Benfica 1-1 Arouca: result and report
Liga Portugal · Friday 6 December 2013
Result
Benfica 1-1 Arouca
Liga Portugal · Friday 6 December 2013, 20:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Benfica 1-1 Arouca: match report
Benfica drew with Arouca 1-1 in Liga Portugal on Friday 6 December 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.
Bruno Pinto opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Benfica's goals came from Rodrigo (40') and Lima (83', penalty). Arouca scored through Bruno Pinto (19') and Sérginho (74').
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Arouca received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 24 points from 11 and Arouca 15th on 8 points from 11. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 73 points, and Arouca 12th with 31.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arouca in a 4-1-2-3.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Arouca's L-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Bruno Pinto
- 20'Yellow card · Bruno Pinto
- 40'Goal · Rodrigo
- 60'Yellow card · Rodrigo
- 74'Goal · Sérginho
- 79'Yellow card · Serginho
- 80'Yellow card · Sérginho
- 83'Penalty goal · Lima
- 83'Yellow card · Iván Balliu
- 87'Yellow card · André Kilian
- 90+2'Yellow card · Enzo Pérez
- 90+3'Yellow card · Luís Tinoco
Team news
Benfica expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Artur Moraes, Luisão, Ezequiel Garay, André Almeida, Guilherme Siqueira, Nemanja Matić, Enzo Pérez, Nico Gaitán, Lazar Markovic, Ljubomir Fejsa, Óscar Cardozo
Arouca expected line-up (4-1-2-3)
André Kilian, Nuno Coelho, Mika, Diego Galo, Iván Balliu, Luis Tinoco, Bruno Amaro, Pintassilgo, Bruno Pinto, Roberto, André Claro