Primeira Liga / 8 February 2026

Benfica 2-1 Alverca

Primeira Liga / Matchday 21

2-1

Match Finished

Sun 8 Feb 2026 / 20:30 PT / Estádio da Luz

Was the result deserved?

The goals each side scored, next to the quality of the chances they created.

Benfica2 scored / 1.82 expected

Alverca1 scored / 1.14 expected

Benfica created the better chances and took them.

What is expected goals? Every chance is worth a fraction of a goal depending on how good it was. Added up, it describes the quality of what each side created - not what the score should have been.

How the match unfolded

Benfica above the line, Alverca below. Goals are filled circles, cards are squares, substitutions are small dots.

What happened, minute by minute

Kick-off, every goal and card, half-time and full time with the score at each, in the order they happened. Benfica on the left edge, Alverca on the right.

Kick-off
🟨
Lincoln
Yellow Card
8'
⚽
A. Schjelderup
Normal Goal
16'
🟨
S. Lopes Cabral
Yellow Card
23'
⚽
Figueiredo
Normal Goal / assist M. Milovanović
30'
🟨
Matheus Mendes
Yellow Card
39'
Half-time1–1
⇄
OnFabrício Garcia
OffChiquinho
46'
●
V. Pavlidis
Goal cancelled
63'
🟨
G. Prestianni
Yellow Card
66'
⇄
OnRhaldney
OffLincoln
71'
⇄
OnH. Sudakov
OffS. Lopes Cabral
73'
⇄
OnC. Nuozzi
OffFigueiredo
81'
⇄
OnM. Clairicia
OffM. Milovanović
81'
⇄
OnBruma
OffG. Prestianni
85'
⇄
OnA. Cabral
OffA. Schjelderup
85'
⚽
A. Cabral
Normal Goal / assist S. Dahl
86'
⇄
OnAntónio Silva
OffV. Pavlidis
88'
⇄
OnE. Barrenechea
OffRafa
88'
⇄
OnI. James
OffB. Meupiyou
88'
🟨
Tomás Araújo
Yellow Card
90'
Full-time2–1