Benfica 2-0 Paços de Ferreira: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 23 September 2017
Result
Benfica 2-0 Paços de Ferreira
Liga Portugal · Saturday 23 September 2017, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Benfica 2-0 Paços de Ferreira: match report
Benfica beat Paços de Ferreira 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 23 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Franco Cervi opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Benfica's goals came from Franco Cervi (20') and Jonas (61'). Paços de Ferreira did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Paços de Ferreira received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 4th on 13 points from 6 and Paços de Ferreira 12th on 6 points from 6. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Paços de Ferreira 17th with 30.
Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Paços de Ferreira in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Franco Cervi of Benfica (8.7), ahead of Jonas (8.1).
Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Paços de Ferreira's W-D-D-L-D.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Franco Cervi
- 44'Yellow card · Rúben Dias
- 44'Yellow card · Bruno Santos
- 50'Yellow card · Andrija Zivkovic
- 61'Goal · Jonas
- 68'Yellow card · Haris Seferovic
- 90+1'Yellow card · André Leão
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Júlio César, Alejandro Grimaldo, Luisão, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Ljubomir Fejsa, Andrija Zivkovic, Pizzi, Franco Cervi, Jonas, Haris Seferovic
Paços de Ferreira line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mário Felgueiras, Rui Correia, Bruno Araújo dos Santos, Miguel Vieira, Francisco Afonso, André Leão, Diego Luiz, Mateus da Silva, Vasco Rocha, Xavier, Welthon