Benfica 2-0 Villarreal · Club Friendlies
Benfica beat Villarreal 2-0 in the Club Friendlies. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Benfica and Villarreal met in the Club Friendlies at Estádio Algarve in Faro on Friday, 17 July 2026.
Goalscorers
Benfica: R. Silva 52'; V. Pavlidis 76'. Villarreal did not score.
How the match went
Possession was almost even at 50% to 50%. There were 5 corners in total, 3 to Benfica and 2 to Villarreal. The referee showed 2 yellow cards (1 for Benfica, 1 for Villarreal).
Line-ups
Benfica started in a 4-2-3-1: Samuel Soares, Alexander Bah, António Silva, Clément Lenglet, Samuel Dahl, Leandro Barreiro, Enzo Barrenechea, Rafa Silva, Georgiy Sudakov, Jakub Kamiński, Vangelis Pavlidis.
Villarreal started in a 4-4-2: Luiz Júnior, Santiago Mouriño, Willy Kambwala, L. Spatz, Carlos Romero, Pau Cabanes, Alassane Diatta, Carlos Maciá, Thiago Fernández, Georges Mikautadze, Gerard Moreno.
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Minute by minute
- 45'Half-time. Benfica 0-0 Villarreal.
- 52'Goal! Benfica 1-0 Villarreal. R. Silva (Benfica) scores, assisted by V. Pavlidis.
- 76'Goal! Benfica 2-0 Villarreal. V. Pavlidis (Benfica) scores, assisted by G. Prestianni.
- 90'Full-time. Benfica 2-0 Villarreal.
Full commentary (29 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Benfica vs Villarreal.
- 31'Yellow card for G. Moreno (Villarreal).
- 45'4 minutes of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Benfica 0-0 Villarreal.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Villarreal: C. T. Thiam comes on for T. Fernández.
- 46'Substitution, Villarreal: A. Moleiro comes on for C. Romero.
- 46'Substitution, Villarreal: P. Navarro comes on for G. Mikautadze.
- 46'Substitution, Villarreal: A. Pérez comes on for A. Diatta.
- 46'Substitution, Villarreal: N. E. J. B. Hamou comes on for P. C. D. L. Torre.
- 46'Substitution, Villarreal: Á. Forés comes on for L. Spatz.
- 46'Substitution, Villarreal: S. Cardona comes on for W. Kambwala.
- 46'Substitution, Villarreal: D. Budesca comes on for S. Mouriño.
- 46'Substitution, Villarreal: M. Diallo comes on for G. Moreno.
- 46'Substitution, Benfica: M. Silva comes on for C. Lenglet.
- 52'Goal! Benfica 1-0 Villarreal. R. Silva (Benfica) scores, assisted by V. Pavlidis.
- 55'Yellow card for E. Barrenechea (Benfica).
- 71'Substitution, Benfica: G. Prestianni comes on for G. Sudakov.
- 71'Substitution, Benfica: T. Gouveia comes on for J. Kamiński.
- 76'Goal! Benfica 2-0 Villarreal. V. Pavlidis (Benfica) scores, assisted by G. Prestianni.
- 81'Substitution, Benfica: M. Figueiredo comes on for L. Barreiro.
- 81'Substitution, Benfica: R. Silva comes on for E. Barrenechea.
- 81'Substitution, Benfica: F. Ivanović comes on for V. Pavlidis.
- 81'Substitution, Benfica: J. Rêgo comes on for R. Silva.
- 86'Substitution, Benfica: J. Neto comes on for S. Dahl.
- 86'Substitution, Benfica: G. Indio comes on for A. Silva.
- 86'Substitution, Benfica: D. Banjaqui comes on for A. Bah.
- 90'3 minutes of added time.
- 90'Full-time. Benfica 2-0 Villarreal.