Benfica 2-2 Ajax: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 23 February 2022
Result
Benfica 2-2 Ajax
Champions League · Wednesday 23 February 2022, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Benfica 2-2 Ajax: match report
Benfica drew with Ajax 2-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 23 February 2022. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Dusan Tadić opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Benfica's goals came from an own goal by Sébastien Haller (26') and Roman Yaremchuk (72'). Ajax scored through Dusan Tadić (18') and Sébastien Haller (29').
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Ajax received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 6th on 18 points from 10 and Ajax 5th on 18 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Ajax in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Odysseas Vlachodimos of Benfica (7.7), level with Noussair Mazraoui (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 1 for Ajax.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-D-L-L-W and Ajax's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Dusan Tadić
- 23'Yellow card · Noussair Mazraoui
- 26'Own goal · Sébastien Haller
- 29'Goal · Sébastien Haller
- 45'Yellow card · Steven Berghuis
- 46'Yellow card · Darwin Núñez
- 49'Yellow card · Gonçalo Ramos
- 72'Goal · Roman Yaremchuk
- 73'Yellow card · Roman Yaremchuk
- 87'Yellow card · Antony
Head-to-head
Team news
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Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Gilberto, Nicolás Otamendi, Jan Vertonghen, Alejandro Grimaldo, Rafa Silva, Adel Taarabt, Julian Weigl, Everton, Gonçalo Ramos, Darwin Núñez
Ajax line-up (4-2-3-1)
Remko Pasveer, Noussair Mazraoui, Jurriën Timber, Lisandro Martínez, Daley Blind, Edson Álvarez, Ryan Gravenberch, Antony, Steven Berghuis, Dusan Tadic, Sébastien Haller