Benfica turned their visit to Casa Pia into a spectacular attacking display. The Eagles secured their first win of the 2026/27 Liga Portugal season after claiming a commanding 7-0 victory at the Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior.

The visitors gave their opponents virtually no chance to respond and began building the rout from the opening minutes. Gianluca Prestianni and Rafa Silva scored inside the opening 15 minutes, but the decisive blow came after the break with an unstoppable Vangelis Pavlidis.

The Greek striker scored a hat-trick in just seven minutes, turning the match into a night completely dominated by Benfica.

Benfica needed just three minutes

Only three minutes had passed when Prestianni opened the scoring, giving the visitors the lead almost immediately.

Benfica kept up the intensity, and in the 14th minute Rafa Silva made it 2-0, leaving Casa Pia in a very difficult position with virtually the entire match still to play.

Pavlidis unleashes the storm after the break

If Casa Pia still had any hope of mounting a comeback in the second half, Pavlidis quickly made sure it disappeared.

The striker scored his first goal of the night in the 47th minute and struck again just two minutes later to net Benfica's fourth.

His show was far from over.

In the 54th minute, he completed his hat-trick, scoring three goals in the space of just seven minutes to make it a crushing 5-0.

A rout with no response

The margin continued to grow in the 58th minute, when Lawrence Ofori scored an own goal to hand the visitors their sixth.

Just three minutes later came another blow. Jhon Durán scored in the 61st minute to make it 7-0, completing a devastating spell in which Benfica scored five times in the opening 16 minutes of the second half.

From that point on, the result was completely beyond doubt, and the Eagles managed a lead that had already turned the match into a remarkable exhibition.

Casa Pia also finished with ten men after Kaly received a second yellow card in stoppage time, bringing a nightmare evening for the home side to a close.

Benfica responded emphatically

The result gives Benfica their first league victory of the season following their opening-day draw and takes them to four points from their first two matches.

After recently struggling against Casa Pia — having failed to beat them in their previous three league meetings — Benfica ended that run in emphatic fashion with seven goals and a devastating attacking performance.

And on a night full of standout performers, nobody shone brighter than Pavlidis, whose rapid-fire hat-trick helped turn the trip to Rio Maior into the Eagles' first major rout of the 2026/27 Liga Portugal season.