Benfica 2-0 Astana: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 15 September 2015
Result
Benfica 2-0 Astana
Champions League · Tuesday 15 September 2015, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benfica 2-0 Astana: match report
Benfica won against Astana 2-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 15 September 2015. The half-time score was 0-0.
Nicolás Gaitán opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Benfica's goals came from Nicolás Gaitán (51') and Konstantinos Mitroglou (62'). Astana did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Astana received 3 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Astana in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nico Gaitán of Benfica (9.0), ahead of Eliseu (8.4).
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · M. Aničić
- 24'Yellow card · Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev
- 40'Yellow card · Andreas Samaris
- 45+1'Yellow card · Gonçalo Guedes
- 51'Goal · Nicolás Gaitán
- 62'Goal · Konstantinos Mitroglou
- 78'Yellow card · Georgiy Zhukov
- 83'Yellow card · Jardel
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-1-3-2)
Júlio César, Luisão, Eliseu, Jardel, Nélson Semedo, Andreas Samaris, Nico Gaitán, Gonçalo Guedes, Talisca, Konstantinos Mitroglou, Jonas
Astana line-up (4-1-4-1)
Nenad Erić, Marin Aničić, Branko Ilić, Evgeny Postnikov, Dmitriy Shomko, Nemanja Maksimovic, Georgiy Zhukov, Foxi Kethevoama, Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev, Roger Cañas, Junior Kabananga