Primeira Liga Gameweek 23 Sat, Feb 21 2026 · 18:00 Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz), Lisboa
Benfica
3–0 Full time · HT 3–0 xG 3.75 – 0.11
AVS
  • A. Bah 11’
  • E. Barrenechea 30’
  • Rafa 43’
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Benfica cruise past AVS

Benfica entered as clear favourites and won 3–0 through goals from Bah, Barrenechea and Rafa. Benfica finished with the higher xG (3.75 vs 0.11).

Benfica ✓85%
Draw11%
AVS4%

Model vs reality

Benfica goals
3
Model 2.83 · xG 3.75
AVS goals
0
Model 0.48 · xG 0.11
Total goals
3
Model 3.32 · xG 3.86
Score 3–0
14%
Most likely 2–0 (15%)
Over 2.5
Yes
Model 64%
Both scored
No
Model 36%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchE. BarrenecheaBenfica · 1 goal
8.3
  • RefereeMiguel Andre Monteiro Fonseca
  • Coaches— · Joao Henriques
  • VenueEstádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz)
  • Table before kick-offBenfica 3rd · AVS 18th

Timeline

  1. A. Bah 1–0
    11’
  2. E. Barrenechea 2–0Assist Richard Ríos
    30’
  3. Rafa 3–0Assist Sidny Lopes Cabral
    43’
  4. Half time · 3–0
  5. ⇄ Tomás AraújoFor N. Otamendi
    46’
  6. ⇄ Guillem MolinaFor Mateus Pivô
    46’
  7. ⇄ Aderllan SantosFor C. Devenish
    46’
  8. ⇄ Ó. PereaFor B. Akinsola
    54’
  9. ⇄ Tiago GallettoFor Gustavo Mendonça
    54’
  10. ⇄ F. IvanovićFor A. Bah
    71’
  11. ⇄ D. LukébakioFor A. Schjelderup
    71’
  12. ⇄ KikiFor L. Rivas
    82’
  13. ⇄ Anísio CabralFor V. Pavlidis
    82’
  14. ⇄ Diogo PriosteFor Rafa
    86’
  15. Full time · 3–0

Team stats

Benfica23 shots · 15 in box, 8 outside
AVS3 shots · 2 in box, 1 outside
BenficaAVS
64% Possession 36%
3.75 Expected goals (xG) 0.11
2.92 Expected points (xPts) 0.04
23 Shots 3
10 Shots on target 0
7 Shots off target 2
6 Blocked shots 1
15 Shots inside the box 2
8 Shots outside the box 1
515 Passes 287
87% Pass accuracy 70%
10 Corners 1
0 Goalkeeper saves 7
7 Fouls 14
4 Offsides 0
0 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
7.34 Team rating 6.60

Line-ups

Benfica 4-2-3-1

16.6 A. Trubin(G)
627.5 Jose Neto 307.5 N. Otamendi ↓46’ 47.5 António Silva 67.0 A. Bah ↓71’
58.3★ E. Barrenechea 206.7 Richard Ríos A
218.3 A. Schjelderup ↓71’ 278.0 Rafa ↓86’ 157.2 Sidny Lopes Cabral A
146.9 V. Pavlidis ↓82’
  • 1A. Trubin (G)6.6
  • 62Jose Neto7.5
  • 30N. Otamendi↓46’7.5
  • 4António Silva7.5
  • 6A. Bah↓71’7.0
  • 5E. Barrenechea ★8.3
  • 20Richard RíosA6.7
  • 21A. Schjelderup↓71’8.3
  • 27Rafa↓86’8.0
  • 15Sidny Lopes CabralA7.2
  • 14V. Pavlidis↓82’6.9

Substitutes used

  • 44Tomás Araújo↑46’6.9
  • 86Diogo Prioste↑86’
  • 11D. Lukébakio↑71’7.5
  • 9F. Ivanović↑71’6.3
  • 72Anísio Cabral↑82’6.2

Unused: Diogo Ferreira, A. Dedić, S. Dahl, L. Barreiro

AVS 4-1-4-1

17.6 Adriel
126.3 Leonardo Rivas 36.7 Paulo Vitor 425.9 C. Devenish ↓46’ 975.9 Mateus Pivô ↓46’
706.6 Roni
206.7 Diego Duarte 276.2 Ángel Algobia 236.3 Gustavo Mendonça ↓54’ 116.0 B. Akinsola ↓54’
76.9 Tómané
  • 1Adriel7.6
  • 12Leonardo Rivas6.3
  • 3Paulo Vitor6.7
  • 42C. Devenish↓46’5.9
  • 97Mateus Pivô↓46’5.9
  • 70Roni6.6
  • 20Diego Duarte6.7
  • 27Ángel Algobia6.2
  • 23Gustavo Mendonça↓54’6.3
  • 11B. Akinsola↓54’6.0
  • 7Tómané6.9

Substitutes used

  • 5Guillem Molina↑46’6.6
  • 33Aderllan Santos↑46’7.2
  • 19Tiago Galletto↑54’6.9
  • 14Ó. Perea↑54’6.6
  • 24Kiki↑82’6.5

Unused: Simão, Rúben Semedo, Nenê, G. Neiva

Coach: Joao Henriques

Player stats

Top rated
E. BarrenecheaBenfica8.3
2nd
A. SchjelderupBenfica8.3
3rd
RafaBenfica8.0

Benfica

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
A. Trubin G 90 0 0 0 sv 0 82% 11 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.6
Jose Neto D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 82% 57 1 1 0/0 1/2 7.5
N. Otamendi D 46 0 0 0 (0) 0 98% 42 1 1 0/0 1/0 7.5
António Silva D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 93% 60 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.5
A. Bah D 71 1 0 1 (1) 0 81% 26 2 1 1/5 1/1 7.0
E. Barrenechea M 90 1 0 4 (2) 1 90% 73 2 0 0/1 2/2 8.3
Richard Ríos M 90 0 1 2 (0) 1 80% 45 0 0 0/0 0/1 6.7
A. Schjelderup F 71 0 0 1 (1) 4 88% 42 1 0 1/6 0/1 8.3
Rafa M 86 1 0 2 (2) 1 94% 35 0 0 1/1 0/1 8.0
Sidny Lopes Cabral M 90 0 1 1 (0) 3 89% 44 0 0 0/2 1/0 7.2
V. Pavlidis F 82 0 0 4 (3) 2 67% 24 0 0 1/2 0/3 6.9
Tomás Araújo D 44 0 0 0 (0) 0 88% 32 0 1 1/1 1/0 6.9
Diogo Prioste M 4 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 3 0 0 0/0 0/1 —
D. Lukébakio F 19 0 0 0 (0) 2 73% 11 0 1 0/1 0/1 7.5
F. Ivanović F 19 0 0 1 (1) 1 88% 8 0 0 0/1 0/0 6.3
Anísio Cabral F 8 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.2

AVS

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
Adriel 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 56% 36 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.6
Leonardo Rivas D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 70% 20 2 3 2/2 1/0 6.3
Paulo Vitor D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 79% 33 3 1 1/2 1/0 6.7
C. Devenish D 46 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 9 0 1 0/0 1/0 5.9
Mateus Pivô 46 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 9 1 0 0/0 1/0 5.9
Roni M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 49 3 1 0/0 1/1 6.6
Diego Duarte F 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 70% 10 3 0 1/2 0/0 6.7
Ángel Algobia M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 77% 30 0 1 2/2 3/0 6.2
Gustavo Mendonça M 54 0 0 1 (0) 0 64% 22 3 0 1/1 2/0 6.3
B. Akinsola F 54 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 9 0 0 0/2 1/0 6.0
Tómané F 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 26 0 1 1/2 0/4 6.9
Guillem Molina D 44 0 0 0 (0) 0 70% 10 2 0 0/0 0/0 6.6
Aderllan Santos D 44 0 0 0 (0) 0 90% 10 1 0 0/0 0/0 7.2
Tiago Galletto M 36 0 0 1 (0) 0 80% 5 4 0 0/0 2/1 6.9
Ó. Perea F 36 0 0 0 (0) 0 33% 6 2 0 0/0 0/1 6.6
Kiki D 8 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 3 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.5

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.