Benfica 1-1 Atlético de Madrid: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 8 December 2015
Result
Benfica 1-1 Atlético de Madrid
Champions League · Tuesday 8 December 2015, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Benfica 1-1 Atlético de Madrid: match report
Benfica drew with Atlético de Madrid 1-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 8 December 2015. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Saúl Ñíguez opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Benfica's goal came from Konstantinos Mitroglou (75'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Saúl Ñíguez (33') and Luciano Vietto (55').
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Atlético de Madrid received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 4th on 13 points from 5 and Atlético de Madrid 28th on 8 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ljubomir Fejsa of Benfica (8.2), ahead of Lisandro López (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 0 draws and 0 for Atlético de Madrid.
Key events
- 33'Goal · Saúl Ñíguez
- 55'Goal · Luciano Vietto
- 68'Yellow card · Diego Godín
- 70'Yellow card · Saúl Ñíguez
- 75'Goal · Konstantinos Mitroglou
- 77'Yellow card · Ljubomir Fejsa
- 89'Yellow card · Óliver Torres
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Júlio César, Lisandro López, Eliseu, Jardel, André Almeida, Ljubomir Fejsa, Nico Gaitán, Gonçalo Guedes, Pizzi, Renato Sanches, Jonas
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Jan Oblak, Diego Godín, Filipe Luís, Stefan Savić, Juanfran, Koke, Gabi, Saúl Ñíguez, Antoine Griezmann, Yannick Carrasco, Luciano Vietto