Benfica 2–0 Nacional
- Schjelderup 3'
- Silva 14'
12 April 2026
The match in data
Benfica got the better of Nacional, 2–0, on 12 April 2026, on matchday 29 of the 2025-26 Liga Portugal.
Player of the match: Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica), rated 70, thanks above all to 12 duels won and 8 aerials won. Otamendi produced 1.6 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It is their 5th time as player of the match this season.
For Nacional, the highest-rated player was Kaique, with 69.
Vangelis Pavlidis missed a penalty at 58'.
Nicolás Otamendi
Benfica · 90'
Produced 1.62× and cost 0.44× their position's average
- 12 duels won 2.6×
- 8 aerials won 4.0×
- 72 passes 1.6×
- 7 misplaced passes 1.0×
- 1 failed dribble 2.2×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolás Otamendi ★ | Defender | 90 | 70 |
| Gianluca Prestianni | Forward | 78 | 58 |
| Leandro Barreiro | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Anatoliy Trubin | Goalkeeper | 90 | 53 |
| Andreas Schjelderup | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Rafa Silva | Forward | 78 | 52 |
| Amar Dedić | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| António Silva | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Samuel Dahl | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | Forward | 77 | 30 |
| Richard Ríos | Midfielder | 79 | 28 |
| Franjo Ivanović | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Dodi Lukébakio | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Fredrik Aursnes | Midfielder | 12 | no rating |
| Enzo Barrenechea | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |
| Gonçalo Moreira | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaique | Goalkeeper | 90 | 69 |
| Liziero | Midfielder | 90 | 59 |
| Léo Santos | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Matheus Dias | Midfielder | 61 | 56 |
| Ze Vitor | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| Jesús Ramírez | Forward | 90 | 52 |
| Pablo Ruan | Forward | 29 | 51 |
| Witiness Quembo | Forward | 61 | 50 |
| Daniel Jr | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Filipe Soares | Midfielder | 29 | 42 |
| Alan Nuñez | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| José Gomes | Defender | 83 | 31 |
| Chiheb Labidi | Midfielder | 83 | 30 |
| Joel Silva | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| L. Vallier | Defender | 7 | no rating |
| João Aurélio | Defender | 1 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Benfica player recovered the most balls?
Andreas Schjelderup, with 6 recoveries. Next: Nicolás Otamendi 5, Amar Dedić 4.
In Benfica's 2–0 win, Andreas Schjelderup led the team with 6 ball recoveries. He managed to surpass defenders like Nicolás Otamendi and Amar Dedić.
Which Nacional player won the most aerial duels?
Ze Vitor, with 5 aerial duels won. Next: José Gomes 2, Jesús Ramírez 2.
Even as Nacional lost 2–0 to Benfica, Ze Vitor commanded the aerial battles with 5 duels won. No teammate recorded more than the 2 won by José Gomes and Jesús Ramírez.
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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