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Benfica 3-0 Braga - March 01, 1998 / Primeira Divisão 1997/1998

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Primeira Divisão 1997/1998 - Round 23

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

March 01, 1998

70 000

Benfica

3 - 0

Braga

Tiago

19'

Taher El-Khalej

69'

Brian Deane

75'

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19' - Goal Tiago19

45' - Substitution Brunois substituted by Srdjan Bajcetic photo Toni Duarte

45' - Substitution Mladen Karoglanis substituted by Toni Duarte

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63' - Substitution Tiagois substituted by Erwin Sanchez photo Luís Carlos

63' - Substitution Edgaris substituted by Luís Carlos63

69' - Goal Taher El-Khalej69

69' - Substitution Dmitriy Prokopenkois substituted by Carlitos

75' - Goal Brian Deane75

83' - Substitution Brian Deaneis substituted by Nuno Gomes83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

3 - 0

Braga

Benfica Braga

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

16 Minto

Scott Minto

England

B.date06/08/1971

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

36 Sousa

Sousa

Portugal

B.date09/10/1977

Age20 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

2 El-Khalej69

Taher El-Khalej

Morocco

B.date16/06/1968

Age29 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

6 Tiago1963

Tiago

Portugal

B.date04/07/1975

Age22 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

22 Calado

José António Calado

Portugal

B.date01/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

25 Poborsky

Karel Poborsky

Czech Republic

B.date30/03/1972

Age25 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

23 Edgar63

Edgar

Portugal

B.date07/08/1977

Age20 years

H1m79

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

8 Pinto

João Pinto

Portugal

B.date19/08/1971

Age26 years

H1m71

positionOffensive Midfielder

28 Deane7583

Brian Deane

England

B.date07/02/1968

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Michel Preud'homme		39	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ronaldo Guiaro		24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Scott Minto		26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	D	Sousa		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Taher El-Khalej	69	29	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Tiago	1963	22	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	José António Calado		24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Karel Poborsky		25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Edgar	63	20	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	João Pinto		26	222	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Brian Deane	7583	30	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Braga

1 Quim

Quim

Portugal

B.date13/11/1975

Age22 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

15 Lino

Lino

Portugal

B.date21/07/1971

Age26 years

H1m80

positionDefender

19 Artur Jorge

Artur Jorge

Portugal

B.date01/01/1972

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

5 Idalécio

Idalécio

Portugal

B.date27/09/1973

Age24 years

H1m97

positionCentral defender

2 Zé Nuno Azevedo

Zé Nuno Azevedo

Portugal

B.date19/07/1969

Age28 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

22 Bruno45

Bruno

Portugal

B.date12/10/1970

Age27 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

6 Mozer

Mozer

Portugal

B.date15/03/1972

Age25 years

H1m87

positionMidfield

27 Formoso

Formoso

Portugal

B.date08/02/1974

Age24 years

positionMidfield

21 Gamboa

Gamboa

Portugal

B.date19/04/1973

Age24 years

H1m74

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

16 Karoglan45

Mladen Karoglan

Croatia

B.date06/02/1964

Age34 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

13 Prokopenko69

Dmitriy Prokopenko

Russia

B.date24/05/1972

Age25 years

H1m83

positionForward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Quim		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Lino		26	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Artur Jorge		26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Idalécio		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Zé Nuno Azevedo		28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Bruno	45	27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Mozer		25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Formoso		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Gamboa		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Mladen Karoglan	45	34	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Dmitriy Prokopenko	69	25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
26	M	Luís Carlos	63	25	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Erwin Sanchez	63	28	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Gomes	83	21	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
4	M	Srdjan Bajcetic	45	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Carlitos	69	20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Toni Duarte	45	31	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Edgar

Nica Panduru

OUT

Tiago

Luís Carlos

OUT

Taher El-Khalej

Nuno Gomes

OUT

João Pinto

Paulo Madeira

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

Nelo Vingada

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Souness vs Braga

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 1998

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Referee

Luís Fernando Miranda

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica2 matches	General total	Braga7 matches	2 victories	2 draws	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Braga4 matches	1 victory	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on February 05, 1999					Latest figure on August 18, 2001

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Comments

Key figures

Only back at the time of Mario Lino head of (01/07/1980-01/07/1981), you can see a maanger go beneath Manuel Cajuda with 34% of losses in Primeira Liga (33%).

End of streak for Braga after 4 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home (since 14/01/1998).

Benfica keeps its 20 matches with at least one goal scored vs Braga running (since 02/04/1989). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 31/05/1987 (18 matches)

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

	1	FC Porto	53 pts	23 rd
	2	Benfica	45 pts	23 rd
	3	Vitória Guimarães	40 pts	23 rd
+2	4	Estrela da Amadora	37 pts	23 rd
-1	5	Sporting CP	35 pts	23 rd

General ranking

11	Farense	29 pts	23 rd
12	Campomaiorense	27 pts	23 rd
13	Braga	27 pts	23 rd
14	Académica	24 pts	23 rd
15	Varzim	24 pts	23 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 4-0 Varzim21/12/1997

DBenfica 2-2 Estrela da Amadora11/01/1998

VBenfica 1-0 Beira Mar14/01/1998

VBenfica 2-0 Vitória Setúbal01/02/1998

VBenfica 1-0 Gil Vicente11/02/1998

VBenfica 2-1 Rio Ave15/02/1998

Overall

DGil Vicente 1-1 Benfica04/02/1998

VAcadémica 1-2 Benfica07/02/1998

VBenfica 1-0 Gil Vicente11/02/1998

VBenfica 2-1 Rio Ave15/02/1998

VSporting CP 1-4 Benfica21/02/1998

LBraga 2-1 Benfica24/02/1998

Current form

Away

LCampomaiorense 4-0 Braga13/12/1997

DAcadémica 2-2 Braga03/01/1998

VPenafiel 0-1 Braga14/01/1998

DSporting CP 1-1 Braga19/01/1998

DFarense 1-1 Braga31/01/1998

LVitória Guimarães 1-0 Braga14/02/1998

Overall

DFarense 1-1 Braga31/01/1998

VBraga 3-1 Sporting CP04/02/1998

VBraga 5-0 Chaves08/02/1998

LVitória Guimarães 1-0 Braga14/02/1998

LBraga 1-2 Boavista20/02/1998

VBraga 2-1 Benfica24/02/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	16	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	5
Scoring streak	11	11
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	1	5
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	3	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	13
6	General ranking (Home / Away)	11

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
12	Victories (Competition total)	6
6	Victories (Home / Away)	1
6	Draws (Competition total)	9
4	Draws (Home / Away)	5
4	Losses (Competition total)	7
0	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	29
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	15
1.64	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.41
2.1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.73
0.91	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.32
0.7	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.36

Betting aid

12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	14
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
4-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (4 times)

Bookings

56	Yellow cards (Competition total)	75
25	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	40
3	Red cards (Competition total)	8
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	8

Key players

Nuno Gomes	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Mladen Karoglan
Nuno Gomes	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Mladen Karoglan
Nica Panduru	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Formoso
Nica Panduru	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Nuno Gomes	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 3 matches	Mladen Karoglan

Historical head to head

Home

36 matches

30 v

6 d

0 l

119 gf

16 ga

Away

39 matches

22 v

12 d

5 l

66 gf

32 ga

Total

75 matches

52 v

18 d

5 l

185 gf

48 ga

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

5 v

12 d

22 l

32 gf

66 ga

Away

36 matches

0 v

6 d

30 l

16 gf

119 ga

Total

75 matches

5 v

18 d

52 l

48 gf

185 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 0	June 27, 1965
Home	9 - 0	June 27, 1965

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 20, 1966
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 24, 1998 - Taça de Portugal 1997/1998

Braga

2 - 1

Benfica

October 04, 1997 - Primeira Divisão 1997/1998

Braga

1 - 1

Benfica

February 01, 1997 - Primeira Divisão 1996/1997

Braga

1 - 1

Benfica

August 25, 1996 - Primeira Divisão 1996/1997

Benfica

1 - 1

Braga

April 05, 1996 - Primeira Divisão 1995/1996

Benfica

3 - 0

Braga

Best historical scorers against Braga

Eusebio	23 goals	1964 - 1970
José Torres	9 goals	1961 - 1969
Jose Augusto	6 goals	1961 - 1967
João Pinto	5 goals	1993 - 1996
Isaías	4 goals	1992 - 1995
Rui Aguas	4 goals	1990 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Toni Duarte

1 goal

1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Braga

Fernando Cruz	16 matches	1960 - 1969
Jose Augusto	15 matches	1960 - 1968
Eusebio	14 matches	1964 - 1970
Mario Coluna	13 matches	1960 - 1969
José Torres	12 matches	1961 - 1969
António Veloso	12 matches	1988 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Idalécio	1 match	1997 - 1997
Artur Jorge	1 match	1997 - 1997
Rodrigão	1 match	1997 - 1997
Bruno	1 match	1997 - 1997
Toni Duarte	1 match	1997 - 1997
Juvenal	1 match	1968 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jordao

8 matches

5 matches

1997 - 1998

Jorge Gomes

5 matches

2 matches

1981 - 1982

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/03/1981. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Jordao

8 matches

5 matches

1997 - 1998

Jorge Gomes

5 matches

2 matches

1981 - 1982

Total : 2 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/03/1981. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

February 27, 1998

Salgueiros

0 2

Sporting CP

Line-ups available

February 28, 1998

Guimarães

5 1

Chaves

Line-ups available

March 01, 1998

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

Line-ups available

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	FC Porto	53	23	16	5	2	50	24	+26
2	Benfica	45	23	13	6	4	39	20	+19
3	Vitória Guimarães	40	23	12	4	7	31	17	+14
+24	Estrela da Amadora	37	23	10	7	6	32	26	+6
-15	Sporting CP	35	23	9	8	6	27	21	+6
+26	Maritimo Funchal	35	23	10	5	8	27	24	+3
-27	Rio Ave	34	23	9	7	7	31	28	+3
-18	Boavista	34	23	8	10	5	30	22	+8
+19	Leça	31	23	9	4	10	23	29	-6
-110	Salgueiros 1911-2005	31	23	8	7	8	30	27	+3
11	Farense	29	23	6	11	6	31	31	0
12	Campomaiorense	27	23	7	6	10	32	39	-7
13	Braga	27	23	6	9	8	31	32	-1
14	Académica	24	23	5	9	9	18	28	-10
15	Varzim	24	23	5	9	9	21	33	-12
16	Vitória Setúbal	22	23	5	7	11	22	28	-6
17	Chaves	18	23	5	3	15	20	43	-23
18	Belenenses	13	23	2	7	14	12	35	-23

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Benfica 3-0 Braga - March 01, 1998 / Primeira Divisão 1997/1998

Benfica

3 - 0

Braga

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 Braga

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 Braga

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Players with most games played vs Braga

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