Benfica vs Guimaraes 2-0

Benfica beat Guimaraes 2-0 at Estádio da Luz, with Samuel Dahl opening the scoring in the 24th minute and Heorhii Sudakov sealing it in the 75th.

The first goal came on 24 minutes when Dahl finished from Vangelis Pavlidis to put Benfica 1-0 up. That was the only goal before half-time, leaving Benfica ahead at the break.

Benfica kept the lead through a busy second half. They made two changes on 61 minutes, with Leandro Barreiro and Andreas Schjelderup making way for Fredrik Aursnes and Claudio Echeverri, and two more on 73 minutes, when Alexander Bah and Rafa Silva were replaced by Heorhii Sudakov and Dodi Lukebakio. Guimaraes also made two changes on 73 minutes. Sudakov, who came on in the 73rd minute, scored two minutes later from Echeverri to make it 2-0. Guimaraes never managed a shot on target and did not find a way back.

The numbers backed up Benfica's win. They had 62% of the ball, 551 passes to Guimaraes' 330, 23 shots to 8, five on target to none, 11 corners to 6 and an expected goals figure of 2.84 to 0.46. Guimaraes actually committed more fouls, 23 to 9, and Benfica's goalkeeper did not have a save to make.

Tony Strata was booked for Guimaraes in the 17th minute, with Gonçalo Nogueira and Toni Borevković also going into the book before half-time and Fábio Samuel Amorim Silva and Balieiro Thiago cautioned after it. Benfica's yellow cards went to Leandro Barreiro in the 52nd minute and Tomás Araújo in the 55th. There were no red cards.