Benfica 3-1 Beira-Mar: result and report
Liga Portugal · Friday 16 March 2012
Result
Benfica 3-1 Beira-Mar
Liga Portugal · Friday 16 March 2012, 21:15 UTC · half-time 2-0
Benfica 3-1 Beira-Mar: match report
Benfica beat Beira-Mar 3-1 in Liga Portugal on Friday 16 March 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.
O. Cardozo opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Benfica's goals came from O. Cardozo (26'), Nicolás Gaitán (44') and O. Cardozo (48'). Beira-Mar scored through Cássio Barbosa (90+1').
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Beira-Mar received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 52 points from 22 and Beira-Mar 13th on 20 points from 22. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 69 points, and Beira-Mar 13th with 29.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 0 for Beira-Mar.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-L-D-L-W and Beira-Mar's W-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 26'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 44'Goal · Nicolás Gaitán
- 48'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 61'Yellow card · Bruno César
- 88'Yellow card · Axel Witsel
- 90+1'Goal · Cássio Barbosa
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up
Artur Moraes, Emerson, Luisão, Axel Witsel, Jardel, Javi García, Bruno César, Nico Gaitán, Óscar Cardozo, Nélson Oliveira, Pablo Aimar Giordano
Beira-Mar line-up
Rui Rêgo, Bura, Yohan Tavares, Jaime Simões, André Marques, Joãozinho, Nuno Lopes, Artur Moreira, Ricardo Dias, Javier Balboa, Chengdong Zhang