Académica 0-1 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 16 January 2011
Result
Académica 0-1 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Sunday 16 January 2011, 20:15 UTC · half-time 0-1
Académica 0-1 Benfica: match report
Académica were beaten by Benfica 0-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 16 January 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Javier Saviola of Benfica in the 19th minute.
Discipline: Académica received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Benfica received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Académica were 11th on 19 points from 15 and Benfica 2nd on 33 points from 15. Académica went on to finish that season 14th with 30 points, and Benfica 2nd with 63.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Académica wins, 0 draws and 4 for Benfica.
Going into the match Académica's last five read D-L-L-W-L and Benfica's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Amaury Bischoff
- 18'Yellow card · Hélder Cabral
- 19'Goal · Javier Saviola
- 30'Yellow card · David Luiz
- 35'Yellow card · Fábio Coentrão
- 36'Red card · Pape Sow
- 90'Second yellow · Fábio Coentrão
Head-to-head
Team news
Académica line-up
Romuald Peiser, Markus Berger, Pedrinho, Hélder Cabral, Pape Sow, Amaury Bischoff, Diogo Melo, Diogo Gomes, Miguel Fidalgo, Diogo Valente, Modou Sougou
Benfica line-up
Luisão, Fábio Coentrão, David Luiz, Airton, Carlos Martins, Nico Gaitán, Óscar Cardozo, Eduardo Salvio, Javier Saviola, Ruben Amorim, Roberto Jiménez