Benfica 5-1 Boavista: result and report

Benfica 5-1 Boavista

Liga Portugal · Tuesday 29 January 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Benfica · Boavista · Liga Portugal predictions

Benfica defeated Boavista 5-1 in Liga Portugal on Tuesday 29 January 2019. The half-time score was 2-1.

João Félix opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Benfica's goals came from João Félix (9'), Pizzi (28'), Haris Seferovic (54'), Haris Seferovic (72') and Alejandro Grimaldo (86'). Boavista scored through Talocha (42').

Discipline: Benfica received no yellow cards; Boavista received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 37 points from 16 and Boavista 16th on 16 points from 17. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 77 points, and Boavista 11th with 35.

Benfica lined up in a 4-2-2-2 and Boavista in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pizzi of Benfica (9.3), ahead of João Félix (9.1).

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