Benfica 4-1 Académica: result and report

Benfica 4-1 Académica

Liga Portugal · Sunday 18 September 2011, 19:15 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Benfica won against Académica 4-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 18 September 2011. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Bruno César opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Benfica's goals came from Bruno César (26'), Nolito (42'), P. Aimar (82') and Nolito (90+1'). Académica scored through Danilo Cintra (40').

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

Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 10 points from 4 and Académica 5th on 9 points from 4. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 69 points, and Académica 12th with 29.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 3 for Académica.

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