Benfica 2-1 Portimonense SAD: result and report
Liga Portugal · Friday 8 September 2017
Result
Benfica 2-1 Portimonense SAD
Liga Portugal · Friday 8 September 2017, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benfica 2-1 Portimonense SAD: match report
Benfica won against Portimonense SAD 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Friday 8 September 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Fabrício opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Benfica's goals came from Jonas (60', penalty) and André Almeida (78'). Portimonense SAD scored through Fabrício (56').
Discipline: Benfica received no yellow cards; Portimonense SAD received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 10 points from 4 and Portimonense SAD 14th on 3 points from 4. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Portimonense SAD 10th with 38.
Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portimonense SAD in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonas of Benfica (8.4), ahead of Pizzi (8.3).
Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-W-W and Portimonense SAD's L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Ewerton
- 49'Yellow card · Pedro Sá
- 56'Goal · Fabrício
- 59'Red card · Emmanuel Hackman
- 60'Penalty goal · Jonas
- 75'Yellow card · Paulinho
- 78'Goal · André Almeida
- 84'Yellow card · Ricardo Ferreira
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Bruno Varela, Lisandro López, Luisão, Eliseu, André Almeida, Andreas Samaris, Andrija Zivkovic, Pizzi, Franco Cervi, Jonas, Haris Seferovic
Portimonense SAD line-up (4-3-3)
Ricardo Ferreira, Lucas Possignolo, Ricardo Pessoa, Emmanuel Hackman, Rúben Fernandes, Ewerton, Pedro Sá, Shoya Nakajima, Paulinho, Wellington Carvalho, Fabrício