Arouca 0-3 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Tuesday 31 January 2023
Result
Arouca 0-3 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Tuesday 31 January 2023, 21:15 UTC · half-time 0-1
Arouca 0-3 Benfica: match report
Arouca were beaten by Benfica 0-3 in Liga Portugal on Tuesday 31 January 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.
João Mário opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Arouca did not score. Benfica scored through João Mário (25'), João Mário (54') and Petar Musa (80').
Discipline: Arouca received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Arouca were 7th on 26 points from 17 and Benfica 1st on 47 points from 18. Arouca went on to finish that season 5th with 54 points, and Benfica 1st with 87.
Arouca lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to João Mário of Benfica (8.9), ahead of Fredrik Aursnes (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Arouca wins, 0 draws and 3 for Benfica.
Going into the match Arouca's last five read W-D-W-L-L and Benfica's W-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 25'Goal · João Mário
- 46'Yellow card · Jerome Opoku
- 49'Yellow card · António Silva
- 54'Goal · João Mário
- 73'Yellow card · Ismaila Soro
- 76'Yellow card · Alan Ruiz
- 80'Goal · Petar Musa
Head-to-head
Team news
Arouca line-up (4-3-3)
Ignacio de Arruabarrena, Bogdan Milovanov, Basso, Jerome Opoku, Quaresma, Morlaye Sylla, Bruno Pinto, Ismaila Soro, Alan Ruiz, Benji Michel, Antony
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Alexander Bah, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Alejandro Grimaldo, Florentino, Chiquinho, João Mário, David Neres, Fredrik Aursnes, Gonçalo Guedes