AC Milan 0-2 Benfica: result and report
Europa League · Wednesday 16 September 2026
Result
AC Milan 0-2 Benfica
Europa League · Wednesday 16 September 2026, 19:00 UTC · Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milano · half-time 0-1
AC Milan 0-2 Benfica: match report
AC Milan lost to Benfica 0-2 in the Europa League on Wednesday 16 September 2026 at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The half-time score was 0-1.
Dodi Lukébakio opened the scoring in the 16th minute. AC Milan did not score. Benfica scored through Dodi Lukébakio (16') and Jakub Kamiński (53').
Discipline: AC Milan received 1 yellow card; Benfica received 5 yellow cards.
In the current table AC Milan are 24th on 3 points and Benfica are 1st on 9 points.
AC Milan lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Anatoliy Trubin of Benfica (8.2), ahead of Jakub Kamiński (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 AC Milan win, 1 draw and 0 for Benfica.
Going into the match AC Milan's last five read D-D-W-W and Benfica's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Strahinja Pavlović
- 16'Goal · Dodi Lukébakio
- 26'Yellow card · Souffian El Karouani
- 37'Yellow card · Jhon Durán
- 53'Goal · Jakub Kamiński
- 77'Yellow card · Daniel Banjaqui
- 84'Yellow card · Leandro Barreiro
- 90+2'Yellow card · Vangelis Pavlidis
Form and table
Head-to-head
Team news
AC Milan line-up (3-4-2-1)
Mike Maignan, Filippo Terracciano, Koni De Winter, Strahinja Pavlović, Samuel Chukwueze, Ardon Jashari, Yunus Musah, Davide Bartesaghi, Omari Hutchinson, Alphadjo Cissè, Gonçalo Ramos
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anatoliy Trubin, Daniel Banjaqui, Alessandro Circati, Tomás Araújo, Souffian El, Fredrik Aursnes, João Palhinha, Dodi Lukébakio, Georgiy Sudakov, Jakub Kamiński, Jhon Durán
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