Benfica 4-1 Académica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 18 September 2011
Result
Benfica 4-1 Académica
Liga Portugal · Sunday 18 September 2011, 19:15 UTC · half-time 2-1
Benfica 4-1 Académica: match report
Benfica won against Académica 4-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 18 September 2011. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Bruno César opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Benfica's goals came from Bruno César (26'), Nolito (42'), P. Aimar (82') and Nolito (90+1'). Académica scored through Danilo Cintra (40').
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Académica received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 10 points from 4 and Académica 5th on 9 points from 4. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 69 points, and Académica 12th with 29.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-W-W-D and Académica's W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Pape Sow
- 9'Yellow card · Bruno César
- 26'Goal · Bruno César
- 40'Goal · Danilo Cintra
- 42'Goal · Nolito
- 64'Yellow card · Adrien Silva
- 74'Yellow card · Nolito
- 77'Yellow card · M. Pereira
- 82'Goal · P. Aimar
- 90+1'Goal · Nolito
Team news
Benfica line-up
Artur Moraes, Emerson, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Axel Witsel, Bruno César, Nemanja Matić, Óscar Cardozo, Nolito, Javier Saviola
Académica line-up
Romuald Peiser, João Real, Abdoulaye Ba, Nivaldo, Cédric Soares, Ibrahim Sissoko, Pape Sow, Adrien Silva, Danilo Cintra, Éder, Diogo Valente