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 · Beira-Mar · Liga Portugal predictions

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.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Nicolás GaitánBenfica · 2-0
  • 48'Goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 3-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Bruno CésarBenfica
  • 88'Yellow card · Axel WitselBenfica
  • 90+1'Goal · Cássio BarbosaBeira-Mar · 3-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Benfica 3, draws 0, Beira-Mar 0.

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