Porto 2-2 Benfica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Friday 23 September 2011

Result

Porto 2-2 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Friday 23 September 2011, 19:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Porto 2-2 Benfica: match report

Porto drew with Benfica 2-2 in Liga Portugal on Friday 23 September 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.

Kléber opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Porto's goals came from Kléber (37') and Nicolás Otamendi (51'). Benfica scored through O. Cardozo (47') and Nicolás Gaitán (82').

Discipline: Porto received 6 yellow cards; Benfica received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Porto were 1st on 13 points from 5 and Benfica 2nd on 13 points from 5. Porto went on to finish that season 1st with 75 points, and Benfica 2nd with 69.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Porto wins, 3 draws and 1 for Benfica.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Nicolás OtamendiPorto
  • 37'Goal · KléberPorto · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Javi GarcíaBenfica
  • 40'Yellow card · LuisãoBenfica
  • 43'Yellow card · O. CardozoBenfica
  • 43'Yellow card · Jorge FucilePorto
  • 47'Goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 1-1
  • 51'Goal · Nicolás OtamendiPorto · 2-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Álvaro PereiraPorto
  • 77'Yellow card · KléberPorto
  • 78'Yellow card · FernandoPorto
  • 82'Goal · Nicolás GaitánBenfica · 2-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Bruno CésarBenfica
  • 90+1'Yellow card · João MoutinhoPorto

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Porto 6, draws 3, Benfica 1.

Team news

Porto expected line-up (4-3-3)

Helton, Álvaro Pereira, Maicon, Nicolás Otamendi, Jorge Fucile, James Rodríguez, João Moutinho, Walter, Hulk

Benfica line-up

Artur Moraes, Emerson, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Axel Witsel, Javi García, Nico Gaitán, Óscar Cardozo, Nolito, Pablo Aimar Giordano