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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Andreas SchjelderupBenfica · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Rafa SilvaBenfica · 2-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Samuel DahlBenfica
  • 50'Yellow card · Witiness QuemboNacional
  • 56'Yellow card · Léo SantosNacional
  • 58'Missed penalty · Vangelis PavlidisBenfica
  • 58'Yellow card · Matheus DiasNacional
  • 90'Yellow card · Joel SilvaNacional
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Lenny VallierNacional

Head-to-head

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

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