/2023

Braga

1 - 1

Benfica

December 30, 2022 - Liga Portugal Bwin 2022/2023

Braga

3 - 0

Benfica

April 01, 2022 - Liga Portugal Bwin 2021/2022

Braga

3 - 2

Benfica

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
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

Ricardo Horta	4 goals	2021 - 2022
Odair	3 goals	1998 - 2000
Toni	3 goals	1997 - 1999
Francisco Moura	2 goals	2020 - 2020
Abel Ruiz	2 goals	2021 - 2022
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
Pizzi	20 matches	2014 - 2021
Nuno Gomes	18 matches	1997 - 2009
Maxi Pereira	17 matches	2007 - 2015
Alejandro Grimaldo	17 matches	2016 - 2023
Nicolás Gaitán	16 matches	2010 - 2016

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
Ricardo Horta	18 matches	2016 - 2023
Matheus	18 matches	2014 - 2023
Quim	15 matches	1998 - 2013
Castanheira	13 matches	1998 - 2007
Márcio Mossoró	12 matches	2009 - 2013