PAOK 2-1 Benfica: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 15 September 2020

Result

PAOK 2-1 Benfica

Champions League · Tuesday 15 September 2020, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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PAOK 2-1 Benfica: match report

PAOK beat Benfica 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 15 September 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Dimitrios Giannoulis opened the scoring in the 63rd minute. PAOK's goals came from Dimitrios Giannoulis (63') and Andrija Zivkovic (75'). Benfica scored through Rafa Silva (90+4').

Discipline: PAOK received 5 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

PAOK 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 Sverrir Ingi Ingason of PAOK (8.1), ahead of Everton (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 PAOK wins, 1 draw and 3 for Benfica.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · Dimitrios PelkasPAOK
  • 28'Yellow card · Fernando VarelaPAOK
  • 44'Yellow card · André AlmeidaBenfica
  • 44'Yellow card · G. MichailidisPAOK
  • 63'Goal · Dimitrios GiannoulisPAOK · 1-0
  • 75'Goal · Andrija ZivkovicPAOK · 2-0
  • 79'Yellow card · Stefan SchwabPAOK
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Anderson EsitiPAOK
  • 90+4'Goal · Rafa SilvaBenfica · 2-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: PAOK 0, draws 1, Benfica 3.

Team news

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PAOK line-up (3-4-1-2)

Zivko Zivkovic, Sverrir Ingi Ingason, Fernando Lopes dos Santos Varela, Giannis Michailidis, José Ángel Crespo, Stefan Schwab, Omar El Kaddouri, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Dimitrios Pelkas, Chuba Akpom, Christos Tzolis

Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Jan Vertonghen, Alejandro Grimaldo, Julian Weigl, Adel Taarabt, Pizzi, Pedrinho, Everton, Haris Seferovic