Borussia Dortmund 4-0 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 8 March 2017
Result
Borussia Dortmund 4-0 Benfica
Champions League · Wednesday 8 March 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Borussia Dortmund 4-0 Benfica: match report
Borussia Dortmund defeated Benfica 4-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 8 March 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goals came from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (4'), Christian Pulisic (59'), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (61') and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (85'). Benfica did not score.
Discipline: Borussia Dortmund received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Borussia Dortmund were 12th on 14 points from 7 and Benfica 20th on 11 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Borussia Dortmund lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Borussia Dortmund (9.3), ahead of Christian Pulisic (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Borussia Dortmund wins, 0 draws and 1 for Benfica.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 31'Yellow card · Gonzalo Castro
- 33'Yellow card · Andreas Samaris
- 38'Yellow card · Ousmane Dembélé
- 59'Goal · Christian Pulisic
- 61'Goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 65'Yellow card · Łukasz Piszczek
- 85'Goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Head-to-head
Team news
Borussia Dortmund line-up (3-4-2-1)
Roman Bürki, Łukasz Piszczek, Sokratis, Marc Bartra, Erik Durm, Julian Weigl, Gonzalo Castro, Marcel Schmelzer, Christian Pulisic, Ousmane Dembélé, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ederson, Nélson Semedo, Luisão, Victor Lindelöf, Eliseu, Andreas Samaris, André Almeida, Eduardo Salvio, Pizzi, Franco Cervi, Konstantinos Mitroglou