RB Leipzig 2-2 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 27 November 2019
Result
RB Leipzig 2-2 Benfica
Champions League · Wednesday 27 November 2019, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
RB Leipzig 2-2 Benfica: match report
RB Leipzig drew with Benfica 2-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 27 November 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Pizzi opened the scoring in the 20th minute. RB Leipzig's goals came from Emil Forsberg (90', penalty) and Emil Forsberg (90+5'). Benfica scored through Pizzi (20') and Carlos Vinícius (59').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received no yellow cards; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 18th on 9 points from 4 and Benfica 52nd on 3 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 3-5-2 and Benfica in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emil Forsberg of RB Leipzig (8.8), ahead of Odysseas Vlachodimos (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 RB Leipzig win, 0 draws and 0 for Benfica.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Pizzi
- 52'Yellow card · A. Taarabt
- 59'Goal · Carlos Vinícius
- 89'Yellow card · Rúben Dias
- 90'Penalty goal · Emil Forsberg
- 90+5'Goal · Emil Forsberg
Head-to-head
Team news
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- David Tavares
- Kevin Kampl
- Haris Seferovic
- Hannes Wolf
- Yussuf Poulsen
- Marcel Halstenberg
- Ljubomir Fejsa
- Rafa Silva
- Ibrahima Konaté
- Willi Orbán
RB Leipzig line-up (3-5-2)
Péter Gulácsi, Lukas Klostermann, Ethan Ampadu, Dayot Upamecano, Marcel Sabitzer, Konrad Laimer, Diego Demme, Emil Forsberg, Marcelo Saracchi, Christopher Nkunku, Timo Werner
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Ferro, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, Gabriel Pires, Adel Taarabt, Franco Cervi, Carlos Vinícius, Chiquinho