UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Benfica WWDWW 2
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Napoli WWWDW 4
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NAP134
Diego Armando Maradona · 41,281 att.

Match Report

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Napoli enjoy goal rush on way to victory over Benfica

Napoli scored three times inside eight second-half minutes as they beat Benfica 4-2 to record a second successive victory in the Champions League.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
7
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
0
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
1
43.8
Possession
56.2
7
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
443
Accurate Passes
569
519
Passes
648
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
4
9
Crosses
26
0.0
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
48
27
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
10
8
Tackles
12
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
9
24
Clearances
9

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 2Elseid HysajRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 5AllanRM
  9. 99Arkadiusz MilikF
  10. 14Dries MertensLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

SLB · 4-4-1-1

  1. 12Julio César De LeónG
  2. 14Victor LindelöfCD-L
  3. 2Lisandro LópezCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 50Nélson SemedoRB
  6. 5Ljubomir FejsaCM-L
  7. 34André AlmeidaCM-R
  8. 15André CarrilloLM
  9. 21PizziRM
  10. 11Kostas MitroglouF
  11. 8André HortaRCF

Timeline

  1. 11' Substitution, Napoli. Nikola Maksimovic replaces Raúl Albiol because of an injury.
  2. 20' Goal! Napoli 1, Benfica 0. Marek Hamsik (Napoli) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Faouzi Ghoulam with a cross following a corner.
  3. 50' Lisandro López (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 51' Goal! Napoli 2, Benfica 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  5. 53' Julio César (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 54' Goal! Napoli 3, Benfica 0. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  7. 56' Substitution, Benfica. Eduardo Salvio replaces André Horta because of an injury.
  8. 58' Goal! Napoli 4, Benfica 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Arkadiusz Milik.
  9. 65' André Carrillo (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 67' Substitution, Benfica. Gonçalo Guedes replaces André Carrillo.
  11. 70' Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne replaces José Callejón.
  12. 70' Goal! Napoli 4, Benfica 1. Gonçalo Guedes (Benfica) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal.
  13. 77' Lubomir Fejsa (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 82' Substitution, Benfica. Jose Gomes replaces Lubomir Fejsa.
  15. 82' Substitution, Napoli. Emanuele Giaccherini replaces Dries Mertens.
  16. 86' Goal! Napoli 4, Benfica 2. Eduardo Salvio (Benfica) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by André Almeida.
  17. 86' José Reina (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.

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