AEK Athens 1-0 Benfica: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 1 October 2009
Result
AEK Athens 1-0 Benfica
Europa League · Thursday 1 October 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
AEK Athens 1-0 Benfica: match report
AEK Athens beat Benfica 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 1 October 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Daniel Majstorovic of AEK Athens in the 43rd minute.
Discipline: AEK Athens received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game AEK Athens were 109th on 3 points from 3 and Benfica 54th on 6 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Going into the match AEK Athens's last five read L-W-L and Benfica's W-L-W.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Nikolaos Georgeas
- 43'Goal · Daniel Majstorovic
- 48'Yellow card · Maxi Pereira
- 66'Yellow card · Sanel Jahic
- 74'Yellow card · Ramires
- 86'Second yellow · Nikolaos Georgeas
- 87'Yellow card · Ó. Cardozo
- 87'Yellow card · Savvas Gentsoglou
Team news
AEK Athens expected line-up
Stefano Sorrentino, Bruno Cirillo, Nikolaos Georgeas, Sokratis, Dániel Tőzsér, Andreas Zikos, Emerson Costa, Nikos Liberopoulos, Julio Cesar
Benfica line-up
Júlio César, Luisão, Brandon Truter, David Luiz, Javi García, Ramires, Óscar Cardozo, Ángel Di María, Javier Saviola, Pablo Aimar Giordano, Paulo César da Silva Peixoto