Monaco 0-1 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 12 February 2025
Result
Monaco 0-1 Benfica
Champions League · Wednesday 12 February 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Monaco 0-1 Benfica: match report
Monaco lost to Benfica 0-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 12 February 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Vangelis Pavlidis of Benfica in the 48th minute.
Discipline: Monaco received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Monaco were 23rd on 13 points from 8 and Benfica 22nd on 13 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Monaco lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicolás Otamendi of Benfica (7.9), ahead of Álvaro Carreras (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Monaco wins, 1 draw and 2 for Benfica.
Going into the match Monaco's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Benfica's W-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Álvaro Carreras
- 41'Yellow card · Moatasem Al-Musrati
- 48'Goal · Vangelis Pavlidis
- 52'Second yellow · Moatasem Al-Musrati
- 56'Yellow card · Florentino
- 79'Yellow card · Vanderson
- 90'Yellow card · Denis Zakaria
Head-to-head
Team news
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Monaco line-up (4-2-3-1)
Radoslaw Majecki, Vanderson, Thilo Kehrer, Mohammed Salisu, Krépin Diatta, Denis Zakaria, Moatasem Al-Musrati, Maghnes Akliouche, Breel Embolo, Aleksandr Golovin, Mika Biereth
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Anatoliy Trubin, Tomás Araújo, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Álvaro Carreras, Fredrik Aursnes, Florentino, Orkun Kökçü, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Vangelis Pavlidis, Andreas Schjelderup