Benfica 2:0 Nacional: Primeira Liga Match Result

Primeira Liga

Benfica WWWWWL

2:0

Finished

Kick-off was 12 Apr, 18:00 BST

Nacional WLLLLL

Venue: Estádio da Luz City: Lisbon

In the Primeira Liga game on 12 April 2026, Benfica beat Nacional 2:0. Match numbers: shots on target 8:4, corners 15:1.

Key numbers

Possession, % 58.00 – 42

Shots on target 8 – 4

Shots off target 8 – 2

Expected goals 3.43 – 0.25

⚽ 3' A. Schjelderup — Goal ⚽ 14' Rafa Silva — Goal 🟨 22' S. Dahl — Yellow card 🟨 50' Witi — Yellow card 🟨 56' Leo Santos — Yellow card ✗ 58' V. Pavlidis — Penalty missed 🟨 58' Matheus Dias — Yellow card ⇄ 61' Matheus Dias — Substitution ⇄ 61' Witi — Substitution 67' J. Ramirez — var_goal_cancelled_-_offside ⇄ 77' V. Pavlidis — Substitution ⇄ 78' G. Prestianni — Substitution ⇄ 78' Rafa Silva — Substitution ⇄ 79' R. Rios — Substitution ⇄ 83' Jose Gomes — Substitution ⇄ 83' C. Labidi — Substitution 🟨 90' J. Silva — Yellow card ⇄ 90+1' Daniel Junior — Substitution ⇄ 90+2' A. Schjelderup — Substitution 🟨 90+4' L. Vallier — Yellow card

Match events

3' 1:0 Benfica Goal A. Schjelderup assist: G. Prestianni
14' 2:0 Benfica Goal Rafa Silva assist: G. Prestianni
22' 2:0 Benfica Yellow card S. Dahl
50' 2:0 Nacional Yellow card Witi
56' 2:0 Nacional Yellow card Leo Santos
58' 2:0 Benfica Penalty missed V. Pavlidis assist: V. Pavlidis
58' 2:0 Nacional Yellow card Matheus Dias
61' 2:0 Nacional Substitution Matheus Dias off: F. Soares
61' 2:0 Nacional Substitution Witi off: Pablo Ruan
67' 2:0 Nacional var_goal_cancelled_-_offside J. Ramirez
77' 2:0 Benfica Substitution V. Pavlidis off: F. Ivanovic
78' 2:0 Benfica Substitution G. Prestianni off: D. Lukebakio
78' 2:0 Benfica Substitution Rafa Silva off: F. Aursnes
79' 2:0 Benfica Substitution R. Rios off: E. Barrenechea
83' 2:0 Nacional Substitution Jose Gomes off: L. Vallier
83' 2:0 Nacional Substitution C. Labidi off: J. Silva
90' 2:0 Nacional Yellow card J. Silva
90+1' 2:0 Nacional Substitution Daniel Junior off: L. Aurelio
90+2' 2:0 Benfica Substitution A. Schjelderup off: G. Moreira
90+4' 2:0 Nacional Yellow card L. Vallier

Statistics

58.00 Possession, % 42

8 Shots on target 4

8 Shots off target 2

3.43 Expected goals 0.25

3 Big chances 0

95 Attacks 59

15 Corners 1

13 Fouls 18

18 Free kicks 13

3 Offsides 2

1 Yellow cards 5

0 Red cards 0

6 Goal kicks 11

19 Throw-ins 7

All statistics

13/3043% Aerial duels 17/3057%

63 Backward passes 63

8 Blocked shots 1

7 Clearances 40

9/2733% Crosses 2/540%

12/2744% Dribbles 9/1850%

2.05 Expected assists 0.26

62 Failed passes 68

4 Goalkeeper saves 6

7 Interceptions 6

15 Key passes 6

26/4262% Long passes 30/6645%

122 Passes into the final third 37

306 Passes in the opposition half 156

188 Passes in own half 204

0.33 Shot accuracy 0.57

3 Shots from outside the box 5

21 Shots inside the box 2

9/1369% Tackles 15/2560%

467 Total passes 355

Line-ups

Benfica

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Anatoliy Trubin	1
4	António João Pereira de Albuquerque Tavares	4
17	Amar Dedić	17
26	Samuel Dahl	26
30	Nicolás Otamendi	30
18	Leandro Barreiro Martins	18
20	Richard Ríos	20
21	Andreas Schjelderup	21
25	G. Prestianni	25
27	Rafa Silva	27
14	Vangelis Pavlidis	14

Substitutes
#	Player	number
24	Samuel Soares	24
6	Alexander Hartmann Bah	6
5	Enzo Barrenechea	5
8	Fredrik Aursnes	8
10	Heorhii Sudakov	10
77	Gonçalo Moreira	77
9	Franjo Ivanović	9
11	Dodi Lukebakio	11
72	Anisio	72

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Nacional

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Kaique Pereira Azarias	1
5	José Manuel Mendes Gomes	5
16	Alan Núñez	16
34	Leonardo Rodrigues dos Santos	34
38	José Vitor Lima Cardoso	38
6	Matheus dos Santos Dias	6
15	Chiheb Labidi	15
28	Igor Matheus Liziero Pereira	28
7	Witiness Chimoio João Quembo	7
9	Jesús Andrés Ramírez Díaz	9
10	Daniel Júnior	10

Substitutes
#	Player	number
50	Kevin	50
2	João Miguel Coimbra Aurélio	2
24	Lenny Vallier	24
33	Francisco Gonçalves	33
22	Filipe Miguel Barros Soares	22
26	H. Silva	26
30	Martim Gustavo Watts	30
19	Lucas João	19
99	Pablo Messias Cardoso	99