UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, September 15, 2015
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Match Report

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Nicolas Gaitan and Kostas Mitroglou hand Benfica winning start

Benfica opened their Champions League campaign with a 2-0 victory over group stage new boys Astana in Lisbon.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
2
6
Saves
1
36.6
Possession
63.4
14
SHOTS
17
1
ON GOAL
8
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
254
Accurate Passes
495
327
Passes
572
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
7
13
Crosses
14
0.4
Cross %
0.5
66
Long Balls
53
33
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
1
16
Effective Tackles
19
20
Tackles
25
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
8
18
Clearances
9

Lineups

SLB · 4-1-3-2

  1. 12Julio César De LeónG
  2. 33JardelCD-L
  3. 4LuisãoCD-R
  4. 7Andreas SamarisSW
  5. 19EliseuLB
  6. 50Nélson SemedoRB
  7. 30TaliscaCM
  8. 10Nicolás GaitánLM
  9. 20Gonçalo GuedesRM
  10. 17JonasCF-L
  11. 11Kostas MitroglouCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Raúl Jiménez
  2. 5Ljubomir Fejsa
  3. 28Sílvio
  4. 38Nuno Santos
  5. 1Ederson
  6. 21Pizzi
  7. 31Victor Andrade

AST · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Nenad EricG
  2. 5Marin AnicicCD-L
  3. 44Evgeni PostnikovCD-R
  4. 88Roger CañasDM
  5. 77Dmitri ShomkoLB
  6. 33Branko IlicRB
  7. 6Nemanja MaksimovicCM-L
  8. 8Georgi ZhukovCM-R
  9. 10Foxi KéthévoamaLM
  10. 22Bauyrzhan DzholchiyevRM
  11. 89Junior KabanangaF

Substitutes

  1. 9Aleksey ShchetkinSUB
  2. 24Denis DedechkoSUB
  3. 15Abzal BeysebekovSUB
  4. 12Igor PikalkinSUB
  5. 2Yeldos AkhmetovSUB
  6. 11Serikzhan MuzhikovSUB
  7. 40Mikhail GolubnichiSUB

Timeline

  1. 21' Marin Anicic (FC Astana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 24' Baurzhan Dzolchiev (FC Astana) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 40' Andreas Samaris (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' Gonçalo Guedes (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, FC Astana. Aleksey Shchetkin replaces Junior Kabananga.
  6. 51' Goal! Benfica 1, FC Astana 0. Nicolás Gaitán (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kostas Mitroglou.
  7. 62' Goal! Benfica 2, FC Astana 0. Kostas Mitroglou (Benfica) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eliseu.
  8. 72' Substitution, Benfica. Pizzi replaces Jonas.
  9. 77' Substitution, Benfica. Raúl Jiménez replaces Anderson Talisca.
  10. 78' Georgiy Zhukov (FC Astana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 81' Substitution, FC Astana. Abzal Beysebekov replaces Baurzhan Dzolchiev.
  12. 83' Jardel (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 85' Substitution, Benfica. Lubomir Fejsa replaces Andreas Samaris.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, FC Astana. Denis Dedechko replaces Branko Ilic.

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