Benfica vs AEK Athens — UEFA Champions League: stats, lineups & analysis
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12.12.18 20:001 – 0Finished
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Match Events
- 35′Benfica, substitution:off
- 37′Benfica, yellow card:
- Half-time
- 59′Benfica, substitution:off
- 61′AEK Athens, substitution:off
- 68′AEK Athens, substitution:off
- 73′AEK Athens, yellow card:
- 77′Benfica, substitution:off
- 77′AEK Athens, substitution:off
- 82′AEK Athens, yellow card:
- 87′AEK Athens, red card:
- 88′Benfica, goal:1–0
- Full-time1 – 0
Lineups
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Benfica
4-3-3
7.28
Average match ratingBenfica +0.54
6.74
AEK Athens
4-3-3
Referee
Robert Madden
Estádio da Luz
Key Stats
59%Possession41%
–Expected Goals–
23Shots6
9Shots on Target0
13Corners6
86%Pass Accuracy76%
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Match report
Benfica vs AEK Athens — the facts
Benfica beat AEK Athens 1–0 (half-time 0–0).
Benfica met AEK Athens in the UEFA Champions League (Group E - 6). Kick-off was Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 20:00 UTC at Estádio da Luz. Referee: Robert Madden.
Team pages: Benfica · AEK Athens · UEFA Champions League
Key moments
- 87' Red card: Konstantinos Galanopoulos
- 88' Goal: Álex Grimaldo — 1–0
Starting line-ups
Benfica (4-3-3)
AEK Athens (4-3-3)
- 1 Vasilis Barkas
- 4 Marios Oikonomou
- 15 Uroš Ćosić
- 23 Niklas Hult
- 19 Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
- 25 Konstantinos Galanopoulos
- 2 M. Bakakis
- 39 Erik Morán
- 31 Lucas Boyé
- 22 Ezequiel Ponce
- 17 Viktor Klonaridis
About this match
On this page: the Benfica vs AEK Athens final score and result, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Champions 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.
The full match report above covers the goals, key moments and stats. Explore more on the Benfica and AEK Athens team pages or the UEFA Champions League page.