Benfica 5-0 Arouca: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 25 October 2025
Result
Benfica 5-0 Arouca
Liga Portugal · Saturday 25 October 2025, 19:30 UTC · half-time 3-0
Benfica 5-0 Arouca: match report
Benfica won against Arouca 5-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 25 October 2025. The half-time score was 3-0.
Vangelis Pavlidis opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Benfica's goals came from Vangelis Pavlidis (9', penalty), Vangelis Pavlidis (22', penalty), Nicolás Otamendi (45+6'), Vangelis Pavlidis (50') and Franjo Ivanović (90+3', penalty). Arouca did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Arouca received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 4th on 18 points from 8 and Arouca 12th on 9 points from 8. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 80 points, and Arouca 9th with 42.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arouca in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Vangelis Pavlidis of Benfica (8.9), ahead of Nicolás Otamendi (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 0 for Arouca.
Key events
- 9'Penalty goal · Vangelis Pavlidis
- 22'Penalty goal · Vangelis Pavlidis
- 43'Yellow card · Tiago Esgaio
- 45+6'Goal · Nicolás Otamendi
- 50'Goal · Vangelis Pavlidis
- 59'Yellow card · Dodi Lukébakio
- 62'Yellow card · Gianluca Prestianni
- 82'Yellow card · Omar Fayed
- 90+3'Penalty goal · Franjo Ivanović
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anatoliy Trubin, Fredrik Aursnes, Tomás Araújo, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Richard Ríos, Enzo Barrenechea, Dodi Lukébakio, Georgiy Sudakov, Gianluca Prestianni, Vangelis Pavlidis
Arouca line-up (4-2-3-1)
João Valido, Tiago Esgaio, Omar Fayed, José Fontán, Arnau Solà, Bruno Pinto, Espen van Ee, Alfonso Trezza, Pablo Gozálbez, Miguel Puche, Iván Barbero