Liverpool 0-2 Benfica: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 8 March 2006

Result

Liverpool 0-2 Benfica

Champions League · Wednesday 8 March 2006, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Liverpool 0-2 Benfica: match report

Liverpool lost to Benfica 0-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 8 March 2006. The half-time score was 0-1.

Simão opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Liverpool did not score. Benfica scored through Simão (36') and Fabrizio Miccoli (89').

Discipline: Liverpool received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 1st on 27 points from 13 and Benfica 19th on 11 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · Laurent RobertBenfica
  • 31'Yellow card · Peter CrouchLiverpool
  • 36'Goal · SimãoBenfica · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoLiverpool
  • 62'Yellow card · Nuno GomesBenfica
  • 71'Yellow card · Steven GerrardLiverpool
  • 89'Goal · Fabrizio MiccoliBenfica · 0-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Manuel FernandesBenfica

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Liverpool line-up

Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, Djimi Traoré, Stephen Warnock, Luis García, Mohamed Sissoko, Peter Crouch, Morientes, Harry Kewell, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso

Benfica line-up

Marcelo Moretto, Anderson Beraldo, Luisão, Léo, Alcides, Manuel Fernandes, Beto, Simão, Laurent Robert, Nuno Gomes, Diego Gómez