# Tomás Araújo or António Silva, Benfica 2025-26: who was the better Defender? | La Lente trivia

> Tomás Araújo or António Silva, Benfica 2025-26: who was the better Defender? The answer and the context, with La Lente data.

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Datos al: 2026-10-25
Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/).

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## Tomás Araújo or António Silva, Benfica 2025-26: who was the better Defender?

Liga Portugal · 2025-26

| Stat | Tomás Araújo | António Silva |
|---|---|---|
| Minutes | 1684 | 1858 |
| Tackles per 90 | 1.76 | 1.50 |
| Duels won | 57 % | 60 % |
| Times dribbled past per 90 | 0.48 | 0.39 |
| Interceptions per 90 | 1.18 | 1.50 |

- Tomás Araújo
- António Silva

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Answer

António Silva: Defender A (percentile 88), against B (percentile 68) for Tomás Araújo. Tomás Araújo has more tackles per 90, but António Silva wins more duels and wins more in the air.

Context

Tomás Araújo posted more tackles per 90 minutes at 1.76. António Silva proved more reliable defensively, winning 60% of his duels and adding 1.50 interceptions per 90.

[Profile of Tomás Araújo →](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tomas-araujo-24065379/) [Profile of António Silva →](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/antonio-silva-37354828/)

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