Paços de Ferreira 1-2 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 11 March 2012
Result
Paços de Ferreira 1-2 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Sunday 11 March 2012, 18:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Paços de Ferreira 1-2 Benfica: match report
Paços de Ferreira lost to Benfica 1-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 11 March 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
Michel opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Paços de Ferreira's goal came from Michel (28'). Benfica scored through Nicolás Gaitán (63') and Bruno César (68').
Discipline: Paços de Ferreira received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Benfica received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Paços de Ferreira were 12th on 21 points from 21 and Benfica 3rd on 49 points from 21. Paços de Ferreira went on to finish that season 10th with 31 points, and Benfica 2nd with 69.
Paços de Ferreira lined up in a 4-4-2 and Benfica in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Paços de Ferreira wins, 1 draw and 9 for Benfica.
Going into the match Paços de Ferreira's last five read W-L-L-W-W and Benfica's L-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Javi García
- 22'Yellow card · Michel
- 28'Goal · Michel
- 42'Yellow card · Bruno César
- 49'Yellow card · Luisão
- 63'Goal · Nicolás Gaitán
- 67'Yellow card · Luíz Carlos
- 68'Goal · Bruno César
- 76'Second yellow · Michel
- 83'Yellow card · Nélson Oliveira
- 85'Yellow card · M. Pereira
- 89'Red card · Ricardo
- 90+2'Yellow card · Artur Moraes
Head-to-head
Team news
Paços de Ferreira line-up (4-4-2)
André Kilian, Luis Carlos Correia Pinto, Nuno Santos, Ricardo, Vítor Silva, André Leão, Luiz Carlos, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Manuel Jose, Filipe Anunciacao, Michel
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Artur Moraes, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Axel Witsel, Jardel, Joan Capdevila, Javi García, Bruno César, Óscar Cardozo, Nolito, Javier Saviola