UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, February 18, 2021
Arsenal WDLLW 1
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Benfica DLDWD 1
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1st Leg · Stadio Olimpico

Match Report

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Saka earns Arsenal useful draw 'away' to Benfica in Europa League

Bukayo Saka's goal gave Arsenal a useful away goal in a 1-1 draw against Benfica in their Europa League round of 32 first leg on Thursday.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
10
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
1
59
Possession
41
7
SHOTS
6
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
576
Accurate Passes
373
658
Passes
461
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
19
Crosses
10
0.1
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
58
19
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
1
4
Effective Tackles
8
7
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
19
4
Effective Clearances
20
4
Clearances
20

Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-0

Lineups

SLB · 3-5-2

  1. 77Helton LeiteG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD
  3. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  4. 4Lucas VerissimoCD-R
  5. 49Adel TaarabtCM-L
  6. 21PizziCM-R
  7. 28Julian WeiglAM
  8. 3Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  9. 17Diogo GonçalvesRM
  10. 9Darwin NúñezCF-L
  11. 10Luca WaldschmidtCF-R

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Bernd LenoG
  2. 6Gabriel MagalhãesCD-L
  3. 23David LuizCD-R
  4. 17CédricLB
  5. 2Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 11Martin ØdegaardAM
  7. 34Granit XhakaLM
  8. 8Dani CeballosRM
  9. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 32Emile Smith RoweAM-L
  11. 7Bukayo SakaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Benfica. Rafa replaces Gian-Luca Waldschmidt.
  2. 55' Goal! Benfica 1, Arsenal 0. Pizzi (Benfica) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  3. 57' Goal! Benfica 1, Arsenal 1. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cédric Soares.
  4. 58' VAR Decision: Goal Benfica 1-1 Arsenal (Bukayo Saka).
  5. 64' Substitution, Arsenal. Kieran Tierney replaces Cédric Soares.
  6. 64' Substitution, Benfica. Haris Seferovic replaces Darwin Núñez.
  7. 64' Substitution, Benfica. Everton replaces Pizzi.
  8. 77' Substitution, Arsenal. Nicolas Pépé replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  9. 77' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Emile Smith Rowe.
  10. 77' Substitution, Benfica. Gabriel Pires replaces Adel Taarabt.
  11. 85' Substitution, Benfica. Chiquinho replaces Lucas Verissimo because of an injury.
  12. 90' Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Dani Ceballos.
  13. 90' Substitution, Arsenal. Willian replaces Martin Ødegaard.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.