Head-to-Head: Benfica vs Alverca

Benfica and Alverca form a Primeira Liga pairing with no robust long-term hierarchy to impose on the fixture. Benfica won 2–1 at home on 8 February 2026 and 2–1 away on 31 August 2025, giving them wins at both venues. Those outcomes point toward Benfica, but the pairing still calls for restraint when describing its direction. The pairing remains open to another interpretation.

Past matches, Benfica vs Alverca

8 February 2026 Regular Season - 21

Benfica

2 - 1

Alverca
31 August 2025 Regular Season - 4

Alverca

1 - 2

Benfica

Complexo Desportivo FC Alverca

Match center

Benfica

2 - 1

8 February 2026

Alverca

Starting eleven

Substitutes Benfica

10
M
7
F
72
F
4
D
5
M
50
G
79
D
16
M
9
F

Alverca Substitutes

F
98
M
26
F
19
F
11
D
12
G
1
D
82
D
3
M
6

Match events

45'

90'

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8'

Lincoln Yellow Card
16'
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A. Schjelderup Normal Goal
23'

Sidny Lopes Cabral Yellow Card
30'
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Figueiredo Normal Goal (Asst: Marezi)
39'

Matheus Mendes Yellow Card
46'

F. Garcia Chiquinho
63'

Vangelis Pavlidis Goal cancelled
66'

Gianluca Prestianni Yellow Card
71'

Rhaldney Lincoln
73'

G. Sudakov S. Lopes Cabral
81'

C. Nuozzi Figueiredo
81'

M. Clairicia Marezi
85'

Bruma G. Prestianni
85'

A. Cabral A. Schjelderup
86'
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A. Cabral Normal Goal (Asst: S. Dahl)
88'

A. Silva V. Pavlidis
88'

E. Barrenechea Rafa Silva
88'

I. James B. Meupiyou
90' +7

Tomás Araújo Yellow Card

Stats for this game

Matchup Benfica VS Alverca

Benfica have the early edge

Benfica won 2–1 at Alverca on 31 August 2025 and 2–1 at home on 8 February 2026. The matching margins place Benfica ahead in the completed meetings and show wins in both settings. That is a useful starting point, but it is not enough to establish a durable hierarchy for the Primeira Liga pairing. The balance remains provisional rather than established. One more meeting could change the reading materially.

Alverca’s challenge remains open

Alverca have not yet turned either venue into a winning response in these meetings, yet the limited results leave room for the matchup to develop in several directions. Benfica carry the clearer initial advantage, while Alverca can change the picture with a first result against it. A single result would not settle its identity. Future meetings will ask whether Benfica extend their edge or Alverca supply the counterpoint that the pairing still lacks.