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Commentary
The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from ARNAUTOVIC.
GOAL!! PEDRO NETO made space for FERGUSON who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, rammed the ball past UNNERSTALL. (1-0 Benfica)
SUÁREZ cautioned by the referee for a poor tackle.
NKOUNKOU was put clear by KARAZOR and he stepped inside MAMARDASHVILI but glanced his shot over.
SUÁREZ nodded the ball wide from the edge of the box.
13¹A corner bobbled toward FERGUSON who headed the ball inches wide.
14¹PEDRO NETO stormed through the Hansa Rostock defence but shot straight at UNNERSTALL.
20¹A great shot from PEDRO NETO was dealt with by a useful parry from UNNERSTALL.
24¹A right foot shot from FERGUSON was pushed over by UNNERSTALL.
28¹PEDRO NETO rasped the ball through a ruck of players but UNNERSTALL was a match for it as he dived to his right.
29¹ARÁNGUIZ's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Benfica post.
37¹A header from GODFREY was headed off the line by MOLINA.
39¹ARNAUTOVIC ran onto a wonderful ball from ARÁNGUIZ but fumbled his shot wide.
40¹A free-kick from FERGUSON flew inches wide.
44¹FERGUSON floated the ball to RÚBEN DIAS who fired it over the bar.
47¹VITINHA beat two Hansa Rostock players and stroked a shot wide.
GOAL!! A cross from ANTÓNIO SILVA was nodded away by STARK only for VITINHA to drill the ball back into the box for FERGUSON to force into the net. (2-0 Benfica)
13²MAMARDASHVILI was able to claw away a poor shot from SUÁREZ.
16²STARK booked for a bad challenge.
27²A pin-point pass bobbled toward FERGUSON and his deadly effort went narrowly over.
29²The Hansa Rostock 'keeper stopped a clever strike from WAHI.
31²A penalty box scramble resulted in ARNAUTOVIC knocking a low shot over.
34²Uncertainty in the Hansa Rostock defence enabled FERGUSON to fire an effort wide.
38²GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed KARAZOR to nudge the ball to ARNAUTOVIC who drove a right foot shot into the net. (2-1 Benfica)
42²VIVIAN drove a left foot shot inches over from long range.
44²KARAZOR cautioned for a bad challenge on ANTÓNIO SILVA.

 
Benfica
 
League position: 2
Home league form: XWXW
Overall league form: XXWWWXWX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Giorgi MAMARDASHVILI1Lars UNNERSTALL
Nahuel MOLINA2Julian RYERSON
Mickey VAN DE VEN3Niels NKOUNKOU
Joshua KIMMICH4Atakan KARAZOR
ANTÓNIO João SILVA5Ben GODFREY(c)
(c)RÚBEN Santos DIAS6Niklas STARK
Cole PALMER7Charles ARÁNGUIZ
PEDRO Lomba NETO8Marko ARNAUTOVIC
(p)Elye WAHI9Marc-Oliver KEMPF(p)
(f)VITINHA10Félix LEMARÉCHAL(f)
Evan FERGUSON11Luis SUÁREZ
Steven GibsonManager
Isak HIEN12  Mickaël CUISANCE
Marco CARNESECCHI  13  John BROOKS
Daniel VIVIAN14  Joshua BRENET
SAVINHO  15  Modibo SAGNAN
Mathys TEL  16  Lukas KÜBLER
 
Hansa Rostock
 
League position: 16
Away league form: LLXX
Overall league form: XLWWLWXX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 2 Hansa Rostock 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 63,297, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Mark Halsey 6)

Ferguson 5¹, Ferguson 2²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Arnautovic 38²
FergusonóHien 37², WahióVivian 42² 
  
 Suárez 6¹, Stark 16², Karazor 44²
312
56
59
75
74
149
24
51%49%
Man of the match: Pedro Lomba Neto