Match report

Benfica Beat Spartak Moscow 2–0 in UEFA Champions League

Benfica
Benfica
2–0
FT
Spartak Moscow
Spartak Moscow
Aug 10, 2021

Lineups

Benfica

Formation: 3-4-2-1

Starting XI

  • 99 O. Vlachodimos (G)
  • 5 J. Vertonghen (D)
  • 30 N. Otamendi (D)
  • 3 Álex Grimaldo (M)
  • 4 Lucas Verissimo (D)
  • 21 Pizzi (F)
  • 20 João Mário (M)
  • 27 Rafa Silva (F)
  • 28 J. Weigl (M)
  • 17 Diogo Gonçalves (M)
  • 88 Gonçalo Ramos (F)

Substitutes

  • 91 Morato
  • 15 R. Yaremchuk
  • 7 Éverton
  • 2 Gilberto
  • 49 A. Taarabt
  • 61 Florentino Luís
  • 11 S. Meïté
  • 95 Carlos Vinícius
  • 77 Helton Leite
  • 83 Gedson Fernandes
  • 10 L. Waldschmidt
  • 31 Gil Dias

Spartak Moscow

Formation: 4-3-3

Starting XI

  • 98 A. Maksimenko (G)
  • 14 G. Dzhikiya (D)
  • 2 S. Gigot (D)
  • 6 Ayrton (D)
  • 92 N. Rasskazov (D)
  • 47 R. Zobnin (M)
  • 10 Z. Bakaev (F)
  • 17 A. Lomovitskiy (M)
  • 18 N. Umyarov (M)
  • 9 E. Ponce (F)
  • 11 J. Larsson (F)

Substitutes

  • 33 A. Král
  • 77 R. Mirzov
  • 22 M. Ignatov
  • 7 A. Sobolev
  • 27 T. Akmurzin
  • 4 J. Hendrix
  • 32 A. Rebrov
  • 56 I. Gaponov
  • 38 A. Eshchenko
  • 29 I. Kutepov
  • 68 R. Litvinov

Timeline

  1. Benfica
    16' Benfica Card · Yellow Card
    Nicolás Otamendi

    Foul

  2. Spartak Moscow
    25' Spartak Moscow Card · Yellow Card
    Aleksandr Lomovitskiy

    Foul

  3. Benfica
    46' Benfica subst · Substitution 1
    Off: J. Vertonghen · On: Morato
  4. Benfica
    57' Benfica Goal · Normal Goal
    João Mário
  5. Spartak Moscow
    65' Spartak Moscow subst · Substitution 2
    Off: Z. Bakaev · On: R. Mirzov
  6. Benfica
    65' Benfica subst · Substitution 3
    Off: Pizzi · On: Éverton
  7. Spartak Moscow
    65' Spartak Moscow subst · Substitution 1
    Off: Nail Umyarov · On: A. Kral
  8. Spartak Moscow
    68' Spartak Moscow Card · Yellow Card
    J. Larsson

    Foul

  9. Benfica
    70' Benfica Card · Yellow Card
    J. Weigl

    Foul

  10. Benfica
    78' Benfica subst · Substitution 4
    Off: Diogo Gonçalves · On: Gilberto
  11. Spartak Moscow
    81' Spartak Moscow subst · Substitution 3
    Off: J. Larsson · On: M. Ignatov
  12. Spartak Moscow
    81' Spartak Moscow subst · Substitution 4
    Off: E. Ponce · On: Aleksandr Sobolev
  13. Benfica
    86' Benfica subst · Substitution 5
    Off: Rafa Silva · On: A. Taarabt
  14. Benfica
    90'+2 Benfica Goal · Own Goal
    S. Gigot

Match Stats

Stat Benfica Spartak Moscow
Fouls 11 17
Pass Accuracy 90% 76%
Offsides 2 1
Red Cards — —
Total Shots 10 7
Corners 5 1
Total Passes 718 339
Yellow Cards 2 2
Blocked Shots 7 1
Shots on Target 1 3
Shots off Target 2 3
Possession 69% 31%
Accurate Passes 645 257
Shots Inside Box 6 3
Saves 3 0
Shots Outside Box 4 4