Chelsea 2-1 Benfica: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 4 April 2012

Result

Chelsea 2-1 Benfica

Champions League · Wednesday 4 April 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 2-1 Benfica: match report

Chelsea won against Benfica 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 4 April 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Frank Lampard opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Chelsea's goals came from Frank Lampard (21', penalty) and Raul Meireles (90+2'). Benfica scored through Javi García (85').

Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 12th on 14 points from 9 and Benfica 4th on 23 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Benfica in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Chelsea win, 0 draws and 0 for Benfica.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · O. CardozoBenfica
  • 20'Yellow card · Bruno CésarBenfica
  • 20'Yellow card · M. PereiraBenfica
  • 21'Penalty goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · P. AimarBenfica
  • 38'Yellow card · Branislav IvanovićChelsea
  • 40'Second yellow · M. PereiraBenfica
  • 44'Yellow card · RamiresChelsea
  • 79'Yellow card · John Mikel ObiChelsea
  • 85'Goal · Javi GarcíaBenfica · 1-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Raul MeirelesChelsea · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Chelsea 1, draws 0, Benfica 0.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, David Luiz, John Terry, Branislav Ivanović, Juan Mata, Raúl Meireles, Ramires

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Artur Moraes, Emerson, Brandon Truter, Axel Witsel, Joan Capdevila, Javi García, Bruno César, Nico Gaitán, Nemanja Matić, Óscar Cardozo, Pablo Aimar Giordano