Belenenses 2-0 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 27 October 2018
Result
Belenenses 2-0 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Saturday 27 October 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Belenenses 2-0 Benfica: match report
Belenenses defeated Benfica 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 27 October 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.
Eduardo Henrique opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Belenenses's goals came from Eduardo Henrique (36', penalty) and A. Keita (42'). Benfica did not score.
Discipline: Belenenses received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Belenenses were 13th on 6 points from 6 and Benfica 4th on 13 points from 5. Belenenses went on to finish that season 9th with 39 points, and Benfica 1st with 77.
Belenenses lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Muriel of Belenenses (9.6), ahead of Eduardo Henrique (8.8).
Going into the match Belenenses's last five read D-L-D-D-L and Benfica's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · Reinildo Mandava
- 32'Missed penalty · Eduardo Salvio
- 33'Yellow card · A. Keita
- 36'Penalty goal · Eduardo Henrique
- 42'Goal · A. Keita
- 45'Yellow card · Jardel
- 79'Yellow card · Ljubomir Fejsa
Team news
Belenenses line-up (4-3-3)
Muriel, Diogo Viana, Gonçalo Silva, Vincent Sasso, Reinildo Mandava, André Santos, Eduardo Henrique, Jonatan Lucca, Licá, Alhassane Keita, Zakarya Bergdich
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Jardel, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, Ljubomir Fejsa, Gedson Fernandes, Eduardo Salvio, Haris Seferovic, Rafa Silva