UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Galatasaray WWWDW 1
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Benfica WWLLW 2
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Match Report

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Luisao scores winner as Benfica beat Galatasaray to move top of Group C

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
2
50.6
Possession
49.4
12
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
333
Accurate Passes
318
417
Passes
394
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
16
Crosses
29
0.3
Cross %
0.1
69
Long Balls
57
32
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
5
20
Tackles
7
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
8
22
Clearances
12

Head to Head

GAL leads series 2-0

Lineups

SLB · 4-4-2

  1. 12Julio César De LeónG
  2. 33JardelCD-L
  3. 4LuisãoCD-R
  4. 19EliseuLB
  5. 28SílvioRB
  6. 30TaliscaCM-L
  7. 34André AlmeidaCM-R
  8. 10Nicolás GaitánLM
  9. 20Gonçalo GuedesRM
  10. 9Raúl JiménezCF-L
  11. 17JonasCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21PizziSUB
  2. 24Bryan CristanteSUB
  3. 2Lisandro LópezSUB
  4. 39Mehdi Carcela-GonzálezSUB
  5. 23Adel TaarabtSUB
  6. 1EdersonSUB
  7. 85Renato SanchesSUB

GAL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Fernando MusleraG
  2. 22Hakan BaltaCD-L
  3. 21Aurélien ChedjouCD-R
  4. 29Olcan AdinLB
  5. 64Jason DenayerRB
  6. 10Wesley SneijderAM
  7. 5Bilal KisaLM
  8. 8Selcuk InanRM
  9. 17Burak YilmazF
  10. 11Lukas PodolskiAM-L
  11. 55Sabri SariogluAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 99Cenk GönenSUB
  2. 26Semih KayaSUB
  3. 18Sinan GumusSUB
  4. 52Emre ColakSUB
  5. 9Umut BulutSUB
  6. 7Yasin OztekinSUB
  7. 6Jem KaracanSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' André Almeida (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 41' Burak Yilmaz (Galatasaray) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 42' Gonçalo Guedes (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 44' Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 52' Goal! Benfica 1, Galatasaray 0. Jonas (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Luisão following a set piece situation.
  6. 54' Selcuk Inan (Galatasaray) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 56' Silvio (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 58' Goal! Benfica 1, Galatasaray 1. Lukas Podolski (Galatasaray) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bilal Kisa.
  9. 67' Goal! Benfica 2, Galatasaray 1. Luisão (Benfica) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Raúl Jiménez with a cross following a corner.
  10. 69' Substitution, Galatasaray. Yasin Öztekin replaces Bilal Kisa.
  11. 73' Substitution, Benfica. Mehdi Carcela-González replaces Gonçalo Guedes.
  12. 74' Substitution, Galatasaray. Emre Colak replaces Jason Denayer.
  13. 74' Substitution, Galatasaray. Umut Bulut replaces Burak Yilmaz.
  14. 81' Substitution, Benfica. Pizzi replaces Jonas because of an injury.
  15. 85' Second yellow card to Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica) for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+3' Substitution, Benfica. Bryan Cristante replaces Anderson Talisca.
  17. 90'+3' Olcan Adin (Galatasaray) is shown the yellow card.

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