Benfica 4-1 Paços de Ferreira: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 1 October 2011
Result
Benfica 4-1 Paços de Ferreira
Liga Portugal · Saturday 1 October 2011, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Benfica 4-1 Paços de Ferreira: match report
Benfica defeated Paços de Ferreira 4-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 1 October 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Javier Saviola opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Benfica's goals came from Javier Saviola (22'), Javier Saviola (43'), Luisão (65') and Nolito (66'). Paços de Ferreira scored through Michel (51', penalty).
Discipline: Benfica received 4 yellow cards; Paços de Ferreira received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 14 points from 6 and Paços de Ferreira 13th on 4 points from 6. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 69 points, and Paços de Ferreira 10th with 31.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 0 for Paços de Ferreira.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Paços de Ferreira's L-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · L. Melgarejo
- 22'Goal · Javier Saviola
- 43'Goal · Javier Saviola
- 45+1'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
- 51'Penalty goal · Michel
- 51'Yellow card · Luisão
- 52'Yellow card · Nicolás Gaitán
- 54'Yellow card · Josué
- 65'Goal · Luisão
- 66'Goal · Nolito
- 68'Yellow card · Luisinho
- 88'Yellow card · Nolito
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up
Artur Moraes, Emerson, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Bruno César, Nico Gaitán, Nemanja Matić, Óscar Cardozo, Javier Saviola, Pablo Aimar Giordano
Paços de Ferreira line-up
André Kilian, Javier Cohene, Eridson, Luis Carlos Correia Pinto, Vítor Silva, Josué, Luiz Carlos, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Filipe Anunciacao, William, Diogo Figueiras