Benfica 4-1 PSV: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 7 April 2011

Result

Benfica 4-1 PSV

Europa League · Thursday 7 April 2011, 19:05 UTC · half-time 2-0

Benfica · PSV · Europa League predictions

Benfica 4-1 PSV: match report

Benfica beat PSV 4-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 7 April 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.

P. Aimar opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Benfica's goals came from P. Aimar (37'), Eduardo Salvio (45'), Eduardo Salvio (52') and Javier Saviola (90+3'). PSV scored through Zakaria Labyad (80').

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; PSV received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 53rd on 10 points from 4 and PSV 6th on 25 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and PSV in a 4-3-3.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · P. AimarBenfica · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Eduardo SalvioBenfica · 2-0
  • 52'Goal · Eduardo SalvioBenfica · 3-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Orlando EngelaarPSV
  • 68'Yellow card · Erik PietersPSV
  • 80'Goal · Zakaria LabyadPSV · 3-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Javi GarcíaBenfica
  • 90+3'Goal · Javier SaviolaBenfica · 4-1

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-3-1-2)

Luisão, Brandon Truter, Fábio Coentrão, Jardel, Javi García, Nico Gaitán, Óscar Cardozo, Eduardo Salvio, Javier Saviola, Pablo Aimar Giordano, Roberto Jiménez

PSV line-up (4-3-3)

Andreas Isaksson, Marcelo, Erik Pieters, Wilfred Bouma, Orlando Engelaar, Atiba Hutchinson, Balázs Dzsudzsák, Otman Bakkal, Marcus Berg, Jeremain Lens, Stanislav Manolev