Benfica 2-1 PSV: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 18 August 2021
Result
Benfica 2-1 PSV
Champions League · Wednesday 18 August 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Benfica 2-1 PSV: match report
Benfica defeated PSV 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 18 August 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.
Rafa Silva opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Benfica's goals came from Rafa Silva (10') and Julian Weigl (42'). PSV scored through C. Gakpo (51').
Discipline: Benfica received 7 yellow cards; PSV received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 15th on 6 points from 2 and PSV 6th on 12 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and PSV in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Cody Gakpo of PSV (8.2), ahead of Ibrahim Sangaré (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 1 draw and 0 for PSV.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Rafa Silva
- 42'Goal · Julian Weigl
- 51'Goal · C. Gakpo
- 57'Yellow card · Marco van Ginkel
- 58'Yellow card · Jorge Pinheiro de Jesus
- 58'Yellow card · Nicolás Otamendi
- 61'Yellow card · Rafa Silva
- 75'Yellow card · André Almeida
- 75'Yellow card · André Almeida
- 86'Yellow card · Soualiho Meïté
- 88'Yellow card · A. Obispo
- 90+2'Yellow card · Gonçalo Ramos
Head-to-head
Team news
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Benfica line-up (3-4-2-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Lucas Veríssimo, Nicolás Otamendi, Morato, Diogo Gonçalves, Julian Weigl, João Mário, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, Rafa Silva, Roman Yaremchuk
PSV line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joël Drommel, Phillipp Mwene, André Ramalho, Olivier Boscagli, Philipp Max, Ricardo Gomes, Ibrahim Sangaré, Noni Madueke, Mario Götze, Cody Gakpo, Eran Zahavi