Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 Benfica: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 18 April 2019
Result
Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 Benfica
Europa League · Thursday 18 April 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 Benfica: match report
Eintracht Frankfurt won against Benfica 2-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 18 April 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Filip Kostić opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Eintracht Frankfurt's goals came from Filip Kostić (36') and Sebastian Rode (67'). Benfica did not score.
Discipline: Eintracht Frankfurt received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Eintracht Frankfurt were 4th on 26 points from 11 and Benfica 51st on 10 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Eintracht Frankfurt lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Filip Kostic of Eintracht Frankfurt (9.2), ahead of Makoto Hasebe (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Eintracht Frankfurt wins, 0 draws and 1 for Benfica.
Going into the match Eintracht Frankfurt's last five read L-W-D-W-D and Benfica's W-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 36'Goal · Filip Kostić
- 67'Goal · Sebastian Rode
- 74'Yellow card · David Abraham
- 78'Yellow card · Simon Falette
- 83'Yellow card · Ante Rebic
- 90+3'Yellow card · Jonas
Head-to-head
Team news
Eintracht Frankfurt line-up (3-4-1-2)
Kevin Trapp, David Abraham, Makoto Hasebe, Simon Falette, Danny da Costa, Gelson Fernandes, Sebastian Rode, Filip Kostic, Mijat Gacinovic, Luka Jović, Ante Rebić
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Jardel, Alejandro Grimaldo, Ljubomir Fejsa, Andreas Samaris, Rafa Silva, Gedson Fernandes, João Félix, Haris Seferovic