Club Brugge 0-2 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 15 February 2023
Result
Club Brugge 0-2 Benfica
Champions League · Wednesday 15 February 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Club Brugge 0-2 Benfica: match report
Club Brugge were beaten by Benfica 0-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 15 February 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
João Mário opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Club Brugge did not score. Benfica scored through João Mário (51', penalty) and David Neres (88').
Discipline: Club Brugge received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Club Brugge were 17th on 11 points from 6 and Benfica 1st on 26 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Club Brugge lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Noa Lang of Club Brugge (8.1), ahead of João Mário (7.8).
Going into the match Club Brugge's last five read D-L-D-W-W and Benfica's W-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Denis Odoi
- 29'Yellow card · Kamal Sowah
- 43'Yellow card · Nicolás Otamendi
- 51'Penalty goal · João Mário
- 88'Goal · David Neres
Team news
Club Brugge line-up (4-2-3-1)
Simon Mignolet, Clinton Mata, Jack Hendry, Brandon Mechele, Bjorn Meijer, Denis Odoi, Raphael Onyedika, Kamal Sowah, Hans Vanaken, Tajon Buchanan, Noa Lang
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Alexander Bah, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Alejandro Grimaldo, Florentino, Chiquinho, João Mário, Rafa Silva, Fredrik Aursnes, Gonçalo Ramos