Boavista 2-1 Benfica: result and report

Boavista 2-1 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Saturday 16 September 2017, 17:15 UTC · half-time 0-1

Boavista · Benfica · Liga Portugal predictions

Boavista beat Benfica 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 16 September 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jonas opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Boavista's goals came from Renato Santos (55') and Fábio Espinho (74'). Benfica scored through Jonas (7').

Discipline: Boavista received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Boavista were 16th on 3 points from 5 and Benfica 4th on 13 points from 5. Boavista went on to finish that season 8th with 45 points, and Benfica 2nd with 81.

Boavista lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonas of Benfica (8.1), ahead of Vagner (8.0).

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