Boavista 2-2 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Friday 18 February 2022
Result
Boavista 2-2 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Friday 18 February 2022, 20:15 UTC · half-time 0-2
Boavista 2-2 Benfica: match report
Boavista drew with Benfica 2-2 in Liga Portugal on Friday 18 February 2022. It was 0-2 at half-time.
A. Taarabt opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Boavista's goals came from Gustavo Sauer (74') and Gaius Makouta (80'). Benfica scored through A. Taarabt (21') and Alejandro Grimaldo (30').
Discipline: Boavista received 6 yellow cards; Benfica received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Boavista were 12th on 21 points from 22 and Benfica 3rd on 47 points from 21. Boavista went on to finish that season 11th with 38 points, and Benfica 3rd with 71.
Boavista lined up in a 3-4-3 and Benfica in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Adel Taarabt of Benfica (8.1), ahead of Gustavo Sauer (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Boavista wins, 2 draws and 6 for Benfica.
Going into the match Boavista's last five read D-D-L-D-D and Benfica's W-W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Julian Weigl
- 16'Yellow card · Petit
- 21'Goal · A. Taarabt
- 27'Yellow card · Nicolás Otamendi
- 30'Goal · Alejandro Grimaldo
- 40'Yellow card · Seba Pérez
- 47'Yellow card · Javi García
- 69'Yellow card · K. Gorré
- 74'Goal · Gustavo Sauer
- 74'Yellow card · Gonçalo Ramos
- 80'Goal · Gaius Makouta
- 84'Yellow card · Alejandro Grimaldo
- 84'Yellow card · Petar Musa
- 90'Yellow card · Y. Hamache
Head-to-head
Team news
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Boavista line-up (3-4-3)
Rafael Bracali, Nathan, Reggie Cannon, Javi García, Tiago Ilori, Filipe Ferreira, Gustavo Sauer, Seba Pérez, Gaius Makouta, Yusupha Njie, Petar Musa
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Valentino Lazaro, Nicolás Otamendi, Jan Vertonghen, Alejandro Grimaldo, Rafa Silva, Adel Taarabt, Julian Weigl, Everton, Gonçalo Ramos, Darwin Núñez