Benfica 4-2 Nacional: result and report

Benfica 4-2 Nacional

Liga Portugal · Saturday 22 January 2011, 21:15 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Benfica won against Nacional 4-2 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 22 January 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Nicolás Gaitán opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Benfica's goals came from Nicolás Gaitán (8'), Sidnei (20'), O. Cardozo (51') and Franco Jara (89'). Nacional scored through Luis Alberto (76') and R. Mihelič (85').

Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Nacional received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 36 points from 16 and Nacional 5th on 25 points from 16. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 63 points, and Nacional 6th with 43.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Benfica wins, 2 draws and 2 for Nacional.

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