FC Porto vs Benfica
FC Porto
vs
Benfica
Competition: Primeira Liga. Country: Portugal. Round: Regular Season - 7. Kickoff: Sep 20, 2026, 07:30 PM. Venue: Estádio do Dragão.
Sep 20, 2026, 07:30 PM
Match Finished
Primeira Liga
Estádio do Dragão
Regular Season - 7
Miguel Bertolo Nogueira
FC Porto Coach
M. Anselmi
Benfica Coach
Marco Silva
Venue
Estádio Do Dragão
Via Futebol Clube do Porto
Key takeaways
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Status: Match Finished.
Round: Regular Season - 7.
Venue: Estádio do Dragão.
Referee: Miguel Bertolo Nogueira.
Lineups: 2 side(s) available.
Match events: 22 timeline items available.
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FC Porto vs Benfica prediction, preview and odds
FC Porto vs Benfica in the Primeira Liga is a fixture that often has outsized influence on the rhythm of the domestic season. Scheduled for 20 September at the Estádio do Dragão in Round 7 of the 2026 campaign, this match pits two clubs with contrasting strengths — Porto's home intensity and Benfica's attacking fluency — and will likely be contested with high tactical discipline and local rivalry stakes.
Open predictionStandings
FC Porto
Lineups: 4-3-3.
Rank 1 | Pts 21 | GD 15
Form: WWWWW
Benfica
Lineups: 4-2-3-1.
Rank 2 | Pts 16 | GD 15
Form: LWWWW
Team statistics
FC Porto
-
Benfica
Form: DWWWWWL. Played: 7. Wins: 5. GF avg: 3.1. GA avg: 1.0. Clean sheets: 3. Failed to score: 0.
Lineups
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FC Porto
F. Farioli | 4-3-3
Starting XI
99. Diogo Costa (G)
20. Alberto Baio (D)
5. J. Bednarek (D)
4. J. Kiwior (D)
52. Martim Fernandes (D)
8. Victor Mow Froholdt (M)
13. P. Rosario (M)
10. Gabri Veiga (M)
7. William (F)
19. André Silva (F)
11. Pepê Aquino (F)
Bench
Gabriel Mec, Luís Gomes, S. Giménez, Hwang In-Beom, Samu, O. Pietuszewski, Cláudio Ramos, D. Prpić, Borja Sainz, Francisco Moura, A. Varela, Souza
Benfica
Marco Silva | 4-2-3-1
Starting XI
24. Samuel Soares (G)
6. A. Bah (D)
44. Tomás Araújo (D)
2. C. Lenglet (D)
26. S. Dahl (D)
8. F. Aursnes (M)
36. João Palhinha (M)
27. Rafa (M)
10. H. Sudakov (M)
25. G. Prestianni (M)
14. V. Pavlidis (F)
Bench
A. Circati, J. Durán, C. Echeverri, S. El Karouani, A. Cabral, Daniel Banjaqui, J. Kamiński, D. Lukebakio, A. Schjelderup, Manu, A. Trubin, L. Barreiro
Match statistics
310
Passes accurate
360
12
Shots insidebox
8
8
Shots outsidebox
4
6
Blocked Shots
4
12
Free Kicks
17
7
Shots on Goal
3
1
Goalkeeper Saves
4
7
Shots off Goal
5
2
Offsides
0
343
Total passes
425
20
Total Shots
12
3
Yellow Cards
3
Player statistics
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FC Porto
André Silva | Rating 8.07 | Min 85 | G 0 | A 2
Hwang In-Beom | Rating 8.02 | Min 52 | G 1 | A 0
Victor Mow Froholdt | Rating 7.83 | Min 90 | G 1 | A 0
Pepê Aquino | Rating 7.7 | Min 85 | G 0 | A 1
Gabri Veiga | Rating 7.59 | Min 38 | G 1 | A 0
J. Kiwior | Rating 7.04 | Min 90 | G 0 | A 0
Diogo Costa | Rating 6.93 | Min 90 | G 0 | A 0
Alberto Baio | Rating 6.8 | Min 90 | G 0 | A 0
Benfica
Tomás Araújo | Rating 6.8 | Min 90 | G 0 | A 0
A. Bah | Rating 6.7 | Min 90 | G 1 | A 0
V. Pavlidis | Rating 6.56 | Min 90 | G 0 | A 0
Samuel Soares | Rating 6.55 | Min 90 | G 0 | A 0
A. Schjelderup | Rating 6.4 | Min 16 | G 0 | A 0
A. Circati | Rating 6.38 | Min 52 | G 0 | A 0
João Palhinha | Rating 6.35 | Min 90 | G 0 | A 0
Rafa | Rating 6.28 | Min 74 | G 0 | A 0
Match events
5' | FC Porto | Card | Yellow Card | Gabri Veiga
25' | Benfica | Card | Yellow Card | Clément Lenglet
31' | FC Porto | Goal | Normal Goal | Gabri Veiga | Assist: Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa
34' | Benfica | Card | Yellow Card | Gianluca Prestianni
35' | Benfica | Card | Red Card | Clément Lenglet
38' | FC Porto | subst | Substitution 1 | Gabri Veiga | Assist: Hwang In-Beom
38' | Benfica | subst | Substitution 1 | Heorhii Sudakov | Assist: Alessandro Circati
51' | Benfica | Goal | Normal Goal | Alexander Bah | Assist: Gianluca Prestianni
54' | FC Porto | Goal | Normal Goal | Victor Froholdt | Assist: André Silva
60' | FC Porto | Goal | Normal Goal | Hwang In-Beom | Assist: André Silva
69' | FC Porto | subst | Substitution 2 | Martim Fernandes | Assist: Francisco Moura
69' | FC Porto | subst | Substitution 3 | William Gomes | Assist: Borja Sainz
74' | Benfica | subst | Substitution 2 | Fredrik Aursnes | Assist: Leandro Barreiro
74' | Benfica | subst | Substitution 3 | Rafa Silva | Assist: Dodi Lukebakio
74' | Benfica | subst | Substitution 4 | Gianluca Prestianni | Assist: Andreas Schjelderup
80' | FC Porto | Card | Yellow Card | Hwang In-Beom
85' | FC Porto | subst | Substitution 4 | Eduardo Gabriel Aquino Cossa | Assist: Oskar Pietuszewski
85' | FC Porto | subst | Substitution 5 | André Silva | Assist: Samuel Aghehowa
85' | Benfica | subst | Substitution 5 | Samuel Dahl | Assist: Souffian El Karouani
90+2' | FC Porto | Card | Yellow Card | Oskar Pietuszewski
90+3' | Benfica | Card | Yellow Card | Tomás Araújo
90+3' | Benfica | Card | Yellow Card | Alexander Bah
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