Moreirense 1-2 Benfica: result and report

Moreirense 1-2 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Sunday 31 January 2016, 19:15 UTC · half-time 0-2

Moreirense · Benfica · Liga Portugal predictions

Moreirense lost to Benfica 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 31 January 2016. The half-time score was 0-2.

Jonas opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Moreirense's goal came from Iuri Medeiros (90+2'). Benfica scored through Jonas (16'), Konstantinos Mitroglou (43'), Jonas (67') and Nicolás Gaitán (75').

Discipline: Moreirense received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Moreirense were 12th on 22 points from 19 and Benfica 3rd on 44 points from 19. Moreirense went on to finish that season 12th with 38 points, and Benfica 1st with 86.

Moreirense 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 (8.9), ahead of Pizzi (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Moreirense wins, 0 draws and 3 for Benfica.

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