Santa Clara vs Benfica Highlights - October 26, 2026

Santa Clara meet Benfica at Estádio de São Miguel in Ponta Delgada on October 26, 2026.

The fixture comes in Primeira Liga.

Santa Clara go into the match in position 4, on 18 points from 8 matches. They have won 5, drawn 3 and lost 0 so far.

Their goal difference stands at +8. In their last five outings they have won 3, drawn 1 and lost 1.

They beat Rio Ave 4-0 at home on Sep 6. They won 2-1 away at Arouca on Sep 13.

They drew 0-0 at home with Braga on Sep 20. On Oct 10 they took a 1-0 win at Casa Pia.

They lost 2-3 away at Mafra on Oct 18. They have scored 9 and conceded 4 across that run.

2 of those five came at home. They shut out the opposition 3 times in that run.

They are unbeaten in their last 4.

Benfica sit in position 2 of the table with 19 points after 8 matches. Their season so far: won 6, drawn 1, lost 1.

That leaves a goal difference of +17. Across the last five they have won 4, drawn 0 and lost 1.

They won 2-0 away at AC Milan on Sep 16. On Sep 20 they went down 1-3 at FC Porto.

A 2-0 home win over Vitória de Guimaraes came on Oct 11. They beat Celtic 4-1 at home on Oct 15.

On Oct 22 they took a 4-1 win at Omonia Nicosia. That run brought 13 goals for and 5 against.

Of that run, 2 were played at home. The defence held firm 2 times across those games.

Gonçalo Paciência has scored 5 times for Santa Clara this season. Pedro Pacheco tops the Santa Clara assist chart with 1.

Benfica have leaned on Vangelis Pavlidis, who has found the net 8 times. For assists Benfica look to Gianluca Prestianni, on 3.

Benfica start the day above Santa Clara in the table. Confirmed lineups follow closer to kick-off.