Benfica 2-0 Arouca: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 14 August 2021
Result
Benfica 2-0 Arouca
Liga Portugal · Saturday 14 August 2021, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Benfica 2-0 Arouca: match report
Benfica defeated Arouca 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 14 August 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Luca Waldschmidt opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Benfica's goals came from Luca Waldschmidt (38') and Roman Yaremchuk (43'). Arouca did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Arouca received no yellow cards and 1 red card.
Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Arouca 15th with 31.
Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arouca in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Roman Yaremchuk of Benfica (8.3), ahead of Nicolás Otamendi (7.7).
Key events
- 8'Red card · Victor Braga
- 38'Goal · Luca Waldschmidt
- 43'Goal · Roman Yaremchuk
- 85'Yellow card · Morato
- 86'Yellow card · Morato
Team news
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Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Gilberto, Nicolás Otamendi, Morato, Gil Dias, Pizzi, João Mário, Soualiho Meïté, Everton, Roman Yaremchuk, Luca Waldschmidt
Arouca line-up (4-3-3)
Victor Braga, Thales Oleques, Basso, Sema Velázquez, Quaresma, Eugeni, Leandro Silva, Pedro Moreira, André Bukia, André Silva, Arsénio