Down To Ten
Benfica
Benfica played the closing 55 minutes a man down after a 35′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 35′
- Player
- Clément Lenglet
Primeira Liga · Matchday 7
FC Porto
G. Veiga 31'
V. Froholdt 54'
Hwang In-Beom 60'
3 – 1
FT
HT 1–0
Benfica
A. Bah 51'
Primeira Liga
Matchday 7FC Porto3–1Benfica
1.30
Expected goals
0.84
31′35′51′54′60′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: POR 1.30, BEN 0.84.
Match report
FC Porto 3-1 Benfica
FC Porto saw off Benfica 3-1 at Estádio do Dragão in Primeira Liga. Veiga opened the scoring for FC Porto on 31', Bah levelled for Benfica on 51', Froholdt put FC Porto back in front on 54' and In-Beom made it 3-1 to FC Porto on 60'.
Expected goals finished FC Porto 1.30, Benfica 0.84. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Benfica held 55.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Lenglet was sent off on 35', leaving Benfica 55 minutes to play a man short.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. FC Porto graded out for clinical edge — 3 goals and 1.30 expected goals. FC Porto graded out for cynical press — 17 fouls and 3 yellow cards.
Pablo Rosario came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.6 for FC Porto from 1 key pass, 2 shots and 3 tackles.
It was a niggly afternoon: 29 fouls between them and 8 yellow cards, with FC Porto conceding the most free-kicks (17).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
45%Possession55%
20Shots12
1.30xG0.84
What the numbers say
3 readsClinical Edge
FC Porto
FC Porto finished well above what their chances were worth — 3 goals from 1.30 xG.
- Goals
- 3
- Expected goals
- 1.30
- Overperformance
- +1.70
Cynical Press
FC Porto
FC Porto broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 17 fouls and 3 bookings.
- Fouls
- 17
- Yellow cards
- 3
Timeline
Gabri Veiga
Foul
🟨5'
🟨25'
Clément Lenglet
Foul
G. Veiga — assist: Pepe
⚽31'
🟨34'
Gianluca Prestianni
Argument
🟨35'
Clément Lenglet
Foul
🟥35'
Clément Lenglet
Foul
Hwang In-Beom ↑ G. Veiga ↓
🔄38'
🔄38'
A. Circati ↑ G. Sudakov ↓
Half-time
⚽51'
A. Bah — assist: G. Prestianni
V. Froholdt — assist: Andre Silva
⚽54'
Hwang In-Beom — assist: Andre Silva
⚽60'
F. Moura ↑ M. Fernandes ↓
🔄69'
B. Sainz ↑ William Gomes ↓
🔄69'
🔄74'
L. Barreiro ↑ F. Aursnes ↓
🔄74'
D. Lukebakio ↑ Rafa Silva ↓
🔄74'
A. Schjelderup ↑ G. Prestianni ↓
Hwang In-beom
Foul
🟨80'
Samu ↑ Andre Silva ↓
🔄85'
O. Pietuszewski ↑ Pepê ↓
🔄85'
🔄85'
S. El Karouani ↑ S. Dahl ↓
Oskar Pietuszewski
Argument
🟨90+2'
🟨90+3'
Alexander Bah
Argument
🟨90+3'
Tomás Araújo
Argument
Match info
Kickoff
VenueEstádio do Dragão, Porto
RefereeMiguel Nogueira, Portugal
CompetitionPrimeira Liga
Season2026
RoundMatchday 7
StatusMatch Finished