Arouca 0-2 Benfica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 1 December 2024

Result

Arouca 0-2 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Sunday 1 December 2024, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Arouca · Benfica · Liga Portugal predictions

Arouca 0-2 Benfica: match report

Arouca lost to Benfica 0-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 1 December 2024. The half-time score was 0-1.

José Fontán opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Arouca did not score. Benfica scored through José Fontán (12') and Ángel Di María (71').

Discipline: Arouca received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arouca were 18th on 8 points from 11 and Benfica 3rd on 25 points from 10. Arouca went on to finish that season 11th with 38 points, and Benfica 2nd with 80.

Arouca lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nico Mantl of Arouca (8.2), ahead of Anatoliy Trubin (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Arouca wins, 0 draws and 4 for Benfica.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · José FontánBenfica · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Orkun KökçüBenfica
  • 36'Yellow card · Mamadou LoumArouca
  • 40'Yellow card · Chico LambaArouca
  • 69'Yellow card · Niklas BesteBenfica
  • 71'Goal · Ángel Di MaríaBenfica · 0-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Zeki AmdouniBenfica

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Arouca 0, draws 0, Benfica 4.

Team news

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Arouca line-up (4-3-3)

Nico Mantl, Tiago Esgaio, Chico Lamba, José Fontán, Amadou Dante, Bruno Pinto, Mamadou Loum, Morlaye Sylla, Ivo Rodrigues, Alfonso Trezza, Jason

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Anatoliy Trubin, Alexander Bah, Tomás Araújo, Nicolás Otamendi, Álvaro Carreras, Fredrik Aursnes, Florentino, Orkun Kökçü, Ángel Di María, Vangelis Pavlidis, Kerem Aktürkoğlu