Benfica 5-0 Everton: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 22 October 2009
Result
Benfica 5-0 Everton
Europa League · Thursday 22 October 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Benfica 5-0 Everton: match report
Benfica won against Everton 5-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 22 October 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Javier Saviola opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Benfica's goals came from Javier Saviola (14'), Ó. Cardozo (47'), Ó. Cardozo (48'), Luisão (52') and Javier Saviola (83'). Everton did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received no yellow cards; Everton received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 56th on 6 points from 4 and Everton 25th on 10 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-W-L-W and Everton's W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Javier Saviola
- 32'Yellow card · Dan Gosling
- 47'Goal · Ó. Cardozo
- 48'Goal · Ó. Cardozo
- 52'Goal · Luisão
- 76'Yellow card · Louis Saha
- 83'Goal · Javier Saviola
Team news
Benfica line-up
Júlio César, Luisão, David Luiz, Javi García, Ramires, Óscar Cardozo, Ángel Di María, Javier Saviola, Ruben Amorim, Pablo Aimar Giordano, Paulo César da Silva Peixoto
Everton expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Leighton Baines, Jack Rodwell, Sylvain Distin, Leon Osman, Steven Pienaar, Tim Cahill, Louis Saha, Johnny Heitinga