Benfica 2-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 4 April 2013
Result
Benfica 2-0 Newcastle United
Europa League · Thursday 4 April 2013, 19:05 UTC · half-time 1-1
Benfica 2-0 Newcastle United: match report
Benfica won against Newcastle United 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 4 April 2013. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Papiss Demba Cissé opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Benfica's goals came from Rodrigo (25'), Lima (65') and Ó. Cardozo (71', penalty). Newcastle United scored through Papiss Demba Cissé (13').
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 62nd on 8 points from 4 and Newcastle United 14th on 20 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newcastle United in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-D-W-W and Newcastle United's W-D-W-D-L.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Papiss Demba Cissé
- 20'Yellow card · James Perch
- 25'Goal · Rodrigo
- 28'Yellow card · Rodrigo
- 65'Goal · Lima
- 71'Penalty goal · Ó. Cardozo
- 73'Yellow card · Enzo Pérez
- 87'Yellow card · Shola Ameobi
- 87'Yellow card · Shola Ameobi
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Artur Moraes, Luisão, Ezequiel Garay, André Almeida, Nico Gaitán, Nemanja Matić, Lorenzo Melgarejo, André Gomes, Óscar Cardozo, O. John, Rodrigo
Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tim Krul, José Faria, Danny Simpson, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, James Perch, Steven Taylor, Yohan Cabaye, Moussa Sissoko, Jonás Gutiérrez, Sylvain Marveaux, Papiss Demba Cissé