Académica 0-2 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 30 November 2014
Result
Académica 0-2 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Sunday 30 November 2014, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Académica 0-2 Benfica: match report
Académica lost to Benfica 0-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 30 November 2014. The half-time score was 0-2.
Nicolás Gaitán opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Académica did not score. Benfica scored through Nicolás Gaitán (8') and Luisão (45+1').
Discipline: Académica received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Benfica received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Académica were 16th on 8 points from 10 and Benfica 2nd on 25 points from 10. Académica went on to finish that season 16th with 26 points, and Benfica 1st with 85.
Académica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Académica wins, 0 draws and 2 for Benfica.
Going into the match Académica's last five read L-D-L-D-W and Benfica's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Nicolás Gaitán
- 19'Yellow card · Fernando Alexandre
- 40'Yellow card · Jonas
- 42'Yellow card · Marcos Paulo
- 45+1'Goal · Luisão
- 55'Yellow card · Rui Pedro
- 61'Yellow card · André Almeida
- 67'Yellow card · M. Pereira
- 70'Yellow card · Ivanildo
- 73'Yellow card · Jardel
- 86'Yellow card · Marinho
- 90+5'Red card · Marinho
Head-to-head
Team news
Académica expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ricardo Nunes, João Dias, Reiner Ferreira, Flávio, Alphousseyni Kéïta, Makelele, Wilson Eduardo, Edinho
Benfica expected line-up (4-3-3)
Júlio César, Luisão, Brandon Truter, André Almeida, Jardel, Eliseu, Eduardo Salvio, Nico Gaitán, Enzo Pérez, Talisca, Lima