Primeira Liga Primeira Liga
Regular Season - 9• 26 Oct 2026

Santa Clara 1–2 Benfica

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Match Recap

Santa Clara led at the break, but Benfica didn't need long to flip the script. Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira put the home side ahead on 32 minutes, and that lead held all the way into the second half before Vangelis Pavlidis leveled things on 62 and Gianluca Prestianni finished the turnaround six minutes later, sending Benfica to a 2-1 comeback win in the Primeira Liga. The result tightens the table at the top: Benfica move to 19 points and second place with four wins from five, while Santa Clara, fourth on 18, will feel this one slipping through their fingers after holding the advantage for half the match. It also extends Benfica's edge in this fixture, having already beaten Santa Clara in their only previous meeting. With L. Suárez still the league's top scorer on 29 goals, neither Pavlidis nor Prestianni threatens that mark yet, but both proved their nerve when it mattered. Watch how Prestianni's 68th-minute strike, the decisive blow in a match Santa Clara led for over half an hour, sealed the comeback in the highlights below.

Match Statistics

Santa Clara
VS
Benfica
38% Ball Possession 62%
1.6 Expected goals (xG) 1.83
13 Total Shots 16
6 Shots on target 3
6 Shots off target 7
1 Blocked Shots 6
5 Shots inside box 7
8 Shots outside box 9
2 Corner Kicks 3
0 Offsides 3
17 Fouls 13
4 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 1
2 Goalkeeper Saves 5
306 Total passes 483
221 Accurate passes 391
11 Free Kicks 17

Lineups

Santa Clara
Petit 4-3-3
VS
Benfica
Marco Silva 4-2-3-1

Substitutes — Santa Clara

17João Vasconcelos 99Sorriso 19Ythallo 80Tiago Ribeiro Duarte 25F. Medeiros 11Welinton Torrão 12Neneca 73Léo Jacó 22Vitinho 3Henrique Silva 18A. Duarte 81Seydou Fofana

Substitutes — Benfica

22J. Durán 30C. Echeverri 88Tiago Freitas 34S. El Karouani 72A. Cabral 62J. Neto 11D. Lukebakio 21A. Schjelderup 16Manu 1A. Trubin 33Gabriel Indio 3A. Circati