Paris Saint Germain 1-1 Benfica: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 17 March 2011

Result

Paris Saint Germain 1-1 Benfica

Europa League · Thursday 17 March 2011, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Paris Saint Germain · Benfica · Europa League predictions

Paris Saint Germain 1-1 Benfica: match report

Paris Saint Germain drew with Benfica 1-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 17 March 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.

Nicolás Gaitán opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Paris Saint Germain's goal came from Mathieu Bodmer (35'). Benfica scored through Nicolás Gaitán (27').

Discipline: Paris Saint Germain received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Paris Saint Germain were 18th on 17 points from 11 and Benfica 59th on 9 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Paris Saint Germain lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-1-3-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Paris Saint Germain win, 0 draws and 2 for Benfica.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Nicolás GaitánBenfica · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · P. AimarBenfica
  • 35'Goal · Mathieu BodmerParis Saint Germain · 1-1
  • 72'Yellow card · C. ChantômeParis Saint Germain
  • 78'Yellow card · M. PereiraBenfica
  • 82'Yellow card · Armand LaurienteParis Saint Germain

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Paris Saint Germain 1, draws 0, Benfica 2.

Team news

Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-2-3-1)

Apoula Edima Edel, Ceará, Mamadou Sakho, Siaka Tiéné, Mathieu Bodmer, Sylvain Armand, Christophe Jallet, Nenê, Clément Chantôme, Mevlüt Erdinç, Claude Makélélé

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

Luisão, Brandon Truter, Fábio Coentrão, Sidnei, Javi García, Nico Gaitán, Óscar Cardozo, Eduardo Salvio, Javier Saviola, Pablo Aimar Giordano, Roberto Jiménez