Benfica 3-1 Belenenses: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 23 May 2009
Result
Benfica 3-1 Belenenses
Liga Portugal · Saturday 23 May 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Benfica 3-1 Belenenses: match report
Benfica defeated Belenenses 3-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 23 May 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Silas opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Benfica's goals came from O. Cardozo (21'), Fellipe Bastos (63') and Mantorras (90'). Belenenses scored through Silas (3').
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Belenenses received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 56 points from 29 and Belenenses 15th on 24 points from 29. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 59 points, and Belenenses 15th with 24.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 1 for Belenenses.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Belenenses's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Silas
- 21'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 33'Yellow card · Wenderson Said
- 42'Red card · Saulo
- 46'Yellow card · P. Aimar
- 62'Yellow card · Konstantinos Katsouranis
- 63'Goal · Fellipe Bastos
- 73'Yellow card · Jonathan Urretaviscaya
- 90'Goal · Mantorras
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Quim, Léo, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Gilles Binya, Luis Filipe, Edcarlos, Kostas Katsouranis, Cristian Gabriel Rodríguez Barrotti, Rui Costa, Óscar Cardozo