Match Centre: Benfica vs Arouca
Pavlidis 9′ (p)Pavlidis 22′ (p)Otamendi 45+6′Pavlidis 50′Ivanović 90+3′ (p)
Player of the match Vangelis Pavlidis 8.9
GolVolt rating 3.0GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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4 → 2
Benfica climb 2 places in the table. Arouca: 12 → 13.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Hat-trick for Pavlidis.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 9′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 0.7 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Hat-trick for Pavlidis, Pavlidis: rated 8.9.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 8.7 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 4.6 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% 5 goals.An average number of chances. Quality of play: 3.7 out of 10
Five goals or a hat-trick: the rating never drops below 3.0.
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 3.0more watchable than 30% of Liga Portugal matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
5 goals4 cards2 VAR
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 7' Penalty awarded
- 9' Goal: Vangelis Pavlidispenalty1:0
- 20' Penalty awarded
- 22' Goal: Vangelis Pavlidispenalty2:0
- 43' Tiago Esgaioyellow card
- 45+6' Goal: Nicolás Otamendiassist: Lukébakio3:0
- Half-time · 3:0
- 46' 2 substitutionsFukui for GozálbezLee for van Ee
- 50' Goal: Vangelis Pavlidisassist: Prestianni4:0
- 59' Dodi Lukébakioyellow card
- 62' SubstitutionDjouahra for Trezza
- 62' Gianluca Prestianniyellow card
- 63' 2 substitutionsBarreiro for SudakovSchjelderup for Prestianni
- 67' SubstitutionRego for Ríos
- 77' 2 substitutionsIvanović for PavlidisLima for Lukébakio
- 82' Omar Fayedyellow card
- 86' SubstitutionMansilla for Barbero
- 89' SubstitutionDante for Solà
- 90+3' Goal: Franjo Ivanovićpenalty5:0
- Full-time · 5:0
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Benfica
Arouca
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Benfica
- 24 Samuel Soares GK —
- 3 Rafa Obrador DEF —
- 4 António Silva DEF —
- 18 Leandro Barreiro MID on
- 84 João Rego MID on
- 9 Franjo Ivanović ATT on
- 21 Andreas Schjelderup ATT on
- 39 Henrique Araújo ATT —
- 90 Ivan Lima ATT on
Arouca
- 58 Nico Mantl GK —
- 5 Boris Popović DEF —
- 6 Diogo Monteiro DEF —
- 44 Amadou Dante DEF on
- 14 Hyun-ju Lee MID on
- 21 Taichi Fukui MID on
- 7 Naïs Djouahra ATT on
- 24 Brian Mansilla ATT on
- 77 Romualdas Jansonas ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisboa
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Benfica Vangelis Pavlidis
- 2. place · Benfica Nicolás Otamendi
- 3. place · Benfica Gianluca Prestianni
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