Benfica 2-1 Nacional: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 15 May 2016

Result

Benfica 2-1 Nacional

Liga Portugal · Sunday 15 May 2016, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Benfica 2-1 Nacional: match report

Benfica won against Nacional 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 15 May 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Nicolás Gaitán opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Benfica's goals came from Nicolás Gaitán (23'), Jonas (39'), Nicolás Gaitán (65') and Pizzi (84'). Nacional scored through Salvador Agra (90+1').

Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Nacional received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 83 points from 33 and Nacional 11th on 38 points from 33. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Nacional 11th with 38.

Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Nacional in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nico Gaitán of Benfica (8.9), ahead of Jonas (8.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 0 for Nacional.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Salvador AgraNacional
  • 23'Goal · Nicolás GaitánBenfica · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · TaliscaBenfica
  • 39'Goal · JonasBenfica · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · JonasBenfica
  • 43'Yellow card · B. FofanaNacional
  • 54'Yellow card · JardelBenfica
  • 65'Goal · Nicolás GaitánBenfica · 3-0
  • 84'Goal · PizziBenfica · 4-0
  • 90+1'Goal · Salvador AgraNacional · 4-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Benfica 5, draws 0, Nacional 0.

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-4-2)

Ederson, Alejandro Grimaldo, Victor Lindelöf, Jardel, André Almeida, Ljubomir Fejsa, Nico Gaitán, Pizzi, Talisca, Konstantinos Mitroglou, Jonas

Nacional line-up (4-3-3)

Eduardo Gottardi, Alan Henrique, Nuno Campos, Rui Correia, Mauro Cerqueira, Boubacar Fofana, Luís Aurélio, Washington, João Aurélio, Salvador Agra, Tiquinho Soares