Benfica 0-2 Basel: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 5 December 2017
Result
Benfica 0-2 Basel
Champions League · Tuesday 5 December 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Benfica 0-2 Basel: match report
Benfica lost to Basel 0-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 5 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.
Mohamed Elyounoussi opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Benfica did not score. Basel scored through Mohamed Elyounoussi (5') and Dimitri Oberlin (65').
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Basel received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 78th on 0 points from 5 and Basel 23rd on 9 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and Basel in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mohamed Elyounoussi of Basel (8.1), ahead of Andrija Zivkovic (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 1 draw and 1 for Basel.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Basel's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Mohamed Elyounoussi
- 9'Yellow card · Taulant Xhaka
- 63'Yellow card · Manuel Akanji
- 65'Goal · Dimitri Oberlin
- 68'Yellow card · Andreas Samaris
- 75'Yellow card · Raoul Petretta
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Mile Svilar, Douglas Pereira, Lisandro López, Jardel, Eliseu, João Carvalho, Andreas Samaris, Pizzi, Andrija Zivkovic, Haris Seferovic, Diogo Gonçalves
Basel line-up (3-4-3)
Tomas Vaclik, Marek Suchy, Manuel Akanji, Éder Balanta, Michael Lang, Taulant Xhaka, Luca Zuffi, Raoul Petretta, Renato Steffen, Dimitri Oberlin, Mohamed Elyounoussi