Benfica 3-2 Marítimo: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 26 April 2009
Result
Benfica 3-2 Marítimo
Liga Portugal · Sunday 26 April 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Benfica 3-2 Marítimo: match report
Benfica beat Marítimo 3-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 26 April 2009. It was 3-1 at half-time.
David Luiz opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Benfica's goals came from David Luiz (29'), O. Cardozo (35') and O. Cardozo (38'). Marítimo scored through Marcinho (44') and Bruno (60').
Discipline: Benfica received 5 yellow cards; Marítimo received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 49 points from 25 and Marítimo 7th on 37 points from 25. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 59 points, and Marítimo 9th with 37.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Benfica wins, 2 draws and 0 for Marítimo.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Marítimo's D-D-D-D-D.
Key events
- 29'Goal · David Luiz
- 35'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 38'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 43'Yellow card · Miguel Vítor
- 44'Goal · Marcinho
- 60'Goal · Bruno
- 66'Yellow card · Rúben Amorim
- 78'Yellow card · Ángel Di María
- 81'Yellow card · Paulo Jorge
- 90'Yellow card · Konstantinos Katsouranis
- 90'Yellow card · Quim
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Quim, Léo, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Gilles Binya, Luis Filipe, Edcarlos, Kostas Katsouranis, Cristian Gabriel Rodríguez Barrotti, Rui Costa, Óscar Cardozo