Benfica 5-1 Club Brugge: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 7 March 2023
Result
Benfica 5-1 Club Brugge
Champions League · Tuesday 7 March 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Benfica 5-1 Club Brugge: match report
Benfica beat Club Brugge 5-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 7 March 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.
Rafa Silva opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Benfica's goals came from Rafa Silva (38'), Gonçalo Ramos (45+2'), Gonçalo Ramos (57'), João Mário (71', penalty) and David Neres (77'). Club Brugge scored through B. Meijer (87').
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Club Brugge received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 29 points from 11 and Club Brugge 20th on 11 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Club Brugge in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gonçalo Ramos of Benfica (9.7), ahead of João Mário (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 0 draws and 0 for Club Brugge.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Roman Yaremchuk
- 20'Yellow card · Noa Lang
- 29'Yellow card · Nicolás Otamendi
- 38'Goal · Rafa Silva
- 43'Yellow card · Abakar Sylla
- 45+2'Goal · Gonçalo Ramos
- 49'Yellow card · B. Meijer
- 57'Goal · Gonçalo Ramos
- 71'Penalty goal · João Mário
- 77'Goal · David Neres
- 87'Goal · B. Meijer
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Alexander Bah, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Alejandro Grimaldo, Florentino, Chiquinho, João Mário, Rafa Silva, Fredrik Aursnes, Gonçalo Ramos
Club Brugge line-up (3-5-2)
Simon Mignolet, Clinton Mata, Brandon Mechele, Abakar Sylla, Kamal Sowah, Tajon Buchanan, Casper Nielsen, Hans Vanaken, Bjorn Meijer, Roman Yaremchuk, Noa Lang