UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Atlético Madrid WWWWW 2
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Benfica WWDWW 1
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ATM112
SLB011
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Match Report

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
3
43.3
Possession
56.7
8
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
3
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
406
Accurate Passes
547
493
Passes
641
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
2
11
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.1
47
Long Balls
60
12
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
3
22
Effective Tackles
22
32
Tackles
31
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
10
27
Clearances
12

Head to Head

SLB leads series 1-0

Lineups

SLB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Julio César De LeónG
  2. 33JardelCD-L
  3. 2Lisandro LópezCD-R
  4. 19EliseuLB
  5. 34André AlmeidaRB
  6. 10Nicolás GaitánAM
  7. 85Renato SanchesLM
  8. 5Ljubomir FejsaRM
  9. 17JonasF
  10. 20Gonçalo GuedesAM-L
  11. 21PizziAM-R

ATM · 4-3-3

  1. 13Jan OblakG
  2. 2Diego GodínCD-L
  3. 15Stefan SavicCD-R
  4. 3Filipe LuísLB
  5. 20JuanfranRB
  6. 14GabiCM
  7. 17Saúl ÑíguezLM
  8. 6KokeRM
  9. 23Luciano ViettoF
  10. 7Antoine GriezmannLF
  11. 21Yannick CarrascoRF

Timeline

  1. 33' Goal! Benfica 0, Atlético de Madrid 1. Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luciano Vietto.
  2. 45' Substitution, Benfica. Kostas Mitroglou replaces Gonçalo Guedes.
  3. 55' Goal! Benfica 0, Atlético de Madrid 2. Luciano Vietto (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco.
  4. 61' Substitution, Benfica. Raúl Jiménez replaces Jonas.
  5. 63' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Fernando Torres replaces Luciano Vietto.
  6. 68' Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 70' Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 73' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Óliver Torres replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  9. 75' Goal! Benfica 1, Atlético de Madrid 2. Kostas Mitroglou (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raúl Jiménez.
  10. 76' Substitution, Benfica. Mehdi Carcela-González replaces Nicolás Gaitán.
  11. 77' Lubomir Fejsa (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 89' Óliver Torres (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+2' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Giménez replaces Antoine Griezmann.

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