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Benfica 3-2 FC Porto - March 20, 2012 / Taça da Liga 2011/2012

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Taça da Liga 2011/2012 - 1/2 finales

Estadio da Luz - Lisbonne - Portugal

March 20, 2012

Benfica

3 - 2

FC Porto

Maxi Pereira

Nolito

42'

Óscar Cardozo

78'

Lucho Gonzalez

17'

Eliaquim Mangala

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4' - Goal Maxi Pereira4

8' - Goal Lucho Gonzalez

17' - Goal Eliaquim Mangala

42' - Goal Nolito42

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56' - Substitution Bruno Césaris substituted by Nicolás Gaitán56

63' - Substitution Lucho Gonzalezis substituted by James Rodríguez

65' - Substitution Nelson Oliveirais substituted by Óscar Cardozo65

72' - Substitution Pablo Aimaris substituted by Javier Saviola72

72' - Substitution Kléberis substituted by Marc Janko

78' - Goal Óscar Cardozo78

86' - Substitution Alex Sandrois substituted by Juan Manuel Iturbe

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

3 - 2

FC Porto

Benfica FC Porto

Team line-ups

Benfica

47 Eduardo

Eduardo

Portugal

B.date19/09/1982

Age29 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

4 Luisão

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age31 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

33 Jardel

Jardel

Brazil

B.date29/03/1986

Age25 years

H1m92

positionLeft central defender

14 Pereira4

Maxi Pereira

Uruguay

B.date08/06/1984

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

38 Capdevila

Joan Capdevila

Spain

B.date02/03/1978

Age34 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

6 Javi García

Javi García

Spain

B.date08/02/1987

Age25 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Bruno César56

Bruno César

Brazil

B.date03/11/1988

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

28 Witsel

Axel Witsel

Belgium

B.date12/01/1989

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

10 Aimar72

Pablo Aimar

Argentina

B.date03/11/1979

Age32 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

9 Nolito42

Nolito

Spain

B.date15/10/1986

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

16 Oliveira65

Nelson Oliveira

Portugal

B.date08/08/1991

Age20 years

H1m86

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
47	G	Eduardo		29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão		31	327	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Jardel		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Maxi Pereira	4	27	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
38	D	Joan Capdevila		34	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Javi García		25	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Bruno César	56	23	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Axel Witsel		23	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Pablo Aimar	72	32	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Nolito	42	25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Nelson Oliveira	65	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

FC Porto

31 Bracalli

Rafael Bracalli

Brazil

B.date05/05/1981

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

14 Rolando

Rolando

Portugal

B.date31/08/1985

Age26 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

22 Mangala17

Eliaquim Mangala

France

B.date13/02/1991

Age21 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

26 Alex Sandro86

Alex Sandro

Brazil

B.date26/01/1991

Age21 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

21 Sapunaru

Cristian Sapunaru

Romania

B.date05/04/1984

Age27 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

5 Pereira

Alvaro Pereira

Uruguay

B.date28/11/1985

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

3 Gonzalez863

Lucho Gonzalez

Argentina

B.date19/01/1981

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

8 Moutinho

João Moutinho

Portugal

B.date08/09/1986

Age25 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

35 Defour

Steven Defour

Belgium

B.date15/04/1988

Age23 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

11 Kléber72

Kléber

Brazil

B.date02/05/1990

Age21 years

H1m87

positionForward

12 Hulk

Hulk

Brazil

B.date25/07/1986

Age25 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Rafael Bracalli		30	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Rolando		26	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Eliaquim Mangala	17	21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Alex Sandro	86	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Cristian Sapunaru		27	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Alvaro Pereira		26	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Lucho Gonzalez	863	31	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	João Moutinho		25	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	M	Steven Defour		23	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Kléber	72	21	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Hulk		25	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
20	M	Nicolás Gaitán	56	24	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Óscar Cardozo	7865	28	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Javier Saviola	72	30	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
19	M	James Rodríguez	63	20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Juan Manuel Iturbe	86	18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	F	Marc Janko	72	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Maxi Pereira

Emerson Conçeiçao

OUT

Nolito

Nicolás Gaitán

OUT

Eduardo

Artur Moraes

OUT

Joan Capdevila

Óscar Cardozo

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kléber

Marc Janko

OUT

Rafael Bracalli

Helton

OUT

Eliaquim Mangala

Nicolás Otamendi

OUT

Alex Sandro

Cristian Rodríguez

OUT

Cristian Sapunaru

Maicon

OUT

Hulk

James Rodríguez

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Jesus

149

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Jesus vs FC Porto

4 victories

6 draws

18 losses

Latest figure on March 20, 2012

Jesus vs Vítor Pereira

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 20, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Vítor Pereira

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Vítor Pereira vs Benfica

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 20, 2012

Vítor Pereira vs Jesus

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 20, 2012

Referee

Artur Soares Dias

38 victories	8 draws	14 losses	Benfica60 matches	General total	FC Porto61 matches	44 victories	12 draws	5 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica2 matches	Season total	FC Porto1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 06, 2024					Latest figure on May 12, 2024

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Key figures

The last time Benfica has ended with the score 3-2 , It was on the 19/01/2011 (vs )

FC Porto keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home in Taça da Liga running (since 29/01/2011). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 04/02/2009 (2 matches)

It's the first time Nolito scores 1 goal in Taça da Liga

Read the next 33 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 3-1 Gil Vicente22/01/2012

VBenfica 3-0 Maritimo Funchal05/02/2012

VBenfica 4-1 Nacional Madeira11/02/2012

LBenfica 2-3 FC Porto02/03/2012

VBenfica 2-0 Zenit St.Petersburg06/03/2012

VBenfica 3-1 Beira Mar16/03/2012

Overall

LVitória Guimarães 1-0 Benfica20/02/2012

DAcadémica 0-0 Benfica25/02/2012

LBenfica 2-3 FC Porto02/03/2012

VBenfica 2-0 Zenit St.Petersburg06/03/2012

VPaços de Ferreira 1-2 Benfica11/03/2012

VBenfica 3-1 Beira Mar16/03/2012

Current form

Away

DSporting CP 0-0 FC Porto07/01/2012

LGil Vicente 3-1 FC Porto29/01/2012

VVitória Setúbal 1-3 FC Porto19/02/2012

LManchester City 4-0 FC Porto22/02/2012

VBenfica 2-3 FC Porto02/03/2012

VNacional Madeira 0-2 FC Porto16/03/2012

Overall

VVitória Setúbal 1-3 FC Porto19/02/2012

LManchester City 4-0 FC Porto22/02/2012

VFC Porto 2-0 Feirense26/02/2012

VBenfica 2-3 FC Porto02/03/2012

DFC Porto 1-1 Académica10/03/2012

VNacional Madeira 0-2 FC Porto16/03/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	11	4
Scoring streak	64	4
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	5	1
Scoring streak	2	4
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

11	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	9
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
3	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.33
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Rodrigo	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Lucho Gonzalez
Rodrigo	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Cristian Rodríguez
Rodrigo	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Lucho Gonzalez

Historical head to head

Home

80 matches

39 v

24 d

17 l

129 gf

81 ga

Away

78 matches

11 v

23 d

44 l

68 gf

129 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

11 gf

8 ga

Total

166 matches

53 v

49 d

64 l

208 gf

218 ga

Historical head to head

Home

78 matches

44 v

23 d

11 l

129 gf

68 ga

Away

80 matches

17 v

24 d

39 l

81 gf

129 ga

Neutral ground

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

8 gf

11 ga

Total

166 matches

64 v

49 d

53 l

218 gf

208 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 30, 1972
Home	6 - 0	April 30, 1972

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 07, 2010
Away	5 - 0	September 18, 1996

Latest head to head

March 02, 2012 - Liga ZON Sagres 2011/2012

Benfica

2 - 3

FC Porto

September 23, 2011 - Liga ZON Sagres 2011/2012

FC Porto

2 - 2

Benfica

April 20, 2011 - Taça de Portugal 2010/2011

Benfica

1 - 3

FC Porto

April 03, 2011 - Liga Zon Sagres 2010/2011

Benfica

1 - 2

FC Porto

February 02, 2011 - Taça de Portugal 2010/2011

FC Porto

0 - 2

Benfica

Best historical scorers against FC Porto

Eusebio	25 goals	1962 - 1974
Jose Augusto	8 goals	1964 - 1967
António Simões	7 goals	1962 - 1972
José Torres	6 goals	1964 - 1970
Óscar Cardozo	6 goals	2008 - 2012
Nené	6 goals	1972 - 1974

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Fernando Gomes	12 goals	1976 - 1987
Domingos	8 goals	1990 - 1996
Mário Jardel	6 goals	1997 - 1999
Hulk	5 goals	2010 - 2012
Paulo Futre	5 goals	1985 - 1986
Dmitriy Alenichev	4 goals	2000 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Porto

Eusebio	33 matches	1961 - 1974
António Simões	28 matches	1962 - 1975
Jose Augusto	24 matches	1960 - 1969
João Pinto	23 matches	1992 - 2000
António Veloso	23 matches	1988 - 1995
Vítor Paneira	23 matches	1988 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

João Pinto	47 matches	1983 - 1997
Vitor Baia	37 matches	1989 - 2006
André	35 matches	1985 - 1994
Fernando Gomes	33 matches	1974 - 1988
Aloísio	33 matches	1990 - 2001
Jaime Magalhães	30 matches	1983 - 1993