Benfica 2-3 Porto: result and report

Liga Portugal · Friday 2 March 2012

Result

Benfica 2-3 Porto

Liga Portugal · Friday 2 March 2012, 20:15 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Benfica 2-3 Porto: match report

Benfica were beaten by Porto 2-3 in Liga Portugal on Friday 2 March 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Hulk opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Benfica's goals came from O. Cardozo (42') and O. Cardozo (48'). Porto scored through Hulk (7'), J. Rodríguez (64') and Maicon (87').

Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Porto received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 49 points from 20 and Porto 1st on 49 points from 20. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 69 points, and Porto 1st with 75.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 4 draws and 5 for Porto.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Porto's W-W-W-L-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · HulkPorto · 0-1
  • 21'Yellow card · Akio KogikuPorto
  • 24'Yellow card · Álvaro PereiraPorto
  • 29'Yellow card · DjalmaPorto
  • 42'Goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 1-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · O. CardozoBenfica
  • 48'Goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 2-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Emerson ConceiçãoBenfica
  • 64'Goal · J. RodríguezPorto · 2-2
  • 77'Second yellow · Emerson ConceiçãoBenfica
  • 87'Goal · MaiconPorto · 2-3
  • 90+1'Yellow card · HeltonPorto
  • 90+2'Yellow card · HulkPorto
  • 90+4'Yellow card · M. PereiraBenfica

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Benfica 1, draws 4, Porto 5.

Team news

Benfica line-up

Artur Moraes, Emerson, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Axel Witsel, Javi García, Nico Gaitán, Óscar Cardozo, Nolito, Pablo Aimar Giordano

Porto expected line-up

Helton, Álvaro Pereira, Maicon, Nicolás Otamendi, Jorge Fucile, João Moutinho, Souza, Fernando Belluschi, Hulk, Walter