Benfica 3–1 Estoril
- Pavlidis 34' (pen.)
- Pavlidis 45+1'
- Pavlidis 80'
- Carvalho 45+3'
3 January 2026
The match in data
Benfica got the better of Estoril, 3–1, on 3 January 2026, on matchday 17 of the 2025-26 Liga Portugal.
Player of the match: Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica), rated 60, thanks above all to 1.13 xG (non-penalty) and 2 goals (non-penalty). Pavlidis produced 2.0 times as much as a forward typically does, at 1.0 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Estoril, the highest-rated player was Antef Tsoungui, with 62.
Vangelis Pavlidis scored a hat-trick.
Vangelis Pavlidis
Benfica · 87'
Produced 1.99× and cost 1.04× their position's average
- 1.13 xG (non-penalty) 4.0×
- 2 goals (non-penalty) 4.0×
- 2 shots on target (non-penalty) 2.6×
- 1 shot off target, worth 0.38 (non-penalty) 2.9×
- 9 misplaced passes 1.8×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vangelis Pavlidis ★ | Forward | 87 | 60 |
| Leandro Barreiro | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Anatoliy Trubin | Goalkeeper | 90 | 52 |
| Samuel Dahl | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Tomás Araújo | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Richard Ríos | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Nicolás Otamendi | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Amar Dedić | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Manu Silva | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Gianluca Prestianni | Forward | 77 | 35 |
| Georgiy Sudakov | Midfielder | 77 | 30 |
| Fredrik Aursnes | Midfielder | 13 | no rating |
| Sidny Cabral | Defender | 13 | no rating |
| Franjo Ivanović | Forward | 3 | no rating |
| João Rego | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antef Tsoungui | Defender | 31 | 62 |
| Felix Bacher | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Jordan Holsgrove | Midfielder | 90 | 53 |
| Rafik Guitane | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Jandro Orellana | Midfielder | 78 | 49 |
| João Carvalho | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Fabrício Garcia | Forward | 24 | 48 |
| Ricard Sánchez | Defender | 59 | 45 |
| Kévin Boma | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Alejandro Marqués | Forward | 66 | 42 |
| Yanis Begraoui | Forward | 90 | 32 |
| Pedro Amaral | Defender | 77 | 32 |
| Joel Robles | Goalkeeper | 90 | 25 |
| Tiago Parreira Parente | Defender | 13 | no rating |
| Pizzi | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Estoril player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Rafik Guitane, with 4 key passes. Next: Ricard Sánchez 1, Jordan Holsgrove 1.
Rafik Guitane was Estoril's main creative spark with 4 key passes in the 3–1 loss to Benfica. He created far more shooting opportunities than Ricard Sánchez and Jordan Holsgrove, who supplied 1 each.
Which Benfica player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Amar Dedić, with 4 key passes. Next: Vangelis Pavlidis 2, Georgiy Sudakov 1.
In the 3–1 win over Estoril, Amar Dedić led Benfica's chance creation with 4 key passes. Dedić surpassed the combined tally of Vangelis Pavlidis (2) and Georgiy Sudakov (1).
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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