Arouca 1–2 Benfica
- Barbero 7' (pen.)
- Trezza 90+8'
- Ríos 50'
- Ivanović 90+6'
- Dedić 90+8'
14 March 2026
The match in data
A 2–1 win for Benfica against Arouca on 14 March 2026, on matchday 26 of the 2025-26 Liga Portugal.
Benfica came from behind: they were trailing 1–0 at 7'.
Player of the match: Tomás Araújo (Benfica), rated 72, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 74 passes. Araújo produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Arouca, the highest-rated player was Pablo Gozálbez, with 66.
Amar Dedić was sent off at 90+8'.
Alfonso Trezza was sent off at 90+8'.
Tomás Araújo
Benfica · 90'
Produced 1.28× and cost 0.24× their position's average
- 12 final-third passes 2.2×
- 74 passes 1.7×
- 6 recoveries 1.6×
- 7 misplaced passes 1.0×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Gozálbez | Midfielder | 20 | 66 |
| Diogo Monteiro | Defender | 75 | 48 |
| Espen van Ee | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Ignacio de Arruabarrena | Goalkeeper | 90 | 43 |
| José Fontán | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Alfonso Trezza | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Iván Barbero | Forward | 79 | 36 |
| Taichi Fukui | Midfielder | 90 | 34 |
| Javi Sánchez | Defender | 79 | 33 |
| Naïs Djouahra | Forward | 75 | 30 |
| Hyun-ju Lee | Midfielder | 70 | 24 |
| Bas Kuipers | Defender | 90 | 22 |
| José Silva | Defender | 15 | no rating |
| Miguel Puche | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Boris Popović | Defender | 11 | no rating |
| Dylan Nandín | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomás Araújo ★ | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Anatoliy Trubin | Goalkeeper | 90 | 69 |
| Andreas Schjelderup | Forward | 85 | 57 |
| Dodi Lukébakio | Forward | 74 | 55 |
| Rafa Silva | Forward | 74 | 53 |
| Leandro Barreiro | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| Richard Ríos | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Samuel Dahl | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| António Silva | Defender | 74 | 50 |
| Alexander Bah | Defender | 73 | 38 |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | Forward | 90 | 36 |
| Amar Dedić | Defender | 17 | no rating |
| Franjo Ivanović | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Georgiy Sudakov | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Gianluca Prestianni | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Anísio | Forward | 5 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Arouca player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Alfonso Trezza, with 3 key passes. Next: José Fontán 1, Diogo Monteiro 1.
Alfonso Trezza drove Arouca's attacking output by creating 3 key passes. The rest of the side trailed, with José Fontán and Diogo Monteiro supplying just 1 each.
Which Benfica player won the most aerial duels?
António Silva, with 5 aerial duels won. Next: Vangelis Pavlidis 2, Samuel Dahl 2.
António Silva anchored Benfica's aerial dominance by winning 5 duels in the air. Vangelis Pavlidis and Samuel Dahl finished further back with 2 each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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