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FC Porto
Liga Portugal
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Benfica
FC Porto vs Benfica: match report
FC Porto hosted Benfica at Estádio do Dragão on Sunday 20 September 2026, in the Liga Portugal (round 7). FC Porto are without 1 player (Seko Fofana); Benfica have no reported absences. Miguel Nogueira is the referee, averaging 4.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 5.0.
Result and scorers
FC Porto 3-1 Benfica. Goals: Gabri Veiga 31' for FC Porto; Alexander Bah 51' for Benfica; Victor Froholdt 54' for FC Porto; Hwang In-Beom 60' for FC Porto.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 5' Yellow card: Gabri Veiga (FC Porto)
- 25' Yellow card: Clément Lenglet (Benfica)
- 31' Goal: Gabri Veiga (FC Porto) 1-0
- 34' Yellow card: Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica)
- 35' Second yellow: Clément Lenglet (Benfica)
- 51' Goal: Alexander Bah (Benfica) 1-1
- 54' Goal: Victor Froholdt (FC Porto) 2-1
- 60' Goal: Hwang In-Beom (FC Porto) 3-1
- 80' Yellow card: Hwang In-Beom (FC Porto)
- 90'+2' Yellow card: Oskar Pietuszewski (FC Porto)
- 90'+3' Yellow card: Tomás Araújo (Benfica)
- 90'+2' Yellow card: Alexander Bah (Benfica)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 45% | Possession | 55% |
| 20 | Shots | 12 |
| 7 | Shots on target | 3 |
| 3 | Corners | 3 |
| 17 | Fouls | 12 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 1 | Saves | 4 |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 1 |
Line-ups
FC Porto 4-3-3
Coach: Francesco Farioli
- 99 Diogo Costa GK
- 20 Alberto Costa DEF
- 5 Jan Bednarek DEF
- 4 Jakub Kiwior DEF
- 52 Martim Fernandes DEF
- 8 Victor Froholdt MID
- 13 Pablo Rosario MID
- 10 Gabriel Veiga MID
- 7 William Gomes FWD
- 19 André Silva FWD
- 11 Pepê FWD
Bench
- 16 In-Beom Hwang MID
- 17 Borja Sainz FWD
- 74 Francisco Moura DEF
- 77 Oskar Pietuszewski FWD
- 9 Samuel Aghehowa FWD
- 14 Cláudio Ramos GK
- 21 Dominik Prpić DEF
- 64 Luis Gomes DEF
- 33 Souza DEF
- 22 Alan Varela MID
- 37 Gabriel Mec MID
- 29 Santiago Giménez FWD
Benfica 4-2-3-1
Coach: Marco Silva
- 24 Samuel Soares GK
- 6 Alexander Bah DEF
- 44 Tomás Araújo DEF
- 2 Clément Lenglet DEF
- 26 Samuel Dahl DEF
- 8 Fredrik Aursnes MID
- 36 João Palhinha MID
- 27 Rafa Silva MID
- 10 Georgiy Sudakov MID
- 25 Gianluca Prestianni FWD
- 14 Vangelis Pavlidis FWD
Bench
- 3 Alessandro Circati DEF
- 18 Leandro Barreiro MID
- 21 Andreas Schjelderup FWD
- 11 Dodi Lukébakio FWD
- 34 Souffian El Karouani DEF
- 1 Anatoliy Trubin GK
- 58 Daniel Banjaqui DEF
- 13 Jakub Kamiński MID
- 16 Manu Silva MID
- 72 Anísio Cabral FWD
- 30 Claudio Echeverri FWD
- 22 Jhon Durán FWD
Injuries and suspensions
FC Porto
- Seko Fofana injury, back Early October 2026
Benfica
No reported absences.
Previous meetings
- Sunday 8 March 2026: Benfica 2-2 FC Porto
- Wednesday 14 January 2026: FC Porto 1-0 Benfica
- Sunday 5 October 2025: FC Porto 0-0 Benfica
- Sunday 6 April 2025: FC Porto 1-4 Benfica
- Sunday 10 November 2024: Benfica 4-1 FC Porto