Benfica 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 21 February 2013

Result

Benfica 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Europa League · Thursday 21 February 2013, 20:05 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Benfica 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Benfica won against Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 21 February 2013. The half-time score was 0-0.

Ola John opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Benfica's goals came from Ola John (60') and Nemanja Matić (77'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Andre Schürrle (75').

Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 0 draws and 0 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Lars BenderBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Daniel CarvajalBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 54'Yellow card · Enzo PérezBenfica
  • 60'Goal · Ola JohnBenfica · 1-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Ola JohnBenfica
  • 75'Goal · Andre SchürrleBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-1
  • 77'Goal · Nemanja MatićBenfica · 2-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Nemanja MatićBenfica

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Benfica 1, draws 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Artur Moraes, Luisão, Ezequiel Garay, André Almeida, Carlos Martins, Nico Gaitán, Nemanja Matić, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Enzo Pérez, Óscar Cardozo, O. John

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-3-3)

Bernd Leno, Philipp Wollscheid, Sebastian Boenisch, Daniel Carvajal, Ömer Toprak, Stefan Reinartz, Simon Rolfes, Lars Bender, Andre Schürrle, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling