Nacional 0-1 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 14 March 2010
Result
Nacional 0-1 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Sunday 14 March 2010, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Nacional 0-1 Benfica: match report
Nacional were beaten by Benfica 0-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 14 March 2010. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from O. Cardozo of Benfica in the 64th minute.
Discipline: Nacional received 5 yellow cards; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nacional were 9th on 29 points from 22 and Benfica 1st on 55 points from 22. Nacional went on to finish that season 7th with 39 points, and Benfica 1st with 76.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nacional win, 2 draws and 3 for Benfica.
Going into the match Nacional's last five read L-W-D-D-L and Benfica's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Ramires
- 39'Yellow card · Felipe Lopes
- 56'Yellow card · João Aurélio
- 60'Yellow card · Cléber Monteiro
- 62'Yellow card · Diego Barcelos
- 64'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 70'Yellow card · P. Aimar
- 90'Yellow card · David Luiz
- 90'Yellow card · N. Pečnik
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica expected line-up (4-1-3-2)
Júlio César, Luisão, David Luiz, Brandon Truter, Javi García, Ramires, Óscar Cardozo, Ángel Di María, Javier Saviola, Ruben Amorim, Paulo César da Silva Peixoto