Benfica 2-0 Nacional: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 12 April 2026
Result
Benfica 2-0 Nacional
Liga Portugal · Sunday 12 April 2026, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Benfica 2-0 Nacional: match report
Benfica defeated Nacional 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 12 April 2026. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Andreas Schjelderup opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Benfica's goals came from Andreas Schjelderup (3') and Rafa Silva (14'). Nacional did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Nacional received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 66 points from 28 and Nacional 15th on 25 points from 28. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 80 points, and Nacional 14th with 34.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Nacional in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gianluca Prestianni of Benfica (8.6), ahead of Kaique Pereira (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 0 for Nacional.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Nacional's W-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Andreas Schjelderup
- 14'Goal · Rafa Silva
- 22'Yellow card · Samuel Dahl
- 50'Yellow card · Witiness Quembo
- 56'Yellow card · Léo Santos
- 58'Missed penalty · Vangelis Pavlidis
- 58'Yellow card · Matheus Dias
- 90'Yellow card · Joel Silva
- 90+4'Yellow card · Lenny Vallier
Head-to-head
Team news
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Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anatoliy Trubin, Amar Dedic, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Richard Ríos, Leandro Barreiro, Gianluca Prestianni, Rafa Silva, Andreas Schjelderup, Vangelis Pavlidis
Nacional line-up (4-3-3)
Kaique Pereira, Alan Nuñez, Léo Santos, Ze Vitor, José Gomes, Chiheb Labidi, Matheus Dias, Liziero, Daniel Jr, Jesús Ramírez, Witiness Quembo