Santa Clara 1-1 Benfica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Monday 4 January 2021

Result

Santa Clara 1-1 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Monday 4 January 2021, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Santa Clara 1-1 Benfica: match report

Santa Clara drew with Benfica 1-1 in Liga Portugal on Monday 4 January 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Darwin Núñez opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Santa Clara's goal came from Fábio Cardoso (60'). Benfica scored through Darwin Núñez (33').

Discipline: Santa Clara received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Santa Clara were 9th on 13 points from 11 and Benfica 3rd on 27 points from 11. Santa Clara went on to finish that season 6th with 46 points, and Benfica 3rd with 76.

Santa Clara lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Fábio Cardoso of Santa Clara (7.5), level with João Afonso (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Santa Clara win, 0 draws and 3 for Benfica.

Going into the match Santa Clara's last five read L-L-W-L-L and Benfica's W-W-W-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Pierre SagnaSanta Clara
  • 29'Yellow card · FerroBenfica
  • 33'Goal · Darwin NúñezBenfica · 0-1
  • 60'Goal · Fábio CardosoSanta Clara · 1-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Fábio CardosoSanta Clara
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Osama RashidSanta Clara

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Santa Clara 1, draws 0, Benfica 3.

Team news

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Santa Clara line-up (4-2-3-1)

Marco Pereira, Pierre Sagna, Fábio Cardoso, João Afonso, Mikel Villanueva, Nené, Anderson Carvalho, Jean Patric, Lincoln, Diogo Salomão, Cryzan

Benfica line-up (4-4-2)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, Gilberto, Ferro, Jan Vertonghen, Alejandro Grimaldo, Rafa Silva, Julian Weigl, Adel Taarabt, Everton, Luca Waldschmidt, Darwin Núñez