§ Liga Portugal · 2025-26 · Matchday 5

Benfica 1–1 Santa Clara

  • Pavlidis 59'
  • Victor 38'
  • Lopes 90+2'

12 September 2025

The match in data

Benfica and Santa Clara finished level at 1–1 on 12 September 2025, on matchday 5 of the 2025-26 Liga Portugal.

Player of the match: Richard Ríos (Benfica), rated 69, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 7 final-third passes. Ríos produced 1.8 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.8 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For Santa Clara, the highest-rated player was Vinícius Lopes, with 72.

Paulo Victor was sent off at 38'.

69
Player of the match

Richard Ríos

Benfica · 72'

Produced 1.80× and cost 0.82× their position's average

Added
  • 1 big chance created 4.0×
  • 7 final-third passes 1.5×
  • 60 passes 1.8×
Took away
  • 6 misplaced passes 1.2×
  • 5 duels lost 1.2×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Benfica
PlayerPositionMinRating
Tomás Araújo Defender 46 70
Richard Ríos ★ Midfielder 72 69
Enzo Barrenechea Midfielder 90 65
Fredrik Aursnes Midfielder 90 64
Samuel Dahl Defender 90 64
António Silva Defender 90 62
Vangelis Pavlidis Forward 90 62
Andreas Schjelderup Forward 72 57
Franjo Ivanović Forward 72 50
Nicolás Otamendi Defender 90 48
Gianluca Prestianni Forward 44 40
Anatoliy Trubin Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Georgiy Sudakov Midfielder 18 no rating
Henrique Araújo Forward 18 no rating
Leandro Barreiro Midfielder 18 no rating
Santa Clara
PlayerPositionMinRating
Vinícius Lopes Forward 29 72
Frederico Venâncio Defender 90 69
Sidney Lima Defender 90 62
MT Defender 90 61
Paulo Victor Defender 38 47
Adriano Firmino Midfielder 81 43
Gabriel Silva Forward 61 40
Brenner Forward 61 38
Serginho Midfielder 81 35
Lucas Soares Defender 90 31
Matheus Pereira Defender 81 31
Diogo Calila Defender 29 25
Gabriel Batista Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Anthony Carter Forward 9 no rating
Luquinhas Forward 9 no rating
Pedro Ferreira Midfielder 9 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.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.