Vitória Guimarães 1-2 Benfica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 2 November 2008

Result

Vitória Guimarães 1-2 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Sunday 2 November 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

Vitória Guimarães · Benfica · Liga Portugal predictions

Vitória Guimarães 1-2 Benfica: match report

Vitória Guimarães lost to Benfica 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 2 November 2008. The half-time score was 1-2.

Óscar Suazo Velázquez opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Vitória Guimarães's goal came from Douglas (40'). Benfica scored through Óscar Suazo Velázquez (14') and Sidnei (18').

Discipline: Vitória Guimarães received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Vitória Guimarães were 9th on 9 points from 6 and Benfica 4th on 12 points from 6. Vitória Guimarães went on to finish that season 8th with 38 points, and Benfica 3rd with 59.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Vitória Guimarães win, 1 draw and 2 for Benfica.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Danilo RochaVitória Guimarães
  • 14'Goal · Óscar Suazo VelázquezBenfica · 0-1
  • 18'Goal · SidneiBenfica · 0-2
  • 33'Yellow card · P. AimarBenfica
  • 34'Yellow card · Flavio MeirelesVitória Guimarães
  • 40'Goal · DouglasVitória Guimarães · 1-2
  • 42'Yellow card · José Antonio ReyesBenfica
  • 45'Second yellow · José Antonio ReyesBenfica
  • 63'Yellow card · WênioVitória Guimarães
  • 87'Yellow card · Hassan YebdaBenfica
  • 90'Yellow card · Konstantinos KatsouranisBenfica

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Vitória Guimarães 1, draws 1, Benfica 2.

Team news

Benfica expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Quim, Léo, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Gilles Binya, Luis Filipe, Edcarlos, Kostas Katsouranis, Cristian Gabriel Rodríguez Barrotti, Rui Costa, Óscar Cardozo