Estrela vs Benfica 2-3

Benfica won 3-2 at Estrela after Vangelis Pavlidis struck three minutes into stoppage time to settle a match that swung sharply after the break.

Benfica led at the interval through Gianluca Prestianni, who was set up by Claudio Echeverri in the 26th minute. Estrela levelled in the 48th minute when Lovro Zvonarek finished from Rafa Soares, but the home side were then booked twice in quick succession, with Zvonarek and Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe cautioned on 51 and 53 minutes. It was 1-0 to Benfica at half-time.

Estrela turned it around with a slice of fortune on 68 minutes, when Bernardo Schappo put through his own net to make it 2-1. Leandro Antonetti then made it 3-1 on 76 minutes, assisted by Joan Jordan, who had come on in the 67th minute. Benfica had already made two changes on 65 minutes, and they made two more on 84 minutes before Andreas Schjelderup, who had come on in the 77th minute, set up Pavlidis for the late finish.

The numbers pointed to a Benfica edge in territory and chance volume, with 63% possession, 560 passes and 10 corners compared with Estrela's 37%, 338 passes and one corner. Benfica also had 15 shots to seven and five on target to two, while Estrela's 1.35 xG was higher than Benfica's 0.69. Estrela made three saves to Benfica's none and committed 15 fouls to 12.

The bookings were all for Estrela: Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva on 50 minutes, Lovro Zvonarek on 51, Pedro Miguel Marques da Costa Filipe on 53 and Alisson Souza on 89. There were no red cards.