Nacional 0-2 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Thursday 19 December 2024
Result
Nacional 0-2 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Thursday 19 December 2024, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Nacional 0-2 Benfica: match report
Nacional lost to Benfica 0-2 in Liga Portugal on Thursday 19 December 2024. The half-time score was 0-0.
Ángel Di María opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Nacional did not score. Benfica scored through Ángel Di María (59', penalty) and Ángel Di María (74').
Discipline: Nacional received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nacional were 13th on 12 points from 13 and Benfica 3rd on 32 points from 13. Nacional went on to finish that season 14th with 34 points, and Benfica 2nd with 80.
Nacional lined up in a 4-4-2 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ángel Di María of Benfica (8.8), ahead of Nicolás Otamendi (7.9).
Going into the match Nacional's last five read W-L-D-L-W and Benfica's D-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Vangelis Pavlidis
- 45+2'Yellow card · José Gomes
- 45+3'Yellow card · Alexander Bah
- 59'Penalty goal · Ángel Di María
- 62'Yellow card · Ángel Di María
- 67'Yellow card · Djibril Soumaré
- 74'Goal · Ángel Di María
- 84'Yellow card · Leandro Barreiro
Team news
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Nacional line-up (4-4-2)
Lucas França, Garcia, Ze Vitor, Ulisses, José Gomes, Arvin Appiah, Matheus Dias, Djibril Soumaré, Nigel Thomas, Luís André Leite Esteves, Isaac
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anatoliy Trubin, Alexander Bah, Tomás Araújo, Nicolás Otamendi, Álvaro Carreras, Fredrik Aursnes, Florentino, Ángel Di María, Orkun Kökçü, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Vangelis Pavlidis