Benfica 1-2 Schalke 04: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 7 December 2010
Result
Benfica 1-2 Schalke 04
Champions League · Tuesday 7 December 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Benfica 1-2 Schalke 04: match report
Benfica were beaten by Schalke 04 1-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 7 December 2010. It was 0-1 at half-time.
José Jurado opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Benfica's goal came from Luisão (87'). Schalke 04 scored through José Jurado (20') and Benedikt Höwedes (81').
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Schalke 04 received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 36th on 6 points from 5 and Schalke 04 17th on 10 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and Schalke 04 in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Schalke 04.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Schalke 04's W-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 20'Goal · José Jurado
- 65'Yellow card · Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- 67'Yellow card · David Luiz
- 71'Yellow card · Javier Saviola
- 77'Yellow card · P. Aimar
- 78'Yellow card · Ivan Rakitic
- 81'Goal · Benedikt Höwedes
- 87'Goal · Luisão
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Luisão, Brandon Truter, Fábio Coentrão, David Luiz, Javi García, Carlos Martins, Óscar Cardozo, Javier Saviola, Ruben Amorim, Roberto Jiménez, Paulo César da Silva Peixoto
Schalke 04 line-up (4-4-2)
Manuel Neuer, Benedikt Höwedes, Lukas Schmitz, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Christoph Metzelder, Atsuto Uchida, Ivan Rakitić, Peer Kluge, José Jurado, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Raúl