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 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.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Nicolás Gaitán
- 29'Yellow card · P. Aimar
- 35'Goal · Mathieu Bodmer
- 72'Yellow card · C. Chantôme
- 78'Yellow card · M. Pereira
- 82'Yellow card · Armand Lauriente
Head-to-head
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