Benfica 4-0 Académica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 6 December 2009

Result

Benfica 4-0 Académica

Liga Portugal · Sunday 6 December 2009, 20:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Benfica 4-0 Académica: match report

Benfica defeated Académica 4-0 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 6 December 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.

O. Cardozo opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Benfica's goals came from O. Cardozo (6'), Javier Saviola (32'), O. Cardozo (55') and O. Cardozo (69'). Académica did not score.

Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Académica received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 26 points from 11 and Académica 12th on 10 points from 11. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 76 points, and Académica 11th with 33.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 2 for Académica.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Académica's W-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · Javier SaviolaBenfica · 2-0
  • 55'Goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 3-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Ángel Di MaríaBenfica
  • 65'Yellow card · D. VouhoAcadémica
  • 69'Goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 4-0
  • 85'Yellow card · César PeixotoBenfica
  • 88'Yellow card · David LuizBenfica

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Benfica 4, draws 0, Académica 2.

Team news

Benfica expected line-up

Quim, Luisão, Léo, Gilles Binya, Kostas Katsouranis, Cristian Gabriel Rodríguez Barrotti, Rui Costa, Óscar Cardozo, Ángel Di María, Luis Filipe