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Benfica — GIL Vicente: 3:1, Primeira Liga

Primeira Liga
Benfica W31 Aug · Home Estoril · 2:1W5 Sep · Away Marítimo · 3:0W9 Sep · Away Moreirense · 4:0W13 Sep · Home GIL Vicente · 3:1W16 Sep · Away AC Milan · 2:0L20 Sep · Away FC Porto · 1:3
3:1
Finished

Kick-off was BST

GIL Vicente W9 Aug · Home Rio Ave FC · 1:0W24 Aug · Home Casa Pia AC · 2:0D30 Aug · Away Famalicao · 0:0L6 Sep · Home Académico Viseu · 0:1L13 Sep · Away Benfica · 1:3D19 Sep · Home Marítimo · 1:1
Venue: Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica City: Lisbon

In the Primeira Liga game on 13 September 2026, Benfica beat GIL Vicente 3:1. Match numbers: shots on target 5:2, corners 14:0.

Match report

Benfica secured a 3-1 victory over Gil Vicente at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The hosts moved up to 2nd place in the Primeira Liga standings. It was a routine affair for the major side, despite a brief interruption from the visitors.

Hector Hernandez opened the scoring in the 7th minute. I still recall the tension around the 20th minute when the visitors threatened. By then, the home side had already established its rhythm on the pitch. He picked up a yellow card shortly after, but the momentum remained firmly with Benfica.

Gil Vicente responded through Vangelis Pavlidis in the 29th minute. And here's the thing, the striker would eventually add a 2nd penalty later in the game. To be fair, the visitors created enough to stay in the contest until the break.

We had called this outcome before kickoff. We gave a home win with 54% confidence and the prediction came true. The disparity in quality showed through in the possession stats.

Benfica pulled away after the interval with a late strike from Gianluca Prestianni. The goal came in the 90+3' minute, effectively sealing the points. Things came to a head as substitutions shuffled the deck for both sides.

The statistics highlighted the gap between the teams. Benfica registered 5 shots on target while Gil Vicente managed only 2. The hosts camped in the final third for much of the 90 minutes, generating an expected goals figure of 2.9. They converted their dominance into a comfortable margin.

The win leaves Benfica 5 points off the leaders. Gil Vicente sit 9th with 7 points from 5 matches. The visitors will need to find consistency to climb the table.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 64 – 36
Shots on target 5 – 2
Shots off target 8 – 2
Expected goals 2.90 – 1.11

Match events

  1. 7' 0:1 GIL Vicente Goal Hector Hernandez assist: Gil Pinto Martins
  2. 12' 0:1 Benfica Yellow card Enzo Barrenechea
  3. 26' 0:1 GIL Vicente Yellow card Hector Hernandez
  4. 29' 1:1 Benfica Goal Vangelis Pavlidis
  5. 56' 1:1 GIL Vicente Substitution Agustín Moreira off: Santiago García González
  6. 56' 1:1 GIL Vicente Substitution Hector Hernandez off: Mohamed Kaba
  7. 58' 1:1 Benfica Substitution Leandro Barreiro off: Fredrik Aursnes
  8. 58' 1:1 Benfica Substitution Enzo Barrenechea off: João Palhinha
  9. 63' 1:1 Benfica Yellow card João Palhinha
  10. 70' 1:1 GIL Vicente Yellow card Lucão
  11. 72' 1:1 Benfica Substitution Andreas Schjelderup off: Claudio Echeverri
  12. 72' 1:1 Benfica Substitution Rafa Silva off: Dodi Lukebakio
  13. 81' 1:1 GIL Vicente Substitution David Moreira off: José Silva
  14. 81' 1:1 GIL Vicente Substitution Gil Pinto Martins off: Tidjany Chabrol Toure
  15. 81' 1:1 Benfica Substitution Daniel Banjaqui off: Jhon Durán
  16. 87' 2:1 Benfica Penalty Vangelis Pavlidis
  17. 88' 2:1 GIL Vicente Substitution Marvin Elimbi Gilbert off: Antonio Espigares
  18. 90+3' 3:1 Benfica Goal Gianluca Prestianni assist: Claudio Echeverri
  19. 90+5' 3:1 GIL Vicente Yellow card Ricardo Esgaio

Statistics

64 Possession, % 36
5 Shots on target 2
8 Shots off target 2
2.90 Expected goals 1.11
5 Big chances 2
123 Attacks 57
14 Corners 0
11 Fouls 18
18 Free kicks 11
0 Offsides 0
2 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
1 Goal kicks 11
14 Throw-ins 12
All statistics
13/2162% Aerial duels 8/2138%
61 Backward passes 47
4 Blocked shots 0
7 Clearances 38
5/2619% Crosses 0/30%
10/2540% Dribbles 3/933%
1.75 Expected assists 1.07
69 Failed passes 69
1 Goalkeeper saves 2
6 Interceptions 11
11 Key passes 4
12/1963% Long passes 16/4833%
176 Passes into the final third 32
411 Passes in the opposition half 122
173 Passes in own half 206
0.29 Shot accuracy 0.50
5 Shots from outside the box 1
12 Shots inside the box 3
10/1471% Tackles 17/2861%
558 Total passes 325

Line-ups

Benfica

Starting XI
# Player number
24 Samuel Soares 24
2 Clément Lenglet 2
26 Samuel Dahl 26
44 Tomás Lemos Araújo 44
58 Daniel Banjaqui 58
5 Enzo Barrenechea 5
18 Leandro Barreiro Martins 18
21 Andreas Schjelderup 21
25 G. Prestianni 25
27 Rafa Silva 27
14 Vangelis Pavlidis 14
Substitutes
# Player number
1 Anatoliy Trubin 1
3 Alessandro Circati 3
34 Souffian El Karouani 34
8 Fredrik Aursnes 8
10 Heorhii Sudakov 10
13 Jakub Kamiński 13
16 Manu Silva 16
30 K. Echeverri 30
36 João Maria Lobo Alves Palhinha Gonçalves 36
11 Dodi Lukebakio 11
22 Jhon Durán 22
72 Anisio 72
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GIL Vicente

Starting XI
# Player number
30 Lucão 30
4 Marvin Elimbi Gilbert 4
39 Jonathan Buatu 39
45 D. Moreira 45
47 Ricardo Sousa Esgaio 47
6 José Carlos Natário Ferreira 6
12 Andreas Sejr Lausen 12
20 J. Pinto Martins 20
27 Agustín Nahuel Moreira Morales 27
77 Murilo de Souza Costa 77
23 Héctor José Hernández Marrero 23
Substitutes
# Player number
94 Samuel 94
2 Jose Silva 2
3 Antonio Espigares 3
10 Santiago García González 10
19 Guilherme Gomes 19
32 Martín Fernández Benítez 32
82 Gonçalo Maia Pereira 82
7 Tidjany Chabrol Touré 7
11 Joelson Fernandes 11
17 Sergio Bermejo Lillo 17
99 Mohamed Kaba 99
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Match prediction: Benfica — GIL Vicente

Win: Benfica

Confidence 54%

Reasoning

  • Бенфика — 2. place, 13 points after 5 games (4 wins, 1 draws, 0 losses)
  • Жил Висенте — 7. place, 7 points after 4 games (2 wins, 1 draws, 1 losses)
  • Бенфика, last 5 games: 5 wins, 0 losses
  • Жил Висенте, last 5 games: 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 losses
  • Head-to-head: 8 games, Бенфика — 8, Жил Висенте — 0
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