UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Benfica LLWWW 1
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AS Monaco WWLWL 0
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1st Leg · Stade Louis II · 12,159 att. · Paramount+

Match Report

EPA/SEBASTIEN NOGIER

Benfica win at 10-man Monaco to close on last 16

Benfica took a big step towards the Champions League last 16 with a 1-0 victory at 10-man AS Monaco in the first leg of the playoffs on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
5
55.6
Possession
44.4
23
SHOTS
6
6
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
397
Accurate Passes
275
479
Passes
375
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
1
15
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.1
47
Long Balls
54
22
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
10
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
15
Interceptions
10
24
Effective Clearances
25
24
Clearances
25

Head to Head

SLB leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

MON · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Radoslaw MajeckiG
  2. 22Mohammed SalisuCD-L
  3. 5Thilo KehrerCD-R
  4. 27Krépin DiattaLB
  5. 2VandersonRB
  6. 36Breel EmboloAM
  7. 8Moatasem Al-MusratiLM
  8. 6Denis ZakariaRM
  9. 14Mika BierethF
  10. 10Aleksandr GolovinAM-L
  11. 11Maghnes AklioucheAM-R

SLB · 4-3-3

  1. 1Anatoliy TrubinG
  2. 30Nicolás OtamendiCD-L
  3. 4António SilvaCD-R
  4. 3Álvaro CarrerasLB
  5. 44Tomás AraújoRB
  6. 61FlorentinoCM
  7. 10Orkun KökçüLM
  8. 8Fredrik AursnesRM
  9. 14Vangelis PavlidisF
  10. 21Andreas SchjelderupLF
  11. 17Kerem AktürkogluRF

Timeline

  1. 16' Álvaro Carreras (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 41' Al Musrati (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 48' Goal! Monaco 0, Benfica 1. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner.
  4. 52' Second yellow card to Al Musrati (Monaco).
  5. 56' Florentino (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 57' Substitution, Monaco. Soungoutou Magassa replaces Mika Biereth.
  7. 67' Substitution, Benfica. Leandro Barreiro replaces Florentino.
  8. 67' Substitution, Benfica. Ángel Di María replaces Tomás Araújo because of an injury.
  9. 67' Substitution, Monaco. Eliesse Ben Seghir replaces Aleksandr Golovin.
  10. 68' Substitution, Monaco. Takumi Minamino replaces Maghnes Akliouche.
  11. 78' Substitution, Benfica. Zeki Amdouni replaces Andreas Schjelderup.
  12. 78' Substitution, Benfica. Andrea Belotti replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
  13. 79' Vanderson (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 86' Substitution, Benfica. Arthur Cabral replaces Ángel Di María because of an injury.
  15. 90' Denis Zakaria (Monaco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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