Benfica 2-1 VfB Stuttgart: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 17 February 2011
Result
Benfica 2-1 VfB Stuttgart
Europa League · Thursday 17 February 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Benfica 2-1 VfB Stuttgart: match report
Benfica defeated VfB Stuttgart 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 17 February 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.
Martin Harnik opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Benfica's goals came from O. Cardozo (70') and Franco Jara (82'). VfB Stuttgart scored through Martin Harnik (21').
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; VfB Stuttgart received 3 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and VfB Stuttgart 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 VfB Stuttgart.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Serdar Taşçı
- 21'Goal · Martin Harnik
- 26'Yellow card · Martin Harnik
- 42'Yellow card · Fábio Coentrão
- 59'Yellow card · Matthieu Delpierre
- 70'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 82'Goal · Franco Jara
- 87'Yellow card · Javi García
- 90'Yellow card · M. Pereira
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Luisão, Brandon Truter, Fábio Coentrão, Sidnei, Javi García, Nico Gaitán, Óscar Cardozo, Eduardo Salvio, Franco Jara, Pablo Aimar Giordano, Roberto Jiménez
VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-4-2)
Sven Ulreich, Serdar Taşçı, Matthieu Delpierre, Khalid Boulahrouz, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Christian Träsch, Tamás Hajnal, Martin Harnik, Cacau, Shinji Okazaki, Cristian Molinaro