Boavista 0-2 Benfica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 18 August 2018

Result

Boavista 0-2 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Saturday 18 August 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Boavista · Benfica · Liga Portugal predictions

Boavista 0-2 Benfica: match report

Boavista lost to Benfica 0-2 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 18 August 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

Facundo Ferreyra opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Boavista did not score. Benfica scored through Facundo Ferreyra (35') and Pizzi (62').

Discipline: Boavista received 4 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.

Boavista went on to finish that season 8th with 44 points, and Benfica 1st with 87.

Boavista lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Pizzi of Benfica (8.1), ahead of Eduardo Salvio (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Facundo FerreyraBenfica · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Fábio EspinhoBoavista
  • 52'Yellow card · Gedson FernandesBenfica
  • 58'Yellow card · MateusBoavista
  • 62'Goal · PizziBenfica · 0-2
  • 72'Yellow card · TalochaBoavista
  • 81'Yellow card · Rafael CostaBoavista

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Boavista 1, draws 0, Benfica 1.

Team news

Boavista line-up (4-2-3-1)

Helton Leite, Carraça, Raphael Silva, Neris, João Carlos Araújo Fonseca Silva, Bruno Pinto, Idris Mandiang, Rochinha, Fábio Espinho, Mateus, Federico Falcone

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Jardel, Alejandro Grimaldo, Gedson Fernandes, Ljubomir Fejsa, Pizzi, Eduardo Salvio, Facundo Ferreyra, Franco Cervi