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5¹NIJHUIS was able to claw away a poor shot from DAVID.
9¹A delightful shot from DAVID was dealt with by a fine parry from NIJHUIS.
13¹AMRABAT floated the ball to BAKKER who touched it over.
19¹PEDRO NETO booked for dangerous play.
20¹A shot from AMRABAT seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
24¹SAMU was put clear by KIMMICH and he nutmegged NIJHUIS but struck his shot wide.
25¹GOAL!! A deep cross from PEDRO NETO on the right was nodded home by PALMER at the near post. (1-0 Benfica)
31¹The 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from SAMU.
33¹DAVID headed just beyond the near post.
37¹A corner found DORGU who turned an effort just wide.
37¹HALLER shot over.
40¹DAVID placed a left foot shot just beyond the far post from long range.
6²DAVID kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.
9²GOAL!! A free-kick was punched clear by NIJHUIS, DORGU was first to the loose ball and floated the ball to DAVID to slide in. (2-0 Benfica)
13²NIJHUIS blocked a clever shot from DAVID.
16²GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from BERGHUIS hit the post and in the ensuing scramble the ball was headed into the net by DE JONG. (2-1 Benfica)
18²GOAL!! A twenty yard free-kick was expertly stroked into the net by DAVID. (3-1 Benfica)
24²KERK scuffed a simple chance.
32²MICHEL books PALMER for a cynical foul.
33²A fine ball from AMRABAT on the left fell to BAKKER who mishit his shot wide.
34²A neatly crafted cross from KERK was flicked goalbound by AMRABAT only for the 'keeper to claw away.
38²GOAL!! Unlucky VITINHA hit the woodwork before ANTÓNIO SILVA rifled the ball home as HALLER failed to clear. (4-1 Benfica)

 
Benfica
 
League position: 2
Home league form: WWWX
Overall league form: WWWWXOWL
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Lucas CHEVALIER7 17 Thijmen NIJHUIS
Nahuel MOLINA7 26½Jerry ST JUSTE
Patrick DORGU7 36½Mitchel BAKKER
Joshua KIMMICH8 47 Sofyan AMRABAT
RÚBEN Santos DIAS7½56½Giovanni TROUPÉE
(c)Mickey VAN DE VEN6 66 Denzel HALL
Cole PALMER6½76 Steven BERGHUIS
PEDRO Lomba NETO7 86½Gyrano KERK
(p)SAMU6½96½Luuk DE JONG(c,p)
(f)VITINHA6½105 Sébastien HALLER(f)
Jonathan DAVID5 116 Cyriel DESSERS
Steven GibsonManager
ANTÓNIO João SILVA6 12  JHONATAN dos Santos
Guillaume RESTES  13  Bilal OULD-CHIKH
Daniel VIVIAN6 14  Robin VAN DER MEER
Désiré DOUÉ  15  Marouan AZARKAN
Ferrán TORRES  16  Jeff HARDEVELD
 
FC Utrecht
 
League position: 5
Away league form: LWOL
Overall league form: LLWXWLOW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 4 FC Utrecht 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 64,975, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Lubos Michel 6)

Palmer 25¹, David 9², David 18², António Silva 38²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
de Jong 16²
DavidóAntónio Silva 37², SamuóVivian 42² 
  
Pedro Neto 19¹, Palmer 32² 
47
52
61
84
138
2112
32
51%49%
Man of the match: Joshua Kimmich