Benfica 2-0 Académica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Friday 4 December 2015

Result

Benfica 2-0 Académica

Liga Portugal · Friday 4 December 2015, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Benfica 2-0 Académica: match report

Benfica won against Académica 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Friday 4 December 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jonas opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Benfica's goals came from Jonas (35', penalty), Jonas (69', penalty) and Renato Sanches (85'). Académica did not score.

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Académica received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 21 points from 10 and Académica 18th on 7 points from 11. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Académica 18th with 24.

Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Académica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonas of Benfica (9.0), ahead of Jardel (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 0 for Académica.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Ljubomir FejsaBenfica
  • 34'Yellow card · Pedro TrigueiraAcadémica
  • 35'Penalty goal · JonasBenfica · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · AderlanAcadémica
  • 69'Penalty goal · JonasBenfica · 2-0
  • 69'Yellow card · R. OforiAcadémica
  • 80'Yellow card · RabiolaAcadémica
  • 80'Yellow card · RabiolaAcadémica
  • 85'Goal · Renato SanchesBenfica · 3-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Benfica 3, draws 0, Académica 0.

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-4-2)

Júlio César, Lisandro López, Eliseu, Jardel, André Almeida, Ljubomir Fejsa, Nico Gaitán, Pizzi, Renato Sanches, Konstantinos Mitroglou, Jonas

Académica line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pedro José da Silva Trigueira, Aderlan, Ricardo Nascimento, Iago Santos, Richard Ofori, Ivanildo, Leandro Silva, Nuno Piloto, Nii Plange, Fernando Alexandre, Gonçalo Paciência