Benfica 0-1 Académica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 11 April 2009
Result
Benfica 0-1 Académica
Liga Portugal · Saturday 11 April 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Benfica 0-1 Académica: match report
Benfica were beaten by Académica 0-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 11 April 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from William Kwabena Tiero of Académica in the 23rd minute.
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Académica received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 46 points from 23 and Académica 9th on 28 points from 23. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 59 points, and Académica 7th with 39.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Académica.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-L-W-W-L and Académica's W-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · William Kwabena Tiero
- 56'Yellow card · Hélder Cabral
- 64'Yellow card · Nuno Piloto
- 68'Yellow card · José Antonio Reyes
- 73'Second yellow · Hélder Cabral
- 77'Yellow card · Amoreirinha
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Quim, Léo, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Gilles Binya, Luis Filipe, Edcarlos, Kostas Katsouranis, Cristian Gabriel Rodríguez Barrotti, Rui Costa, Óscar Cardozo