Benfica 2-2 Porto: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 13 January 2013
Result
Benfica 2-2 Porto
Liga Portugal · Sunday 13 January 2013, 20:15 UTC · half-time 2-2
Benfica 2-2 Porto: match report
Benfica drew with Porto 2-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 13 January 2013. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Eliaquim Mangala opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Benfica's goals came from Nemanja Matić (10') and Nicolás Gaitán (17'). Porto scored through Eliaquim Mangala (8') and Jackson Martínez (15').
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Porto received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 35 points from 13 and Porto 2nd on 32 points from 12. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Porto 1st with 78.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 3 draws and 6 for Porto.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Porto's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Eliaquim Mangala
- 10'Goal · Nemanja Matić
- 15'Goal · Jackson Martínez
- 17'Goal · Nicolás Gaitán
- 47'Yellow card · Enzo Pérez
- 62'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
- 82'Yellow card · João Moutinho
- 86'Yellow card · M. Pereira
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up
Artur Moraes, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Jardel, Eduardo Salvio, Nico Gaitán, Nemanja Matić, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Enzo Pérez, Óscar Cardozo, Lima
Porto line-up
Helton, Danilo, Eliaquim Mangala, Alex Sandro, Nicolás Otamendi, Lucho González, João Moutinho, Fernando, Steven Defour, Jackson Martínez, Silvestre Varela