Nacional 2-4 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Monday 17 March 2014
Result
Nacional 2-4 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Monday 17 March 2014, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-3
Nacional 2-4 Benfica: match report
Nacional lost to Benfica 2-4 in Liga Portugal on Monday 17 March 2014. The half-time score was 1-3.
Daniel Candeias opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Nacional's goals came from Daniel Candeias (7', penalty) and Djaniny (80'). Benfica scored through Lima (24'), Rodrigo (33'), Ezequiel Garay (43') and Ezequiel Garay (89').
Discipline: Nacional received 5 yellow cards; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nacional were 5th on 32 points from 22 and Benfica 1st on 53 points from 22. Nacional went on to finish that season 5th with 41 points, and Benfica 1st with 73.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Nacional wins, 1 draw and 2 for Benfica.
Going into the match Nacional's last five read L-D-D-D-W and Benfica's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 7'Penalty goal · Daniel Candeias
- 7'Yellow card · Luisão
- 13'Yellow card · Marçal
- 14'Yellow card · Ali Ghazal
- 24'Goal · Lima
- 30'Yellow card · Saleh Gomaa
- 31'Yellow card · Guilherme Siqueira
- 33'Goal · Rodrigo
- 43'Goal · Ezequiel Garay
- 65'Yellow card · Miguel Rodrigues
- 68'Yellow card · Lucas João
- 74'Yellow card · Nicolás Gaitán
- 80'Goal · Djaniny
- 89'Goal · Ezequiel Garay
Head-to-head
Team news
Nacional expected line-up
Eduardo Gottardi, Mexer, Marçal, Miguel Rodrigues, Zainadine Júnior, Nuno Campos, Claudemir Pereira Da Silva, Mario Rondon, Jota, Ali Ghazal, Daniel Candeias
Benfica expected line-up (4-3-3)
Luisão, Ezequiel Garay, Sílvio, Lazar Markovic, Ljubomir Fejsa, Ruben Amorim, Brandon Truter