Benfica 1-1 Ajax: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 7 November 2018
Result
Benfica 1-1 Ajax
Champions League · Wednesday 7 November 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Benfica 1-1 Ajax: match report
Benfica drew with Ajax 1-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 7 November 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jonas opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Benfica's goal came from Jonas (29'). Ajax scored through Dusan Tadić (61').
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Ajax received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 6th on 11 points from 7 and Ajax 1st on 21 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Ajax in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hakim Ziyech of Ajax (7.7), ahead of Rúben Dias (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Ajax.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Ajax's W-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Jonas
- 34'Yellow card · Nicolás Tagliafico
- 39'Yellow card · Jonas
- 42'Yellow card · Matthijs de Ligt
- 45+1'Yellow card · Ljubomir Fejsa
- 61'Goal · Dusan Tadić
- 70'Yellow card · Jardel
- 72'Yellow card · Donny van de Beek
- 83'Yellow card · Dusan Tadić
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-1-4-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Jardel, Alejandro Grimaldo, Ljubomir Fejsa, Eduardo Salvio, Gedson Fernandes, Gabriel Pires, Franco Cervi, Jonas
Ajax line-up (4-2-3-1)
André Onana, Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt, Daley Blind, Nicolás Tagliafico, Lasse Schöne, Frenkie de Jong, Hakim Ziyech, Donny van de Beek, David Neres, Dusan Tadic