UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, October 22, 2026
Benfica WWLWW 4
–
Omonia Nicosia WLWWW 1
1st2ndT
SLB134
OMON101
GSP Stadium · 14,378 att. · Paramount+

Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
7
64.3
Possession
35.7
23
SHOTS
7
10
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
626
Accurate Passes
325
710
Passes
394
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
1
17
Crosses
11
0.5
Cross %
0.1
45
Long Balls
55
26
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
0
14
Effective Tackles
7
20
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
22
13
Effective Clearances
24
13
Clearances
24

Lineups

OMON · 4-4-2

  1. 40FabianoG
  2. 37Lubomir SatkaCD-L
  3. 93Jean-Kévin DuverneCD-R
  4. 29Jure BalkovecLB
  5. 77Loïc NégoRB
  6. 14Mateo MaricCM-L
  7. 74Panagiotis AndreouCM-R
  8. 7Jaden MontnorLM
  9. 11EwandroRM
  10. 17Florin TanaseCF-L
  11. 9Andronikos KakoulisCF-R

SLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Anatoliy TrubinG
  2. 44Tomás AraújoCD-L
  3. 3Alessandro CircatiCD-R
  4. 34Souffian El KarouaniLB
  5. 6Alexander BahRB
  6. 30Claudio EcheverriAM
  7. 16Manu SilvaLM
  8. 8Fredrik AursnesRM
  9. 14Vangelis PavlidisF
  10. 21Andreas SchjelderupAM-L
  11. 27Rafa SilvaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 14' Own Goal by Loïc Négo, Omonia Nicosia. Omonia Nicosia 0, Benfica 1.
  2. 19' Delay in match because of an injury Florin Tanase (Omonia Nicosia).
  3. 19'
  4. 21' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  5. 21'
  6. 42' Goal! Omonia Nicosia 1, Benfica 1. Andronikos Kakoullis (Omonia Nicosia) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jaden Montnor with a cross following a fast break.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  7. 42'
  8. 43'
  9. 49' Goal! Omonia Nicosia 1, Benfica 2. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner.
  10. 50' Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Luuk Brouwers replaces Ewandro.
  11. 61' Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Mihlali Mayambela replaces Florin Tanase.
  12. 61' Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Loïs Diony replaces Andronikos Kakoullis.
  13. 62' Tomás Araújo (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 69' Substitution, Benfica. Heorhiy Sudakov replaces Claudio Echeverri.
  15. 69' Substitution, Benfica. João Palhinha replaces Manu Silva.
  16. 69' Substitution, Benfica. Gianluca Prestianni replaces Rafa.
  17. 76' Goal! Omonia Nicosia 1, Benfica 3. Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  18. 77' Substitution, Benfica. Anísio Cabral replaces Vangelis Pavlidis because of an injury.
  19. 81' Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Angelos Neophytou replaces Jaden Montnor.
  20. 81' Substitution, Omonia Nicosia. Andreas Christou replaces Panagiotis Andreou.
  21. 83' João Palhinha (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  22. 83' Substitution, Benfica. Dodi Lukébakio replaces Andreas Schjelderup.
  23. 85' Goal! Omonia Nicosia 1, Benfica 4. Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dodi Lukébakio following a fast break.
  24. 88' Souffian El Karouani (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  25. 90' Gianluca Prestianni (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  26. 90'+3' Loïs Diony (Omonia Nicosia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

UEFA Europa League News

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