Arouca 1-3 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 8 March 2015
Result
Arouca 1-3 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Sunday 8 March 2015, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Arouca 1-3 Benfica: match report
Arouca were beaten by Benfica 1-3 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 8 March 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Iuri Medeiros opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Arouca's goal came from Iuri Medeiros (7'). Benfica scored through Jonas (51'), Lima (56') and Lima (76').
Discipline: Arouca received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Arouca were 14th on 20 points from 23 and Benfica 1st on 59 points from 23. Arouca went on to finish that season 15th with 28 points, and Benfica 1st with 85.
Arouca lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Arouca wins, 1 draw and 2 for Benfica.
Going into the match Arouca's last five read D-W-L-D-L and Benfica's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Iuri Medeiros
- 22'Yellow card · Bruno Pinto
- 42'Yellow card · Nelsinho
- 44'Yellow card · Artur
- 51'Goal · Jonas
- 56'Goal · Lima
- 62'Red card · Hugo Basto
- 69'Yellow card · Jonas
- 76'Goal · Lima
- 85'Yellow card · Talisca
- 86'Yellow card · Talisca
Head-to-head
Team news
Arouca line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mauro Goicoechea, Iván Balliu, Diego Galo, Hugo Basto, Nelsinho, Nuno Coelho, Bruno Pinto, Iuri Medeiros, Artur Moreira, Joris Kayembe, Roberto
Benfica expected line-up (4-4-2)
Júlio César, Jardel, Eliseu, Brandon Truter, Luisão, Andreas Samaris, Eduardo Salvio, Lima, Jonas, O. John