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Benfica and Moreirense present a clear hierarchy, yet the matchup retains enough resistance to reward close attention. Benfica’s authority is visible in the 4–1 Primeira Liga win on 25 April 2026 and the 4–0 success on 14 December 2025. Moreirense’s 3–1 victory on 2 November 2018 shows that status alone cannot settle every meeting. The interest lies in whether Moreirense can make the expected hierarchy less decisive.
Past matches, Benfica vs Moreirense
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Moreirense
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1G
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4D
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17D
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32D
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2D
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25M
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28F
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10F
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19F
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79F
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99F
Benfica Substitutes
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G
1
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D
34
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D
3
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M
8
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M
16
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M
30
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M
10
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M
5
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M
13
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F
22
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F
72
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F
11
Match events
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42'Gilberto Batista Yellow Card
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45' +3Alexandre Parsemain Yellow Card
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45'Clément Lenglet Penalty confirmed
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45'⚽V. Pavlidis Penalty
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52'Landerson Yellow Card
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55'⚽A. Schjelderup Normal Goal (Asst: G. Prestianni)
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56'T. Andrade Landerson
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56'Yan Maranhao A. Duville-Parsemain
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59'⚽G. Prestianni Normal Goal (Asst: A. Schjelderup)
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66'L. Santos D. Pinto
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66'K. Bondoso N. John
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66'J. Duran V. Pavlidis
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67'F. Aursnes L. Barreiro
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67'D. Lukebakio G. Prestianni
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72'⚽F. Aursnes Normal Goal (Asst: A. Schjelderup)
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75'João Palhinha Yellow Card
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78'S. El Karouani S. Dahl
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79'Kevyn Monteiro Maracas
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86'G. Sudakov Rafa Silva
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87'Mateja Stjepanović Yellow Card
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90' +1Jhon Durán Yellow Card
Stats for this game
Matchup Benfica VS Moreirense
Benfica set the benchmark
Benfica’s 4–0 away win on 14 December 2025 and 4–1 home victory on 25 April 2026 show how clearly the balance can lean toward Benfica. The 3–2 result on 8 February 2025 provides a narrower version of the same advantage: Moreirense stayed within one goal, but Benfica still found the decisive margin.
Moreirense have credible counterweights
Moreirense’s 3–1 away victory on 2 November 2018 prevents the hierarchy from becoming absolute, while the 1–1 draw on 30 August 2024 demonstrates another route to resistance. Those results matter because they show that Benfica’s status does not remove the need to control each edition. The enduring question is whether Moreirense can keep the margin narrow enough to challenge the expected order, or whether Benfica can again turn superior weight into clear separation. That contrast gives the matchup its interest without obscuring which club carries the stronger historical profile overall.