Vitória Guimarães 0-1 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 2 January 2016
Result
Vitória Guimarães 0-1 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Saturday 2 January 2016, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Vitória Guimarães 0-1 Benfica: match report
Vitória Guimarães lost to Benfica 0-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 2 January 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Renato Sanches of Benfica in the 74th minute.
Discipline: Vitória Guimarães received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Vitória Guimarães were 9th on 20 points from 14 and Benfica 3rd on 29 points from 14. Vitória Guimarães went on to finish that season 9th with 41 points, and Benfica 1st with 86.
Vitória Guimarães lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Renato Sanches of Benfica (8.0), ahead of Jardel (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Vitória Guimarães wins, 1 draw and 7 for Benfica.
Going into the match Vitória Guimarães's last five read W-D-W-W-L and Benfica's W-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Henrique Dourado
- 19'Yellow card · Otávio
- 28'Yellow card · Bakary Bouba Sare
- 38'Yellow card · Lisandro López
- 39'Yellow card · Ljubomir Fejsa
- 74'Goal · Renato Sanches
- 75'Yellow card · Renato Sanches
- 85'Yellow card · Jardel
Head-to-head
Team news
Vitória Guimarães line-up (4-2-3-1)
Miguel Silva, Pedro Henrique, Josué Sá, Luís Rocha, Bruno Gaspar, Licá, Cafú, Xande Silva, Otávio, Bakary Bouba Sare, Henrique Dourado
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Júlio César, Lisandro López, Eliseu, Jardel, André Almeida, Ljubomir Fejsa, Nico Gaitán, Pizzi, Renato Sanches, Raúl Jiménez, Jonas