Highlights: Benfica play host to Vitoria Guimaraes on Saturday and the home team were looking for a victory to keep their joint league position with FC Porto.
Attacking from the start, Benfica finally took the lead shortly before the half time break when Oscar Cardozo header flew into the top corner of Guimaraes' net.
The home side doubled their lead in the second half, this time from Cardozo's perfectly executed spot kick. Lima extended Benfica's lead into 3-0 with a fine finish after a well worked attacking moves from the host.
Despite playing with a man down in the last 10 minutes after Andre Gomez received a straight red card, Benfica hold on to their 3-0 win.
