Benfica 1-0 Paris Saint Germain: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 10 December 2013
Result
Benfica 1-0 Paris Saint Germain
Champions League · Tuesday 10 December 2013, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Benfica 1-0 Paris Saint Germain: match report
Benfica beat Paris Saint Germain 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 10 December 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.
Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Benfica's goals came from Lima (45', penalty) and Nicolás Gaitán (58'). Paris Saint Germain scored through Edinson Cavani (37').
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Paris Saint Germain received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 25th on 9 points from 5 and Paris Saint Germain 22nd on 9 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Paris Saint Germain in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Benfica wins, 2 draws and 1 for Paris Saint Germain.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-D-W-D-D and Paris Saint Germain's D-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · M. Pereira
- 37'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 45'Penalty goal · Lima
- 50'Yellow card · Thiago Motta
- 58'Goal · Nicolás Gaitán
- 70'Yellow card · Jérémy Ménez
- 77'Yellow card · Adrien Rabiot
- 87'Yellow card · Sílvio
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Artur Moraes, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Sílvio, Ljubomir Fejsa, Nico Gaitán, Nemanja Matić, Enzo Pérez, Lazar Markovic, Lima
Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-2-3-1)
Salvatore Sirigu, Marquinhos, Zoumana Camara, Lucas Digne, Kalifa Traoré, Thiago Motta, Adrien Rabiot, Javier Pastore, Jérémy Ménez, Edinson Cavani, Lucas Moura