Olympique Marseille 1-2 Benfica: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 18 March 2010
Result
Olympique Marseille 1-2 Benfica
Europa League · Thursday 18 March 2010, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Olympique Marseille 1-2 Benfica: match report
Olympique Marseille lost to Benfica 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 18 March 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.
Mamadou Niang opened the scoring in the 70th minute. Olympique Marseille's goal came from Mamadou Niang (70'). Benfica scored through M. Pereira (75') and Alan Kardec (90').
Discipline: Olympique Marseille received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Benfica received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 65th on 7 points from 3 and Benfica 8th on 23 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Olympique Marseille lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Olympique Marseille wins, 1 draw and 0 for Benfica.
Going into the match Olympique Marseille's last five read D-W-W and Benfica's D-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · O. Cardozo
- 54'Yellow card · Ángel Di María
- 55'Yellow card · Bakari Koné
- 70'Goal · Mamadou Niang
- 75'Goal · M. Pereira
- 81'Yellow card · Luisão
- 83'Yellow card · Javi García
- 83'Yellow card · T. Taïwo
- 90'Red card · Hatem Ben Arfa
- 90'Goal · Alan Kardec
- 90'Yellow card · P. Aimar
- 90'Yellow card · Charles Kaboré
- 90'Yellow card · Alan Kardec
Head-to-head
Team news
Olympique Marseille line-up (4-3-3)
Steve Mandanda, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Souleymane Diawara, Laurent Bonnart, Edouard Cisse, Benoît Cheyrou, Lucho González, Fabrice Abriel, Brandão, Mamadou Niang, Mehmet Yozgatlı
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Júlio César, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Fábio Coentrão, David Luiz, Javi García, Ramires, Carlos Martins, Óscar Cardozo, Ángel Di María, Javier Saviola