Vitória Guimarães 0-1 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 4 January 2020
Result
Vitória Guimarães 0-1 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Saturday 4 January 2020, 20:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Vitória Guimarães 0-1 Benfica: match report
Vitória Guimarães were beaten by Benfica 0-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 4 January 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Franco Cervi of Benfica in the 23rd minute.
Discipline: Vitória Guimarães received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Vitória Guimarães were 5th on 21 points from 14 and Benfica 1st on 39 points from 14. Vitória Guimarães went on to finish that season 7th with 50 points, and Benfica 2nd with 77.
Vitória Guimarães lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Odysseas Vlachodimos of Benfica (8.4), ahead of Pêpê (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Vitória Guimarães wins, 1 draw and 9 for Benfica.
Going into the match Vitória Guimarães's last five read D-W-D-L-D and Benfica's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Franco Cervi
- 31'Yellow card · Lucas Evangelista
- 42'Yellow card · Tomás Tavares
- 52'Yellow card · Gabriel Pires
- 57'Yellow card · João Carlos Teixeira
- 90'Yellow card · Rochinha
- 90+5'Second yellow · Rochinha
- 90+8'Yellow card · A. Taarabt
Head-to-head
Team news
Vitória Guimarães line-up (4-3-3)
Douglas Jesus, Víctor García, Edmond Tapsoba, Pedro Henrique, Florent Hanin, João Carlos Teixeira, Pêpê, Lucas Evangelista, Marcus Edwards, Léo Bonatini, Davidson
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Tomás Franco Tavares, Rúben Dias, Ferro, Alejandro Grimaldo, Adel Taarabt, Gabriel Pires, Pizzi, Chiquinho, Franco Cervi, Carlos Vinícius