Primeira Liga WON 1–2
Mon, Oct 26 · 19:45
Santa Clara Home
VS
Benfica Away
Santa Clara vs Benfica — Primeira Liga
Tipster's pick Benfica to Win
Confidence High
Odds 1.38 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Benfica Aim to Overpower Santa Clara Defense

Benfica arrive with four wins in their last five league outings while Santa Clara have collected three wins one draw and one loss across the same span. Benfica average three goals a game this season and have posted three or more goals in seven of their eight fixtures. Santa Clara keep a clean sheet in five of their eight matches and concede just 0.5 goals per home game yet Benfica score 3.8 goals on their travels. The head to head record shows Benfica claiming nine wins in the last ten meetings between these sides. Santa Clara have scored 1.5 goals a game at home but Benfica have found the net in every league match so far. Benfica will look to use their attacking numbers to stretch a Santa Clara back line that has stayed compact in recent home games.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate
Result
1–2 WON

Our pick “Benfica to Win” at odds 1.38 won — final score 1–2.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Alexander Bah 8'
  3. Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva 10'
  4. Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira Penalty 32'
  5. Emanuel Moreira 36'
  6. Pedro Pacheco 40'
  7. Andreas Schjelderup ↓ Heorhii Sudakov 45'
  8. Dodi Lukebakio ↓ Rafa Silva 45'
  9. Second half
  10. Vangelis Pavlidis 59'
  11. Vangelis Pavlidis assist Gianluca Prestianni 62'
  12. Welinton Torrão ↓ Brenner Lucas Goncalves Santos 67'
  13. Gianluca Prestianni 68'
  14. Fredrik Aursnes 74'
  15. Joao Vasconcelos ↓ Dani Borges 75'
  16. Alessandro Circati ↓ Tomás Araújo 82'
  17. Jhon Durán ↓ Vangelis Pavlidis 82'
  18. Léo Jacó ↓ Lucas Soares 85'
  19. Vitor Hugo Amorim de Assis ↓ Pedro Ferreira 85'
  20. Samuel Dahl 88'
  21. Jhon Durán 89'
  22. Guilherme Romão 90'
  23. Manuel Silva ↓ Gianluca Prestianni 90+2'
  24. Joao Vasconcelos 90+3'
  25. Jhon Durán 90+6'
This season
Santa Clara Benfica
Over 2.5 goals 38% 88%
Clean sheet 63% 50%
Failed to score 13% 0%
Scored per game 1.5 3.0
Conceded per game 0.5 0.9
Scored home / away 1.8 / 1.3 2.3 / 3.8

Across 8 and 8 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 FCP FC Porto 8 8 0 0 24
2 BEN Benfica ▲ 8 6 1 1 19
3 SPO Sporting CP 8 5 3 0 18
4 SAN Santa Clara ▲ 8 5 3 0 18
5 ARO Arouca 8 4 2 2 14
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Santa Clara WWDWL
W vs Rio Ave 4–0 Sep 6
W @ Arouca 2–1 Sep 13
D vs SC Braga 0–0 Sep 20
W @ Casa Pia 1–0 Oct 10
L @ Mafra 2–3 Oct 18
Benfica WLWWW
W @ AC Milan 2–0 Sep 16
L @ FC Porto 1–3 Sep 20
W vs Vitória SC 2–0 Oct 11
W vs Celtic 4–1 Oct 15
W @ Omonia Nicosia 4–1 Oct 22
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Santa Clara
Scored 1.8 avg
4 2 0 1 2
Conceded 0.8 avg
0 1 0 0 3
Benfica
Scored 2.6 avg
2 1 2 4 4
Conceded 1.0 avg
0 3 0 1 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
0 Santa Clara
1 Draws
9 Benfica
Feb 2026 Santa Clara 1–2 Benfica Benfica
Sep 2025 Benfica 1–1 Santa Clara Draw
Feb 2025 Santa Clara 0–1 Benfica Benfica
Oct 2024 Benfica 3–0 Santa Clara Benfica
Sep 2024 Benfica 4–1 Santa Clara Benfica

Over 2.5 goals in 8 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Santa Clara 4-3-3
  • 1 Lucas França G
  • 42 Lucas Soares D
  • 4 Pedro Pacheco D
  • 21 Emanuel Fernandes D
  • 5 Guilherme Romão D
  • 20 Tiago Ribeiro M
  • 6 Pedro Ferreira M
  • 41 Daniel Borges M
  • 10 Brenner Lucas Gonçalves Santos F
  • 70 Vinícius Lopes F
  • 7 Luis Fernando Santos Oliveira F
Bench João Vasconcelos, Sorriso, Ythallo, Tiago Ribeiro Duarte, F. Medeiros, Welinton Torrão, Neneca, Léo Jacó, Vitinho, Henrique Silva, A. Duarte, Seydou Fofana

Petit

Benfica 4-2-3-1
  • 24 Samuel Soares G
  • 6 A. Bah D
  • 44 Tomás Araújo D
  • 2 C. Lenglet D
  • 26 S. Dahl D
  • 36 João Palhinha M
  • 8 F. Aursnes M
  • 27 Rafa M
  • 10 H. Sudakov M
  • 25 G. Prestianni M
  • 14 V. Pavlidis F
Bench J. Durán, C. Echeverri, Tiago Freitas, S. El Karouani, A. Cabral, J. Neto, D. Lukebakio, A. Schjelderup, Manu, A. Trubin, Gabriel Indio, A. Circati

Marco Silva