Primeira Liga · Matchday 1

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 19:30:00 UTCEstádio da LuzMatchday 1

Highlights

Pre-match win probability — Pulse estimate

Benfica 39%Draw 34%Académico de Viseu 27%

Pulse model at kickoff, scaled by each side's scoring rate in this competition's own table. An estimate, not a betting market.

Match stats

BenficaAcadémico de Viseu
62Possession38
3.11Expected goals (xG)1.18
28Shots8
11Shots on target4
10Shots off target4
7Blocked shots0
24Shots inside box8
4Shots outside box0
10Corners2
1Offsides2
13Fouls13
2Yellow cards4
0Red cards0
2Saves8
511Passes315
447Accurate passes259
87Pass accuracy82

Match events

  • 10'Vangelis Pavlidis (assist Gianluca Prestianni)
  • 15'Alejandro Mestanza
  • 19'Anthony Paulo Rodrigues Correia
  • 25'Georgiy Sudakov
  • 45'Tomás Araújo
  • 55'Rúben Filipe Gomes Pereira (assist Cihan Kahraman)
  • 58'Gianluca Prestianni (assist Enzo Barrenechea)
  • 63'Alejandro Mestanza André Castanheira Ceitil
  • 64'Georgiy Sudakov Andreas Schjelderup
  • 67'André Clovis (assist Robinho)
  • 73'Cihan Kahraman Cristian Ferreira
  • 73'Alvaro Zamora
  • 73'Rúben Filipe Gomes Pereira
  • 76'Rafa Silva Dodi Lukébakio
  • 76'Leandro Barreiro Richard Ríos
  • 78'André Clovis Dominik Steczyk
  • 79'André Castanheira Ceitil
  • 82'Gianluca Prestianni Jhon Durán
  • 82'Alexander Bah Amar Dedić
  • 90'Igor Milioransa

Benfica · Académico de Viseu

Starting XI · as it playedRatings are a Pulse estimate

Benfica4-4-2
26.5Lenglet
276.576'Silva
186.576'Barreiro
147.5Pavlidis
66.582'Bah
106.264'Sudakov
57.3Barrenechea
258.382'Prestianni
246.3Soares
446.2Araújo
266.5Dahl
Académico de Viseu4-4-2
146.5Messeguem
106.573'Zamora
666.2Milioransa
87.373'Kahraman
337.578'Clovis
757.3Robinho
456.263'Mestanza
447.573'Pereira
316.5Crispim
416.2Correia
986.3Silva

Lineups — ratings are a Pulse estimate

Benfica

  • 2Clément Lenglet6.5
  • 27Rafa Silva6.5
  • 18Leandro Barreiro6.5
  • 14Vangelis Pavlidis7.5
  • 6Alexander Bah6.5
  • 10Georgiy Sudakov6.2
  • 5Enzo Barrenechea7.3
  • 25Gianluca Prestianni8.3
  • 24Samuel Jumpe Soares6.3
  • 44Tomás Araújo6.2
  • 26Samuel Dahl6.5

Académico de Viseu

  • 14Soufiane Messeguem6.5
  • 10Alvaro Zamora6.5
  • 66Igor Milioransa6.2
  • 8Cihan Kahraman7.3
  • 33André Clovis7.5
  • 75Robinho7.3
  • 45Alejandro Mestanza6.2
  • 44Rúben Filipe Gomes Pereira7.5
  • 31João Guilherme de Sousa Crispim6.5
  • 41Anthony Paulo Rodrigues Correia6.2
  • 98Ewerton Ferreira da Silva6.3
BenficaTale of the tapeAcadémico de Viseu
4-4-2Formation4-4-2
10 ptsTable2 pts
+11Goal difference-4
0Head-to-head wins0
39%Pre-match odds27%

Head to head1 previous meeting

Benfica 0W1D0W Académico de Viseu

Goals 22

  • 2026-08-09Benfica22Académico de Viseu

Seasons searched: 2025-2026, 2026-2027.

This seasonother meeting

Where they standIn a 18-team table

TeamPWDLGDPts
Benfica4310+1110
Académico de Viseu4022-42
Benfica v Académico de Viseu — Primeira Liga | Factlen