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Benfica 3-0 FC Porto - May 02, 1998 / Primeira Divisão 1997/1998

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Primeira Divisão 1997/1998 - Round 32

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

May 02, 1998

50 000

Benfica

3 - 0

FC Porto

Brian Deane

16'

Karel Poborsky

24'

Taher El-Khalej

86'

logo Benfica BEN

16' - Goal Brian Deane16

24' - Goal Karel Poborsky24

33' - Substitution Daniel Kenedyis substituted by Zlatko Zahovic photo Ljubinko Drulovic

33' - Substitution Rui Barrosis substituted by Ljubinko Drulovic

logo Benfica BEN

46' - Substitution Nuno Capuchois substituted by Mário Jardel

61' - Substitution Tiagois substituted by Taher El-Khalej photo Erwin Sanchez

61' - Substitution Nuno Gomesis substituted by Erwin Sanchez61

75' - Substitution José António Caladois substituted by Amaral75

86' - Goal Taher El-Khalej86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

3 - 0

FC Porto

Benfica FC Porto

Team line-ups

Benfica

1 Preud'homme

Michel Preud'homme

Belgium

B.date24/01/1959

Age39 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

13 Guiaro

Ronaldo Guiaro

Brazil

B.date18/02/1974

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

5 Madeira

Paulo Madeira

Portugal

B.date06/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m70

positionCentral defender

36 Sousa

Sousa

Portugal

B.date09/10/1977

Age20 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

18 El Hadrioui

Abdelkarim El Hadrioui

Morocco

B.date06/03/1972

Age26 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

22 Calado75

José António Calado

Portugal

B.date01/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

6 Tiago61

Tiago

Portugal

B.date04/07/1975

Age22 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

25 Poborsky24

Karel Poborsky

Czech Republic

B.date30/03/1972

Age26 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

26 Carlos

Luís Carlos

Portugal

B.date21/08/1972

Age25 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

21 Gomes61

Nuno Gomes

Portugal

B.date05/07/1976

Age21 years

H1m81

positionStriker

28 Deane16

Brian Deane

England

B.date07/02/1968

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Michel Preud'homme		39	170	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ronaldo Guiaro		24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Paulo Madeira		27	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	D	Sousa		20	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Abdelkarim El Hadrioui		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	José António Calado	75	24	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Tiago	61	22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Karel Poborsky	24	26	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Luís Carlos		25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Gomes	61	21	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Brian Deane	16	30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

FC Porto

1 Correia

Rui Correia

Portugal

B.date22/10/1967

Age30 years

H1m77

positionGoalkeeper

19 Pinto

João Manuel Pinto

Portugal

B.date26/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

13 Lula

Lula

Brazil

B.date15/05/1966

Age31 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

18 Kenedy33

Daniel Kenedy

Portugal

B.date18/02/1974

Age24 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

26 Chippo

Youssef Chippo

Morocco

B.date10/05/1973

Age24 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

27 Doriva

Doriva

Brazil

B.date28/05/1972

Age25 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Barros33

Rui Barros

Portugal

B.date24/11/1965

Age32 years

H1m60

positionCentre Midfield

7 Conceiçao

Sergio Conceiçao

Portugal

B.date15/11/1974

Age23 years

H1m76

positionRight Midfielder

20 Santos

Paulinho Santos

Portugal

B.date21/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

21 Capucho46

Nuno Capucho

Portugal

B.date21/02/1972

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight Winger

14 Artur

Artur

Brazil

B.date27/12/1969

Age28 years

H1m74

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Rui Correia		30	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	João Manuel Pinto		24	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Lula		31	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Daniel Kenedy	33	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Youssef Chippo		24	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Doriva		25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Rui Barros	33	32	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Sergio Conceiçao		23	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Paulinho Santos		27	211	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Capucho	46	26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Artur		28	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
15	M	Amaral	75	25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Taher El-Khalej	8661	29	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Erwin Sanchez	61	28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	M	Zlatko Zahovic	33	27	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Mário Jardel	46	24	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Ljubinko Drulovic	33	29	191	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Abdelkarim El Hadrioui

Scott Minto

OUT

Tiago

João Pinto

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Artur

Mário Jardel

OUT

Lula

Aloísio

OUT

Rui Barros

Carlos Secretario

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

Nelo Vingada

Success rate in this team:

66 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Souness vs FC Porto

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1998

Souness vs Oliveira

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

António Oliveira

Success rate in this team:

72 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Oliveira vs Benfica

5 victories

0 draw

10 losses

Latest figure on May 02, 1998

Oliveira vs Souness

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 02, 1998

Referee

José João Mendes Pratas

8 victories	5 draws	5 losses	Benfica18 matches	General total	FC Porto24 matches	12 victories	8 draws	4 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Benfica2 matches	Season total	FC Porto2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on February 24, 2002					Latest figure on December 22, 2002

Videos

Comments

Key figures

António Oliveira has registered 50 success in Primeira Liga since the 01/07/1996 as the manager of next after this match..

The last time FC Porto has lost with a difference of 3 goals in Primeira Liga, It was on the 08/01/1989 (vs )

Benfica keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a draw vs FC Porto running (since 04/03/1995). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 20/11/1985 (10 matches)

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

1	FC Porto	74 pts	32 rd
2	Benfica	65 pts	32 rd
3	Vitória Guimarães	52 pts	31 rd
4	Sporting CP	52 pts	31 rd
5	Maritimo Funchal	50 pts	32 rd

General ranking

1	FC Porto	74 pts	32 rd
2	Benfica	65 pts	32 rd
3	Vitória Guimarães	52 pts	31 rd
4	Sporting CP	52 pts	31 rd
5	Maritimo Funchal	50 pts	32 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 2-1 Rio Ave15/02/1998

VBenfica 3-0 Braga01/03/1998

VBenfica 3-1 Chaves15/03/1998

LBenfica 1-2 Boavista28/03/1998

VBenfica 2-1 Os Belenenses05/04/1998

VBenfica 3-1 Maritimo Funchal19/04/1998

Overall

VVitória Guimarães 0-1 Benfica22/03/1998

LBenfica 1-2 Boavista28/03/1998

VBenfica 2-1 Os Belenenses05/04/1998

VSalgueiros 1911-2005 0-2 Benfica11/04/1998

VBenfica 3-1 Maritimo Funchal19/04/1998

DVarzim 0-0 Benfica25/04/1998

Current form

Away

DCampomaiorense 2-2 FC Porto20/02/1998

VLeiria 2-3 FC Porto24/02/1998

VAcadémica 0-1 FC Porto06/03/1998

LSporting CP 2-0 FC Porto21/03/1998

VFarense 1-2 FC Porto03/04/1998

VVitória Guimarães 0-1 FC Porto18/04/1998

Overall

LSporting CP 2-0 FC Porto21/03/1998

VFC Porto 4-0 Braga29/03/1998

VFarense 1-2 FC Porto03/04/1998

VFC Porto 3-1 Chaves11/04/1998

VVitória Guimarães 0-1 FC Porto18/04/1998

VFC Porto 3-2 Boavista26/04/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	9	0
Scoring streak	16	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	5	10
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	1
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

31	Number of games (Competition total)	31
15	Number of games (Home / Away)	15
18	Victories (Competition total)	23
10	Victories (Home / Away)	8
8	Draws (Competition total)	5
4	Draws (Home / Away)	4
5	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

52	Goals scored (Competition total)	66
33	Goals scored (Home / Away)	24
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	30
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	18
1.68	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.13
2.2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.6
0.84	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.97
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.2

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
11	Clean sheets (Competition total)	12
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
17	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
9	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
3-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

72	Yellow cards (Competition total)	84
31	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	48
4	Red cards (Competition total)	6
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	4

Key players

Nuno Gomes	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	19 goals	Mário Jardel
Nuno Gomes	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	9 goals	Mário Jardel
Nuno Gomes	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Paulinho Santos
Nuno Gomes	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Paulinho Santos
Nuno Gomes	4 goals during the last 7 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Sergio Conceiçao

Historical head to head

Home

64 matches

35 v

18 d

11 l

115 gf

65 ga

Away

63 matches

10 v

20 d

33 l

54 gf

94 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

2 d

1 l

6 gf

4 ga

Total

131 matches

46 v

40 d

45 l

175 gf

163 ga

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

33 v

20 d

10 l

94 gf

54 ga

Away

64 matches

11 v

18 d

35 l

65 gf

115 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

2 d

1 l

4 gf

6 ga

Total

131 matches

45 v

40 d

46 l

163 gf

175 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 30, 1972
Home	6 - 0	April 30, 1972

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 18, 1996
Away	5 - 0	September 18, 1996

Latest head to head

January 03, 1998 - Primeira Divisão 1997/1998

FC Porto

2 - 0

Benfica

June 10, 1997 - Taça de Portugal 1996/1997

Benfica

2 - 0

FC Porto

May 24, 1997 - Primeira Divisão 1996/1997

FC Porto

3 - 1

Benfica

January 11, 1997 - Primeira Divisão 1996/1997

Benfica

1 - 2

FC Porto

September 18, 1996 - Supertaça 1996

Benfica

0 - 5

FC Porto

Best historical scorers against FC Porto

Eusebio	25 goals	1962 - 1974
Jose Augusto	8 goals	1964 - 1967
António Simões	7 goals	1962 - 1972
Nené	6 goals	1972 - 1974
José Torres	6 goals	1964 - 1970
Isaías	5 goals	1992 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Fernando Gomes	12 goals	1976 - 1987
Domingos	8 goals	1990 - 1996
Paulo Futre	5 goals	1985 - 1986
Ion Timofte	4 goals	1992 - 1993
Jorge Costa	3 goals	1996 - 1997
Artur	3 goals	1996 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Porto

Eusebio	33 matches	1961 - 1974
António Simões	28 matches	1962 - 1975
Jose Augusto	24 matches	1960 - 1969
Vítor Paneira	23 matches	1988 - 1995
António Veloso	23 matches	1988 - 1995
Fernando Cruz	21 matches	1960 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

João Pinto	47 matches	1983 - 1997
André	35 matches	1985 - 1994
Fernando Gomes	33 matches	1974 - 1988
Jaime Magalhães	30 matches	1983 - 1993
Aloísio	27 matches	1990 - 1998
Semedo	26 matches	1983 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jaime Graça

229 matches

4 matches

1964 - 1974

Silvino

223 matches

21 matches

1986 - 1997

Rui Aguas

171 matches

80 matches

1985 - 1994

Artur Jorge

132 matches

1 match

1964 - 1975

Sergey Yuran

96 matches

31 matches

1991 - 1995

Daniel Kenedy

84 matches

10 matches

1993 - 1998

Total : 20 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Eduardo Luis

3 matches

153 matches

1975 - 1988

Eurico

31 matches

129 matches

1975 - 1985

Paulo Pereira

31 matches

123 matches

1989 - 1996

João Fonseca

17 matches

123 matches

1968 - 1983

Paulo Futre

13 matches

117 matches

1984 - 1993

Rui Aguas

171 matches

80 matches

1985 - 1994

Total : 20 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/09/1964. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

May 01, 1998

Maritimo Funchal

2 0

Os Belenenses

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May 03, 1998

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	FC Porto	74	32	23	5	4	66	33	+33
2	Benfica	65	32	19	8	5	55	26	+29
3	Vitória Guimarães	52	31	15	7	9	37	22	+15
4	Sporting CP	52	31	14	10	7	42	29	+13
5	Maritimo Funchal	50	32	14	8	10	37	33	+4
6	Boavista	49	31	13	10	8	46	29	+17
7	Estrela da Amadora	47	31	13	8	10	39	35	+4
8	Rio Ave	45	31	12	9	10	41	36	+5
9	Salgueiros 1911-2005	43	31	11	10	10	41	35	+6
10	Vitória Setúbal	37	31	10	7	14	36	37	-1
11	Campomaiorense	37	31	10	7	14	49	53	-4
12	Leça	37	31	10	7	14	28	42	-14
13	Braga	36	31	8	12	11	39	47	-8
14	Académica	32	31	7	11	13	24	38	-14
15	Farense	31	31	6	13	12	38	49	-11
16	Varzim	29	31	6	11	14	25	43	-18
17	Chaves	28	31	8	4	19	28	54	-26
18	Belenenses	21	32	4	9	19	21	51	-30

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Benfica 3-0 FC Porto - May 02, 1998 / Primeira Divisão 1997/1998

Benfica

3 - 0

FC Porto

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Souness vs FC Porto

Souness vs Oliveira

Manager

Oliveira vs Benfica

Oliveira vs Souness

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against FC Porto

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Players with most games played vs FC Porto

Players with most games played vs Benfica

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking