PERISTERONA, Cyprus (Interstat) — Benfica beat Omonia 4-1 on Thursday at Stadio Katokopia-Epistrofi-Glafkos Kliridis, overcoming an early deficit with three second-half goals. Omonia opened the scoring in the 42nd minute when Andronikos Kakoulis found the net after Jaden Montnor provided the assist. Benfica leveled in the 49th minute through Vangelis Pavlidis. Fredrik Aursnes put Benfica ahead in the 76th minute, and Gianluca Prestianni added the fourth in the 85th. Prestianni also received a yellow card. Benfica’s record in the competition is 2-0, while Omonia is 1-1. Across all competitions, Benfica is 3-2 and Omonia is 2-1-1. Dodi Lukebakio contributed an assist in seven minutes. Benfica had yellow cards to Tomas Araujo in the 62nd, Joao Palhinha in the 83rd, El Karouani in the 88th and Prestianni in the 90th, while Omonia’s Diony was booked in stoppage time. Both teams used five substitutions.