Benfica 2-1 Galatasaray: result and report

Benfica 2-1 Galatasaray

Champions League · Tuesday 3 November 2015, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Benfica · Galatasaray · Champions League predictions

Benfica beat Galatasaray 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 3 November 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Jonas opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Benfica's goals came from Jonas (52') and Luisão (67'). Galatasaray scored through Lukas Podolski (58').

Discipline: Benfica received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Galatasaray received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 20th on 7 points from 3 and Galatasaray 60th on 2 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Galatasaray in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luisão of Benfica (8.2), ahead of Jonas (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 1 draw and 1 for Galatasaray.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-W and Galatasaray's D-L-D.