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 77, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 74 passes. Araújo produced 1.5 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 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 65.
Amar Dedić was sent off at 90+8'.
Alfonso Trezza was sent off at 90+8'.
Tomás Araújo
Benfica · 90'
Produced 1.49× and cost 0.26× 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: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pablo Gozálbez | Midfielder | 20 | 65 |
| Alfonso Trezza | Forward | 90 | 53 |
| Diogo Monteiro | Defender | 75 | 50 |
| Espen van Ee | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| José Fontán | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Javi Sánchez | Defender | 79 | 36 |
| Taichi Fukui | Midfielder | 90 | 34 |
| Iván Barbero | Forward | 79 | 33 |
| Naïs Djouahra | Forward | 75 | 28 |
| Bas Kuipers | Defender | 90 | 27 |
| Hyun-ju Lee | Midfielder | 70 | 24 |
| Ignacio de Arruabarrena | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| 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 | 77 |
| Leandro Barreiro | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Samuel Dahl | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| António Silva | Defender | 74 | 51 |
| Dodi Lukébakio | Forward | 74 | 51 |
| Richard Ríos | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Andreas Schjelderup | Forward | 85 | 50 |
| Alexander Bah | Defender | 73 | 39 |
| Rafa Silva | Forward | 74 | 38 |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | Forward | 90 | 36 |
| Anatoliy Trubin | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| 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 |
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.