Benfica 1-3 Liverpool: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 5 April 2022
Result
Benfica 1-3 Liverpool
Champions League · Tuesday 5 April 2022, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Benfica 1-3 Liverpool: match report
Benfica were beaten by Liverpool 1-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 5 April 2022. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Ibrahima Konaté opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Benfica's goal came from Darwin Núñez (49'). Liverpool scored through Ibrahima Konaté (17'), Sadio Mané (34') and Luis Díaz (87').
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 22 points from 12 and Liverpool 4th on 21 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luis Díaz of Liverpool (8.4), ahead of Naby Keïta (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-D-W-D-L and Liverpool's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Ibrahima Konaté
- 34'Goal · Sadio Mané
- 49'Goal · Darwin Núñez
- 58'Yellow card · Milovan Milovic
- 63'Yellow card · A. Taarabt
- 87'Goal · Luis Díaz
Head-to-head
Team news
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Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Gilberto, Nicolás Otamendi, Jan Vertonghen, Alejandro Grimaldo, Julian Weigl, Adel Taarabt, Rafa Silva, Gonçalo Ramos, Everton, Darwin Núñez
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konaté, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Naby Keïta, Fabinho, Thiago Alcântara, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané, Luis Díaz