Benfica 2-3 Tondela: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 28 April 2018

Result

Benfica 2-3 Tondela

Liga Portugal · Saturday 28 April 2018, 17:15 UTC · half-time 1-2

Benfica · Tondela · Liga Portugal predictions

Benfica 2-3 Tondela: match report

Benfica lost to Tondela 2-3 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 28 April 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.

Pizzi opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Benfica's goal came from Pizzi (12'). Tondela scored through Miguel Cardoso (30') and Miguel Cardoso (39').

Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Tondela received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 77 points from 31 and Tondela 10th on 35 points from 31. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Tondela 11th with 38.

Benfica lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Tondela in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Pizzi of Benfica (9.3), ahead of Miguel Cardoso (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 0 draws and 0 for Tondela.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · PizziBenfica · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · Miguel CardosoTondela · 1-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Franco CerviBenfica
  • 39'Goal · Miguel CardosoTondela · 1-2
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Jorge FernandesTondela
  • 54'Yellow card · LuisãoBenfica
  • 61'Yellow card · TómanéTondela
  • 69'Yellow card · Cláudio RamosTondela

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Benfica 1, draws 0, Tondela 0.

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-1-4-1)

Bruno Varela, Alejandro Grimaldo, Luisão, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Andreas Samaris, Andrija Zivkovic, Pizzi, Franco Cervi, Rafa Silva, Raúl Jiménez

Tondela line-up (4-3-3)

Cláudio Ramos, Ricardo Costa, David Bruno, Joãozinho, Jorge Fernandes, Claude Gonçalves, Hélder Tavares, Bruno André Freitas Monteiro, Tyler Boyd, Miguel Cardoso, Tomané