UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Bayern Munich WWWWW 2
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Benfica WDDWW 0
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MUN112
SLB000
Estádio da Luz · 60,274 att.

Match Report

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Bayern's Renato Sanches scores, earns applause on return to Benfica

Bayern Munich midfielder Renato Sanches had a goal and an assist in his return to Benfica in a 2-0 victory on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
4
56.1
Possession
43.9
14
SHOTS
14
6
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
525
Accurate Passes
377
620
Passes
476
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
6
7
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.4
75
Long Balls
53
43
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
13
14
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
20
Interceptions
19
22
Effective Clearances
10
22
Clearances
10

Head to Head

MUN leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

SLB · 4-3-3

  1. 99Odisseas VlachodimosG
  2. 33JardelCD-L
  3. 6Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 3Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 34André AlmeidaRB
  6. 5Ljubomir FejsaCM
  7. 21PizziLM
  8. 83Gedson FernandesRM
  9. 14Haris SeferovicF
  10. 11Franco CerviLF
  11. 18Eduardo SalvioRF

MUN · 4-3-3

  1. 1Manuel NeuerG
  2. 5Mats HummelsCD-L
  3. 17Jérôme BoatengCD-R
  4. 27David AlabaLB
  5. 32Joshua KimmichRB
  6. 8Javi MartínezCM
  7. 11James RodríguezLM
  8. 35Renato SanchesRM
  9. 9Robert LewandowskiF
  10. 7Franck RibéryLF
  11. 10Arjen RobbenRF

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Benfica 0, FC Bayern München 1. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Alaba.
  2. 18' Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 22' Lubomir Fejsa (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 39' Jardel (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 52' Mats Hummels (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 54' Goal! Benfica 0, FC Bayern München 2. Renato Sanches (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Rodríguez.
  7. 62' Substitution, Benfica. Gabriel Pires replaces Eduardo Salvio.
  8. 62' Substitution, Benfica. Rafa replaces Pizzi.
  9. 62' Substitution, FC Bayern München. Serge Gnabry replaces Franck Ribéry.
  10. 76' Substitution, Benfica. Andrija Zivkovic replaces Gedson Fernandes.
  11. 79' Substitution, FC Bayern München. Leon Goretzka replaces James Rodríguez.
  12. 88' Substitution, FC Bayern München. Thomas Müller replaces Javi Martínez.

UEFA Champions League News

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