C.D. Nacional vs Benfica, 2024-25 Portuguese Primeira Liga

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C.D. Nacional are hosting Benfica at Estádio da Madeira, Funchal, Portugal, starting on . The match is a part of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.

C.D. Nacional Leaders

#	Player	Stats
11	Nigel Thomas	Matches: 7, Goals: 1
17	Daniel Penha	Matches: 7, Goals: 1
23	Isaac	Matches: 7, Goals: 1

Benfica Leaders

#	Player	Stats
17	Kerem Aktürkog..	Matches: 5, Goals: 5
14	Vangelis Pavli..	Matches: 9, Goals: 2
10	Orkun Kökçü	Matches: 9, Goals: 2

Head To Head Record

Last Five Games			Competition
C.D. Nacional	3-1	Benfica	Portuguese Primeira Liga
Benfica	1-1	C.D. Nacional	Portuguese Primeira Liga
Benfica	10-0	C.D. Nacional	Portuguese Primeira Liga
C.D. Nacional	4-0	Benfica	Portuguese Primeira Liga
Benfica	3-0	C.D. Nacional	Portuguese Primeira Liga

Statistics

BEN		CDN
17	Goal Difference	-9
22	Total Goals	4
16	Assists	3
5	Goals Against	13

Game Information

Competition: Portuguese Primeira Liga

Venue: Estádio da Madeira
Location: Funchal, Portugal

Liga Portugal Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Sporting CP	9	+28	27
2	FC Porto	9	+19	24
3	Benfica	8	+17	19
4	Santa Clara	9	+3	18

Full Table

Line-Ups

C.D. Nacional (4-4-2)

No.	Name
37	Lucas França (GK)
4	Ulisse
38	Zé Vitor
5	José Gomes
22	Gustavo
88	Matheus Dias
27	Djibril Soumaré
10	Luís Esteves
23	Isaac
11	Nigel Thomas
70	Arvin Appiah

C.D. Nacional Substitutes:

Miguel Baeza, Adrián Butzke, Bruno Costa, Léo Santos, Rui Encarnação, Ruben Macedo, André Sousa, João Aurélio, Daniel Penha.

Benfica (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Anatoliy Trubin (GK)
30	Nicolás Otamendi
44	Tomás Araújo
3	Álvaro Fernández
6	Alexander Bah
10	Orkun Kökçü
61	Florentino Luís
8	Fredrik Aursnes
14	Vangelis Pavlidis
17	Kerem Aktürkoglu
11	Ángel Di María

Benfica Substitutes:

Issa Kaboré, Leandro Barreiro, Gianluca Prestianni, Samuel Soares, António Silva, Benjamín Rollheiser, Arthur Cabral, Jan-Niklas Beste, Zeki Amdouni.

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