Portuguese Primeira Liga

FT Saturday, March 2, 2019
Benfica WWWDW 2
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FC Porto DDLWW 1
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SLB112
FCP101
Estádio do Dragão · 49,220 att.

Match Report

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Benfica continue revival with 2-1 Classico win at Porto

Benfica came from behind for a 2-1 win at Porto on Saturday which allowed them to leapfrog their arch-rivals and go top of the Primeira Liga.

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Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

FCP · 4-4-2

  1. 1Iker CasillasG
  2. 33PepeCD-L
  3. 28FelipeCD-R
  4. 13Alex TellesLB
  5. 12ManafáRB
  6. 10Óliver TorresCM-L
  7. 16Héctor HerreraCM-R
  8. 8Yacine BrahimiLM
  9. 17Jesús CoronaRM
  10. 20AdriánCF-L
  11. 11Moussa MaregaCF-R

SLB · 4-4-2

  1. 99Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. 97FerroCD-L
  3. 6Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 34André AlmeidaRB
  6. 8GabrielCM-L
  7. 22Andreas SamarisCM-R
  8. 27Rafa SilvaLM
  9. 21PizziRM
  10. 14Haris SeferovicCF-L
  11. 79João FélixCF-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Rúben Dias (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 18' Goal! FC Porto 1, Benfica 0. Adrián López (FC Porto) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  3. 26' Goal! FC Porto 1, Benfica 1. João Félix (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Haris Seferovic.
  4. 52' Goal! FC Porto 1, Benfica 2. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pizzi.
  5. 54' Ferro (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Andreas Samaris (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Substitution, FC Porto. Tiquinho Soares replaces Jesús Manuel Corona.
  8. 61' Substitution, FC Porto. Otávio replaces Adrián López.
  9. 71' Substitution, Benfica. Gedson Fernandes replaces Pizzi.
  10. 77' Otávio (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 77' Gabriel Pires (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 77' Second yellow card to Gabriel Pires (Benfica).
  13. 80' Felipe (FC Porto) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 81' Substitution, FC Porto. Danilo Pereira replaces Óliver Torres.
  15. 88' Substitution, Benfica. Sébastien Corchia replaces Rafa.
  16. 89' Odisseas Vlachodimos (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+2' Substitution, Benfica. Franco Cervi replaces João Félix.

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