AEK Athens 2-3 Benfica: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 2 October 2018

Result

AEK Athens 2-3 Benfica

Champions League · Tuesday 2 October 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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AEK Athens 2-3 Benfica: match report

AEK Athens lost to Benfica 2-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 2 October 2018. The half-time score was 0-2.

Haris Seferovic opened the scoring in the 6th minute. AEK Athens's goals came from Viktor Klonaridis (53') and Viktor Klonaridis (63'). Benfica scored through Haris Seferovic (6'), Alejandro Grimaldo (15') and Alfa Semedo (74').

Discipline: AEK Athens received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game AEK Athens were 14th on 8 points from 5 and Benfica 13th on 8 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

AEK Athens lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Pizzi of Benfica (7.8), ahead of Alejandro Grimaldo (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 AEK Athens win, 0 draws and 1 for Benfica.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Haris SeferovicBenfica · 0-1
  • 8'Yellow card · Rúben DiasBenfica
  • 15'Goal · Alejandro GrimaldoBenfica · 0-2
  • 34'Yellow card · E. PonceAEK Athens
  • 40'Yellow card · Anastasios BakasetasAEK Athens
  • 45+4'Second yellow · Rúben DiasBenfica
  • 53'Goal · Viktor KlonaridisAEK Athens · 1-2
  • 63'Goal · Viktor KlonaridisAEK Athens · 2-2
  • 74'Goal · Alfa SemedoBenfica · 2-3
  • 79'Yellow card · André AlmeidaBenfica
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Alejandro GrimaldoBenfica

Head-to-head

2 meetings: AEK Athens 1, draws 0, Benfica 1.

Team news

AEK Athens line-up (4-2-3-1)

Vasilios Barkas, M. Bakakis, Marios Oikonomou, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Niklas Hult, Konstantinos Galanopoulos, André Simões, Anastasios Bakasetas, V. Klonaridis, Petros Mantalos, Ezequiel Ponce

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Germán Conti, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, Ljubomir Fejsa, Gedson Fernandes, Eduardo Salvio, Haris Seferovic, Rafa Silva