St. Gallen 2-1 Benfica: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 23 July 2026

Result

St. Gallen 2-1 Benfica

Europa League · Thursday 23 July 2026, 18:00 UTC · Kybunpark, St. Gallen · half-time 1-1

St. Gallen · Benfica · Europa League predictions

St. Gallen 2-1 Benfica: match report

St. Gallen won against Benfica 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 23 July 2026 at Kybunpark. The half-time score was 1-1.

Aliou Baldé opened the scoring in the 37th minute. St. Gallen's goals came from Aliou Baldé (37') and Tom Gaal (80'). Benfica scored through Rafa Silva (44').

Discipline: St. Gallen received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.

St. Gallen lined up in a 3-5-2 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lukas Daschner of St. Gallen (7.7), ahead of Vangelis Pavlidis (7.4).

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · Lukas GörtlerSt. Gallen
  • 37'Goal · Aliou BaldéSt. Gallen · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Rafa SilvaBenfica · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Jozo StanicSt. Gallen
  • 65'Yellow card · Vangelis PavlidisBenfica
  • 80'Goal · Tom GaalSt. Gallen · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Tom GaalSt. Gallen

Form and table

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St. Gallen line-up (3-5-2)

Lawrence Ati, Tom Gaal, Jozo Stanic, Chima Okoroji, Hugo Vandermersch, Lukas Görtler, Lukas Daschner, Carlo Boukhalfa, Mihailo Stevanovic, Aliou Baldé, Christian Witzig

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

Anatoliy Trubin, Alexander Bah, António Silva, Clément Lenglet, Samuel Dahl, Manu Silva, Jakub Kamiński, Rafa Silva, Georgiy Sudakov, Miguel Figueiredo, Vangelis Pavlidis

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