Benfica 1-0 AEK Athens: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 12 December 2018
Result
Benfica 1-0 AEK Athens
Champions League · Wednesday 12 December 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benfica 1-0 AEK Athens: match report
Benfica beat AEK Athens 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 12 December 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Alejandro Grimaldo of Benfica in the 88th minute.
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; AEK Athens received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Benfica were 11th on 12 points from 9 and AEK Athens 32nd on 8 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and AEK Athens in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Alejandro Grimaldo of Benfica (9.0), ahead of Dmytro Chygrynskiy (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for AEK Athens.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-D-L-W-L and AEK Athens's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 37'Yellow card · Rúben Dias
- 73'Yellow card · Niklas Hult
- 82'Yellow card · Konstantinos Galanopoulos
- 87'Second yellow · Konstantinos Galanopoulos
- 88'Goal · Alejandro Grimaldo
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Jardel, Alejandro Grimaldo, Gedson Fernandes, Alfa Semedo, Pizzi, Rafa Silva, Haris Seferovic, João Félix
AEK Athens line-up (4-3-3)
Vasilios Barkas, M. Bakakis, Marios Oikonomou, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Niklas Hult, Konstantinos Galanopoulos, Jorge Ribolzi, Erik Morán, V. Klonaridis, Ezequiel Ponce, Lucas Boyé