Nacional 1-2 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 9 November 2014
Result
Nacional 1-2 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Sunday 9 November 2014, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Nacional 1-2 Benfica: match report
Nacional lost to Benfica 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 9 November 2014. The half-time score was 1-2.
Edgar Abreu opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Nacional's goal came from Edgar Abreu (1'). Benfica scored through Eduardo Salvio (7') and Jonas (19').
Discipline: Nacional received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nacional were 11th on 9 points from 9 and Benfica 2nd on 22 points from 9. Nacional went on to finish that season 8th with 46 points, and Benfica 1st with 85.
Nacional lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Nacional wins, 1 draw and 3 for Benfica.
Going into the match Nacional's last five read L-W-D-L-D and Benfica's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Edgar Abreu
- 7'Goal · Eduardo Salvio
- 19'Goal · Jonas
- 28'Yellow card · Zainadine
- 29'Yellow card · Marçal
- 43'Yellow card · Hyun-jun Suk
- 59'Yellow card · Andreas Samaris
- 77'Yellow card · Jonas
- 83'Yellow card · M. Pereira
- 90'Yellow card · Júlio César
Head-to-head
Team news
Nacional line-up (4-3-3)
Rui Silva, João Aurélio, Zainadine Júnior, Miguel Rodrigues, Marçal, Boubacar Fofana, Ali Ghazal, Edgar Abreu, Mario Rondon, Hyun-jun Suk, Marco Matias
Benfica expected line-up (4-3-3)
Luisão, Brandon Truter, André Almeida, Jardel, Eliseu, Nico Gaitán, Enzo Pérez, Eduardo Salvio, Talisca, Derley