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- 25′Aarhus, yellow card:Tripping
- 45′Aarhus, yellow card:Tripping
- Half-time0 – 1
- 46′Aarhus, substitution:off
- 55′Benfica, goal:0–2assist
- 60′Aarhus, goal:1–2
- 61′Benfica, goal:1–3assist
- 62′Aarhus, substitution:off
- 62′Aarhus, substitution:off
- 65′Benfica, substitution:off
- 65′Benfica, substitution:off
- 69′Aarhus, substitution:off
- 74′Benfica, substitution:off
- 74′Benfica, substitution:off
- 83′Aarhus, substitution:off
- 84′Benfica, substitution:off
- Full-time1 – 3
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Aarhus
3-5-2
Benfica
4-1-3-2
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Match report
Prestianni brace helps Benfica see off Aarhus in Europa League play-off
Benfica beat Aarhus 3-1 away in the UEFA Europa League play-offs, with Marco Silva's side taking control before a late home rally proved insufficient. The visitors led at the break through Gianluca Prestianni's opener and never relinquished command of the tie thereafter.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Prestianni put Benfica ahead in the 19th minute, finishing off an assist from Alexander Bah to make it 0-1 at Cepheus Park Randers. The visitors doubled their lead early in the second half when Rafa converted a Samuel Dahl assist in the 55th minute, seemingly putting the contest beyond Aarhus's reach.
Aarhus responded almost immediately, with Rasmus Carstensen pulling one back in the 60th minute to cut the deficit to 1-2 and give the home crowd hope. That hope lasted barely a minute, however, as Prestianni struck again in the 61st, this time teed up by Clément Lenglet, to restore Benfica's two-goal cushion and settle the outcome at 1-3.
Benfica dominated territorially throughout, holding 58 percent of possession and outshooting Aarhus on target by eight to three, a gulf that underlined their control despite the hosts' brief second-half response. No dismissals were shown, though Aarhus picked up two yellow cards to Benfica's none.
Prestianni scored twice, either side of Aarhus's reply, and had a hand in shaping both halves of the contest for Benfica.
Benfica's eight shots on target compared with Aarhus's three reflected their greater threat in front of goal throughout the match.
Benfica won 3–1 away against Aarhus (half-time 0–1).
Aarhus met Benfica in the UEFA Europa League (Play-offs). Kick-off was Thursday, 27 August 2026, 18:00 UTC at Cepheus Park Randers. Referee: Daniel Siebert.
Team pages: Aarhus · Benfica · UEFA Europa League
Key moments
- 19' Goal: Gianluca Prestianni (assist: Alexander Bah) — 0–1 · Watch Gianluca Prestianni's goal video (19')
- 55' Goal: Rafa Silva (assist: Samuel Dahl) — 0–2 · Watch Rafa Silva's goal video (55')
- 60' Goal: Rasmus Carstensen — 1–2
- 61' Goal: Gianluca Prestianni (assist: Clément Lenglet) — 1–3 · Watch Gianluca Prestianni's goal video (61')
Starting line-ups
Aarhus (3-5-2)
- 21 Mads Christiansen
- 44 Mouhammade Camara
- 33 Luka Callø
- 26 Jacob Andersen
- 11 Gift Links
- 23 Mikael Anderson
- 10 Kristian Arnstad
- 10 Kristian Arnstad
- 16 Jens Jønsson
- 29 Rasmus Carstensen
- 13 Janni Serra
- 31 Tobias Bech
Benfica (4-1-3-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Aarhus 14%, the draw 13%, Benfica 73%. It finished Aarhus 1–3 Benfica.
Benfica's rating gap outweighs Aarhus' home ground — Benfica are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Benfica's 73%. The draw at 13% is trimmed by a league that produces few draws.
Why Benfica at 73%?
Benfica sit 461 points higher on our strength rating — 1558 to 2018. Sides with a more than 300-point rating edge on the road won 65.9% of 5,209 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 11–15–74.
Why not higher?
UEFA Europa League home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (22.8% vs 24.9% norm). UEFA Europa League homes won 47.5% of 4,426 games vs 44.9% across all 99,396 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why is the draw only 13%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 16.0%. These teams' recent games average 3.8 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 17,007. UEFA Europa League produces fewer draws than most, taking 2.1 points off. The goals environment takes 1.2 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Benfica average 17 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 461 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. Benfica's last five: W-D-D-W-W — the hotter side across the games we track, and unbeaten in their last 6. Between equals, recent form told us almost nothing: the home side won 44.7% of 2194 games when clearly hotter and 42.9% of 4007 when clearly colder. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Aarhus vs Benfica final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Europa League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Gianluca Prestianni's goal against Aarhus (19').
- Watch Rafa Silva's goal against Aarhus (55').
- Watch Gianluca Prestianni's goal against Aarhus (61').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Aarhus 1–3 Benfica. Explore more on the Aarhus and Benfica team pages or the UEFA Europa League page.