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2¹ The 'keeper saved a swerving shot from VINICIUS. 4¹ MEITÉ shot wide. 10¹ A useful ball from IWOBI on the right found PEDRO NETO who mishit his shot wide. 10¹ GOAL!! A deep goal-kick from OTAMENDI caught the Lokomotiv defence napping and CHIQUINHO nipped in to sidestep the 'keeper and score. (1-0 Benfica) 12¹ OTAMENDI rattled a simple chance past the lefthand post. 13¹ GLUSHENKOV cautioned by the ref for a late foul. 23¹ A shot from PEDRO NETO seemed a certain goal but GUILHERME managed to palm the ball away. 25¹ MOUMI fluffed a simple chance. 29¹ VINICIUS rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. 33¹ PEDRO NETO headed the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area. 37¹ GOAL!! A delightful piece of skill from SMOLOV gave JOÃO MÁRIO space on the right and GLUSHENKOV stroked in his accurate pass. (1-1) 43¹ JOÃO MÁRIO fired a deadly shot just beyond the near post from just outside the area. 47¹ VINICIUS beat KHLUSEVICH and hit the ball to BIRAGHI who dragged his shot wide. 2² A pin-point pass was collected by PEDRO NETO and his left foot effort raced narrowly over. 5² GOAL!! A long clearance by the Benfica 'keeper beat the Lokomotiv defence and PEDRO NETO blasted the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (2-1 Benfica) 6² A corner found GLUSHENKOV who forced the ball over. 7² A penalty box scramble resulted in MOUMI cracking the ball wide. 9² JOÃO MÁRIO floated the ball to SMOLOV who nodded it just wide. 10² GOAL!! A great solo effort from MEITÉ who beat four defenders before striking the ball into the net. (3-1 Benfica) 14² PEDRO NETO was put clear by VINICIUS and he nutmegged the 'keeper but drilled his shot over the bar. 21² A cross from MEITÉ left PEDRO NETO in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. 25² A strike from PEDRO NETO held little difficulty for GUILHERME. 26² MEITÉ ran onto a great ball from IWOBI but dragged his shot wide. 30² A free-kick from PEDRO NETO went over the bar. 36² The stunned Lokomotiv 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from JOÃO MÁRIO dropped just wide. 45² PEDRO NETO headed wide.

Lokomotiv   League position: 15 Home league form: WLWL Overall league form: LWWLLLWL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups GUILHERME Alvim 6  1 5½ HELTON Brant LEITE Daniil KHLUSEVICH 6½ 2 6½ DIOGO António GONÇALVES Vitali DENISOV 7  3 7  Cristiano BIRAGHI Aleksei MIRANCHUK 7½ 4 8  Alex IWOBI Solomon KVIRKVELIA 7  5 7  Nicolás OTAMENDI(c) Stanislav MAGKEEV 6½ 6 6  PAULO André OLIVEIRA (c)JOÃO MÁRIO Naval 7  7 6½ CHIQUINHO Nicolas MOUMI 6½ 8 7½ PEDRO Lomba NETO (p)Maksim GLUSHENKOV 7  9 7  Carlos VINICIUS(p) (f)Fedor SMOLOV 5½ 10 6  Souahilo MEITÉ(f) Ivan IGNATIEV 5½ 11 6½ Josip ILICIC Manager Mario MITAJ    12    Raúl DE TOMÁS Nathan TROTT    13    RODRIGO Cunha PINHO Jordan LARSSON    14    MORATO Grzegorz KRYCHOWIAK 6½ 15    Guido BURGSTALLER Vadim KARPOV    16    Paul POGBA

Benfica   League position: 9 Away league form: LLLL Overall league form: WLLWLLXL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Lokomotiv 1 Benfica 3 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 29,926, Stadium: Lokomotiv, Referee: Tom Øvrebø 7½) Glushenkov 37¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Chiquinho 10¹, Pedro Neto 5², Meité 10² MagkeevóKrychowiak 5²       Glushenkov 13¹   0 2 6 5 0 1 1 7 5 12 6 19 0 4 39% 61% ¶ Man of the match: Alex Iwobi ¶