Benfica 3-2 Paços de Ferreira: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 15 February 2009
Result
Benfica 3-2 Paços de Ferreira
Liga Portugal · Sunday 15 February 2009, 20:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benfica 3-2 Paços de Ferreira: match report
Benfica defeated Paços de Ferreira 3-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 15 February 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
O. Cardozo opened the scoring in the 69th minute. Benfica's goals came from O. Cardozo (69'), Rúben Amorim (73') and Ángel Di María (87'). Paços de Ferreira scored through Ferreira (76') and André Silva (90').
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Paços de Ferreira received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 34 points from 17 and Paços de Ferreira 12th on 16 points from 17. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 59 points, and Paços de Ferreira 10th with 34.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 0 for Paços de Ferreira.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-D-W-L and Paços de Ferreira's D-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 37'Yellow card · Danielson
- 45'Yellow card · Pedrinha
- 62'Yellow card · Jorginho
- 64'Yellow card · André Kilian
- 69'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 73'Goal · Rúben Amorim
- 76'Goal · Ferreira
- 84'Yellow card · André Silva
- 86'Yellow card · José Antonio Reyes
- 87'Goal · Ángel Di María
- 87'Yellow card · Ángel Di María
- 90'Goal · André Silva
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