UEFA Champions League
·Play-off First leg
Featured match
- V. Pavlidis 48'
- Pre-match
- First half
- Half-time
- Second half
- Full-time
The match in brief
Benfica beat Monaco 1-0. Scorers for Benfica: V. Pavlidis 48'. Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed of Monaco was sent off in minute 52'. Benfica had 56% of possession.
Monaco
Benfica
- Full-time 0 - 1
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90'
D. Zakaria Yellow card · Monaco Yellow card for D. Zakaria (Monaco)
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86'
Arthur Cabral Out: Á. Di María · Benfica Substitution for Benfica: Arthur Cabral comes on for Á. Di María
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79'
Vanderson Yellow card · Monaco Yellow card for Vanderson (Monaco)
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78'
Z. Amdouni Out: A. Schjelderup · Benfica Substitution for Benfica: Z. Amdouni comes on for A. Schjelderup
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78'
A. Belotti Out: V. Pavlidis · Benfica Substitution for Benfica: A. Belotti comes on for V. Pavlidis
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68'
T. Minamino Out: M. Akliouche · Monaco Substitution for Monaco: T. Minamino comes on for M. Akliouche
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67'
Leandro Barreiro Out: Florentino Luís · Benfica Substitution for Benfica: Leandro Barreiro comes on for Florentino Luís
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67'
Á. Di María Out: Tomás Araújo · Benfica Substitution for Benfica: Á. Di María comes on for Tomás Araújo
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67'
E. Ben Seghir Out: Aleksandr Golovin · Monaco Substitution for Monaco: E. Ben Seghir comes on for Aleksandr Golovin
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57'
S. Magassa Out: M. Biereth · Monaco Substitution for Monaco: S. Magassa comes on for M. Biereth
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56'
Florentino Luís Yellow card · Benfica Yellow card for Florentino Luís (Benfica)
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52'
Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed Red card · Monaco Straight red card for Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed. Monaco are down a man
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52'
Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed Yellow card · Monaco Yellow card for Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed (Monaco)
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48'
V. Pavlidis 0-1 Goal · Benfica Goal for Benfica! V. Pavlidis makes it 0-1
- Half-time 0 - 0
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41'
Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed Yellow card · Monaco Yellow card for Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed (Monaco)
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16'
Álvaro Fernández Yellow card · Benfica Álvaro Fernández of Benfica is booked
- Kick-off
The teams before the match
Monaco
Benfica
WWLWL
Last 5 matches LLWWW
17Position16
13Pts13
1.9Goals scored per match2.4
2.1Goals conceded per match1.6
1Clean sheets3
From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.
Monaco4-2-3-1
3
7.3
Fernández
16'
Álvaro Fernández
- 16'Yellow card
- 67'Out
10
7.3
Golovin
67'
Aleksandr Golovin
- 67'Out
- 68'Out
8
5.9
Mohamed
41'52'52'
Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed
- 41'Yellow card
- 52'Yellow card
- 52'Red card
- 90'Yellow card
Monaco4-2-3-1
Coach: A. Hütter
Starting XI
- 1GK R. Majecki 7.5
- 2DF Vanderson79' 6.5
- 5DF Thilo Kehrer 7.2
- 22DF M. Salisu 6.5
- 27DF Krépin Diatta 7.3
- 6MF D. Zakaria90' 6.6
- 8MF Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed41'52'52' 5.9
- 11MF M. Akliouche68' 6.9
- 36MF B. Embolo 7.3
- 10MF Aleksandr Golovin67' 7.3
- 14FW M. Biereth57' 6.7
Substitutes
- 88MF S. Magassa57' 6.7
- 7MF E. Ben Seghir67' 6.3
- 18MF T. Minamino68' 6.3
- 41FW L. Michal
- 50GK Y. Lienard
- 28MF M. Coulibaly
- 21FW G. Ilenikhena
- 20DF K. Ouattara
- 12DF Caio Henrique
- 16GK P. Köhn
- 15MF L. Camara
- 37MF E. Diop
Benfica4-3-3
Coach: Bruno Lage
Starting XI
- 1GK A. Trubin 7.5
- 44DF Tomás Araújo67' 7.3
- 4DF António Silva 7.7
- 30DF N. Otamendi 7.9
- 3DF Álvaro Fernández16' 7.3
- 8MF F. Aursnes 7.0
- 61MF Florentino Luís56'67' 7.5
- 10MF O. Kökçü 7.2
- 17FW Kerem Aktürkoğlu 7.3
- 14FW V. Pavlidis48'78' 7.2
- 21FW A. Schjelderup78' 6.9
Substitutes
- 11MF Á. Di María67'86' 7.0
- 18MF Leandro Barreiro67' 7.3
- 19FW A. Belotti78' 6.7
- 7FW Z. Amdouni78' 6.6
- 9FW Arthur Cabral86' 6.7
- 81DF A. Bajrami
- 25FW G. Prestianni
- 71DF Leandro Henrique Sousa Santos
- 24GK Samuel Soares
- 75GK André Gomes
- 26DF S. Dahl
- 60MF Nuno Félix
Monaco
Benfica
44%
56%
6
Shots
23
3
On target
6
2
Off target
7
2
Corners
7
10
Fouls
14
0
Offsides
3
4
Yellow cards
2
1
Red cards
0
5
Saves
3
375
Passes
479
73%
Pass accuracy
83%
0.39
Expected goals
2.17
Monaco wins0Draws0
Benfica wins1