UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, December 12, 2018
AEK Athens LLLWW 0
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Benfica DWLWW 1
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Estádio da Luz · 33,633 att.

Match Report

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Europa-bound Benfica beat AEK in last Champions League group match

Both teams were out of contention for the knockout stage, and Benfica had already secured third place and a spot in the Europa League.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
13
7
Saves
0
40.2
Possession
59.8
6
SHOTS
23
0
ON GOAL
9
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
269
Accurate Passes
445
354
Passes
515
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
10
10
Crosses
38
0.1
Cross %
0.3
67
Long Balls
37
28
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
15
18
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
20
Interceptions
11
23
Effective Clearances
11
23
Clearances
11

Head to Head

SLB leads series 2-1

Lineups

SLB · 4-3-3

  1. 99Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. 33JardelCD-L
  3. 6Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 34André AlmeidaRB
  6. 16Alfa SemedoCM
  7. 21PizziLM
  8. 83Gedson FernandesRM
  9. 14Haris SeferovicF
  10. 79João FélixLF
  11. 27Rafa SilvaRF

AEK · 4-3-3

  1. 1Vasilios BarkasG
  2. 19Dmytro ChygrynskiyCD-L
  3. 4Marios OikonomouCD-R
  4. 23Niklas HultLB
  5. 2Michalis BakakisRB
  6. 15Uros CosicCM
  7. 39Erik MoránLM
  8. 25Konstantinos GalanopoulosRM
  9. 22Ezequiel PonceF
  10. 31Lucas BoyéLF
  11. 17Viktor KlonaridisRF

Timeline

  1. 35' Substitution, Benfica. Andrija Zivkovic replaces Rafa because of an injury.
  2. 37' Rúben Dias (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 59' Substitution, Benfica. Franco Cervi replaces Pizzi.
  4. 61' Substitution, AEK Athens. Giannis Gianniotas replaces Viktor Klonaridis.
  5. 68' Substitution, AEK Athens. Petros Mantalos replaces Lucas Boyé.
  6. 73' Niklas Hult (AEK Athens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 77' Substitution, Benfica. Nicolás Castillo replaces João Félix.
  8. 77' Substitution, AEK Athens. Rodrigo Galo replaces Erik Morán.
  9. 82' Konstantinos Galanopoulos (AEK Athens) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 87' Second yellow card to Konstantinos Galanopoulos (AEK Athens) for a bad foul.
  11. 88' Goal! Benfica 1, AEK Athens 0. Alejandro Grimaldo (Benfica) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.

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