Benfica beat Guimaraes 2-0 in the 8th round of the championship, but the more striking number is still the one that keeps growing at the Estadio da Luz. They have now scored in 82 consecutive domestic home games, a run that began on 7 May 2022 and survived another change of coach on the way to this one.
Benfica's home record at the Luz
The goals themselves were spread across both halves. Samuel Dahl opened the scoring in the 24th minute from a Vangelis Pavlidis assist, then Heorhii Sudakov made it 2-0 in the 75th minute after a pass from Claudio Echeverri. Benfica have scored in every domestic game at the Estadio da Luz, and the current streak now sits at 82.
The clean sheet Marco Silva wanted
The win also ended a five-match spell without a clean sheet. Before this game, Benfica had gone without one against Hearts, Académico de Viseu, Aarhus, Estoril and Gil Vicente. Marco Silva, speaking to A Bola, called it "Detail against V. Guimarães that also makes the difference", and that is the part of the night that probably pleased him as much as the goals.
The home scoring record is the headline, but the defensive reset matters too. Benfica leave the 2-0 win with both ends of the pitch looking a bit more like themselves, and the next domestic home match will be the one that tests whether the Luz streak keeps going.
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