Benfica 2-0 Paços de Ferreira: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 9 January 2022
Result
Benfica 2-0 Paços de Ferreira
Liga Portugal · Sunday 9 January 2022, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Benfica 2-0 Paços de Ferreira: match report
Benfica defeated Paços de Ferreira 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 9 January 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.
João Mário opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Benfica's goals came from João Mário (45+5') and Alejandro Grimaldo (75'). Paços de Ferreira did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Paços de Ferreira received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 34 points from 15 and Paços de Ferreira 10th on 17 points from 16. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Paços de Ferreira 13th with 38.
Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Paços de Ferreira in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alejandro Grimaldo of Benfica (8.8), ahead of João Mário (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 0 for Paços de Ferreira.
Key events
- 25'Yellow card · Nicolás Otamendi
- 45+2'Red card · Denílson
- 45+2'Yellow card · Fernando Fonseca
- 45+5'Goal · João Mário
- 57'Yellow card · Vitorino Antunes
- 75'Goal · Alejandro Grimaldo
- 90'Yellow card · Matchoi Djaló
- 90+1'Yellow card · Paulo Bernardo
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Rodrigo Pinho
- Dor Jan
- Lucas Veríssimo
- João Vigário
- Jan Vertonghen
- Soualiho Meïté
- Alexander Bah
- Roman Yaremchuk
- Pizzi
- Odysseas Vlachodimos
- Nemanja Radonjić
- Jorge Silva
- Jordi
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Helton Leite, Gilberto, Nicolás Otamendi, Morato, Alejandro Grimaldo, Rafa Silva, Julian Weigl, João Mário, Everton, Gonçalo Ramos, Haris Seferovic
Paços de Ferreira line-up (5-4-1)
André Ferreira, Fernando Fonseca, Nuno Lima, Marco Baixinho, Vitorino Antunes, Uilton Silva, Juan Antonio Delgado Baeza, Rui Pires, Stephen Eustaquio, Hélder Ferreira, Denílson