Benfica 2-2 União de Leiria: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 9 March 2008
Result
Benfica 2-2 União de Leiria
Liga Portugal · Sunday 9 March 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Benfica 2-2 União de Leiria: match report
Benfica drew with União de Leiria 2-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 9 March 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
Paulo César opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Benfica's goals came from Marc-André Zoro Kpolo (51') and O. Cardozo (56'). União de Leiria scored through Paulo César (42') and Serge N'Gal (69').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 39 points from 21 and União de Leiria 16th on 8 points from 21. Benfica went on to finish that season 4th with 52 points, and União de Leiria 16th with 16.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 0 for União de Leiria.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-D-W-D-W and União de Leiria's L-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 42'Goal · Paulo César
- 51'Goal · Marc-André Zoro Kpolo
- 56'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 69'Goal · Serge N'Gal
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