Porto 3–1 Benfica
- Veiga 31'
- Froholdt 54'
- Hwang 60'
- Lenglet 35'
- Bah 51'
20 September 2026
The match in data
Porto got the better of Benfica, 3–1, on 20 September 2026, on matchday 7 of the 2026-27 Liga Portugal.
Player of the match: Tomás Araújo (Benfica), rated 80, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 62 passes. Araújo produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.1 times the cost.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For Porto, the highest-rated player was In-beom Hwang, with 72.
Clément Lenglet was sent off at 35'.
Tomás Araújo
Benfica · 90'
Produced 1.10× and cost 0.11× their position's average
- 11 final-third passes 1.9×
- 62 passes 1.2×
- 2 interceptions 1.8×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-beom Hwang | Midfielder | 52 | 72 |
| Jan Bednarek | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Borja Sainz | Forward | 21 | 69 |
| Pepê | Forward | 85 | 64 |
| Jakub Kiwior | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Pablo Rosario | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| André Silva | Forward | 85 | 44 |
| William Gomes | Forward | 69 | 37 |
| Alberto Costa | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Gabri Veiga | Midfielder | 38 | 33 |
| Victor Froholdt | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| Francisco Moura | Defender | 21 | 24 |
| Martim Fernandes | Defender | 69 | 23 |
| Diogo Costa | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Oskar Pietuszewski | Forward | 5 | no rating |
| Samu Aghehowa | Forward | 5 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomás Araújo ★ | Defender | 90 | 80 |
| João Palhinha | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Clément Lenglet | Defender | 35 | 64 |
| Fredrik Aursnes | Midfielder | 74 | 63 |
| Alessandro Circati | Defender | 52 | 62 |
| Alexander Bah | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Samuel Dahl | Defender | 85 | 52 |
| Gianluca Prestianni | Forward | 74 | 47 |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | Forward | 90 | 43 |
| Rafa Silva | Forward | 74 | 43 |
| Georgiy Sudakov | Midfielder | 38 | 37 |
| Samuel Soares | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Andreas Schjelderup | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Dodi Lukébakio | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Leandro Barreiro | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Souffian El Karouani | Defender | 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.