Benfica 2-0 Porto: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 12 January 2014
Result
Benfica 2-0 Porto
Liga Portugal · Sunday 12 January 2014, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Benfica 2-0 Porto: match report
Benfica defeated Porto 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 12 January 2014. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Rodrigo opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Benfica's goals came from Rodrigo (13') and Ezequiel Garay (53'). Porto did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Porto received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 31 points from 14 and Porto 2nd on 33 points from 14. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 73 points, and Porto 3rd with 59.
Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Porto in a 4-3-3.
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 W-W-D-W-W and Porto's W-W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Rodrigo
- 53'Goal · Ezequiel Garay
- 57'Yellow card · Jackson Martínez
- 57'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
- 58'Yellow card · Ricardo Quaresma
- 61'Yellow card · Danilo
- 69'Yellow card · Lucho González
- 75'Second yellow · Danilo
- 87'Yellow card · Fernando
- 90+2'Yellow card · Enzo Pérez
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica expected line-up (4-4-2)
Artur Moraes, Luisão, Ezequiel Garay, Brandon Truter, Nemanja Matić, Enzo Pérez, Nico Gaitán, Lazar Markovic, Lima, Óscar Cardozo
Porto expected line-up (4-3-3)
Helton, Alex Sandro, Danilo, Eliaquim Mangala, Fernando, Lucho González, Josué, Steven Defour, Jackson Martínez, Silvestre Varela