Benfica 5-1 Académica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 11 April 2015

Result

Benfica 5-1 Académica

Liga Portugal · Saturday 11 April 2015, 16:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Benfica 5-1 Académica: match report

Benfica defeated Académica 5-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 11 April 2015. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Jardel opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Benfica's goals came from Jardel (8'), Jonas (11'), Lima (19', penalty), Jonas (53') and Ljubomir Fejsa (84'). Académica scored through Rafael Lopes (80').

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Académica received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 68 points from 27 and Académica 15th on 23 points from 27. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Académica 16th with 26.

Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Académica in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · JardelBenfica · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · JonasBenfica · 2-0
  • 19'Penalty goal · LimaBenfica · 3-0
  • 53'Goal · JonasBenfica · 4-0
  • 79'Yellow card · M. PereiraBenfica
  • 80'Goal · Rafael LopesAcadémica · 4-1
  • 84'Goal · Ljubomir FejsaBenfica · 5-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Benfica 3, draws 0, Académica 0.

Team news

Benfica expected line-up (4-4-2)

Júlio César, Eliseu, Jardel, Brandon Truter, Luisão, Andreas Samaris, Eduardo Salvio, Talisca, Lima, Jonas

Académica expected line-up (4-4-2)

Cristiano Figueiredo, João Real, Christopher Oualembo, Ricardo Nascimento, Nuno Piloto, Ricardo Esgaio, Nwankwo Obiora, Marcos Paulo, Rui Pedro, Hugo Seco, Rafael Lopes