Benfica
2nd of 18 in the Primeira Liga with 22 points from 9 games. Home ground: Estádio da Luz.
Benfica v Alverca
Benfica's season so far
Benfica sit 2nd of 18 in the Primeira Liga (2026-2027) with 22 points from 9 games: 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat, 26 scored and 8 conceded (2.44 points a game). The gap to the leaders, Porto, is 8 points.
At home they have won 3 of 4 league games (9–4 in goals); away, 4 of 5 (17–4). Their points rate is much the same home and away.
In all competitions (Europa League, Primeira Liga) they have played 18 matches, scoring 3.06 goals a game and conceding 0.89, with 6 clean sheets and 0 games without a goal. Their biggest win: won 7–0 away at Casa Pia. Their heaviest defeat: lost 1–3 away at Porto.
Their last 5 results, newest first: won 2–1 away at Santa Clara; won 4–1 away at Omonia Nicosia; won 4–1 at home to Celtic; won 2–0 at home to Vitória de Guimarães; lost 1–3 away at Porto. They are unbeaten in 4.
The squad table below lists 24 players with minutes this season. Of them, Vangelis Pavlidis has scored the most: 9 goals in 14 appearances. Gianluca Prestianni has the most assists, 4. Vangelis Pavlidis has played the most minutes (933).
Next: Alverca at home in the Primeira Liga on Monday 2 November at 20:15 UTC, at Estádio da Luz.
This season
Europa League, Primeira Liga
Coming up
Where Benfica stand
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | GD | Pts | Form | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 25:4 | +21 | 30 | WWWWW | ||
| 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26:8 | +18 | 22 | WWLWW | ||
| 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23:11 | +12 | 21 | WLWDD | ||
| 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15:6 | +9 | 21 | WLWDW | ||
| 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13:7 | +6 | 20 | WWWDL |
Home and away
9 Primeira Liga games.
Failed to score in 0 of 18 matches; kept a clean sheet in 6.
Benfica against the leaders
League points game by game, next to Porto.
Player numbers this season
Every player with minutes, most used first.
| Player | Apps | Starts | Min | G | A | YC | RC | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vangelis PavlidisFW · Greece | 14 | 12 | 933 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7.34 |
Georgiy SudakovMF · Ukraine | 12 | 11 | 805 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.75 |
Alexander BahDF · Denmark | 9 | 9 | 779 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6.99 |
Tomás AraújoDF · Portugal | 10 | 8 | 765 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6.81 |
Samuel DahlDF · Sweden | 10 | 8 | 704 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.65 |
Clément LengletDF · France | 9 | 9 | 688 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.64 |
Rafa SilvaMF · Portugal | 9 | 8 | 634 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 |
Anatoliy TrubinGK · Ukraine | 7 | 7 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.77 |
| Leandro BarreiroMF · Luxembourg | 10 | 7 | 630 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6.99 |
| Fredrik AursnesMF · Norway | 9 | 8 | 621 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.64 |
| Andreas SchjelderupFW · Norway | 14 | 5 | 598 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.44 |
| Gianluca PrestianniFW · Argentina | 9 | 6 | 544 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7.75 |
| Samuel Jumpe SoaresGK · Portugal | 6 | 6 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.52 |
| Enzo BarrenecheaMF · Argentina | 7 | 6 | 513 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.83 |
| João PalhinhaMF · Portugal | 7 | 5 | 457 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.58 |
| Jhon DuránFW · Colombia | 8 | 3 | 317 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.77 |
| Jakub KamińskiMF · Poland | 7 | 4 | 267 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.22 |
| Manuel SilvaMF · Portugal | 4 | 3 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.53 |
| Souffian KarouaniDF · Morocco | 4 | 2 | 209 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.10 |
| António SilvaDF · Portugal | 2 | 2 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Richard RíosMF · Colombia | 5 | 1 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 |
| Miguel FigueiredoMF · Portugal | 1 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 |
| Gonçalo MoreiraMF · Portugal | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| AnisioFW · Portugal | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |







