Pavlidis sinks Famalicão and matches Benfica feat unseen for three years | OneFootball

Vangelis Pavlidis is experiencing an incredible run of form. The Benfica striker, in addition to reaching 50 goals for the Eagles, has matched a milestone that hadn’t been seen at Luz for almost three years: reaching 20 goals in the fewest number of games played.

According to statistics portal Playmaker, the number 14 needed just 29 official matches in 2025/26 to reach the 20-goal mark, joining an exclusive list that includes some of Benfica’s most prominent names, such as Darwin Núñez and Jonas.

However, compared to the other names, Pavlidis was the Benfica striker who needed the most games to reach the long-awaited twentieth goal. Looking at the list, the fastest to achieve this was Jonas, who, in the 2014/15 season, needed only 25 matches to do so.

Besides Jonas, who was Benfica’s top scorer during the four consecutive league titles, the list presented by Playmaker also includes two other big names in Benfica’s history. In the 2019/20 season, following the epic comeback under Bruno Lage, Pizzi reached 20 goals after 27 matches. Two years later, in 2021/22, Darwin Núñez did the same in 25 official games.

This season, wearing the Benfica shirt, Vangelis Pavlidis – valued at 35 million euros – has played 29 games: 15 in Liga Portugal Betclic, 10 in the Champions League, two in the Portuguese Cup, one in the Super Cup, and one in the League Cup. In the 2,279 minutes he’s been on the pitch, the player has scored 20 goals and provided two assists.

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