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2¹ The 'keeper was able to claw away an amazing shot. 4¹ A great effort from ÁLEX BAENA scraped the outside of the post. 5¹ VINICIUS shot wide. 11¹ The Villarreal 'keeper saved a glorious shot from TAARABT. 14¹ IWOBI floated the ball to VINICIUS who nodded it inches wide. 15¹ MEITÉ headed over. 17¹ GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was expertly slammed into the back of the net by ILICIC. (1-0 Benfica) 19¹ GOAL!! A great dribble from AZMOUN gave COQUELIN space on the left and ÁLEX BAENA poked in his accurate pass. (1-1) 27¹ RADONJIC kicked the ball wide from just outside the area. 29¹ A cross from MEITÉ left BIRAGHI in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. 31¹ GOAL!! A Villarreal counter-attack allowed MOI GÓMEZ to setup JACKSON with an easy goal. (2-1 Villarreal) 38¹ VINICIUS ran onto a wonderful ball from MEITÉ but pulled his effort wide. 44¹ RADONJIC hit a right foot shot inches over from twenty yards out. 0² A tame shot from JACKSON rolled agonisingly wide. 8² GOAL!! After some fine play on the left RADONJIC came inside and blasted the ball into the top corner. (2-2) 10² The bemused 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from RADONJIC dropped just wide. 14² A free-kick from RADONJIC raced over. 15² AZMOUN rushed a simple chance. 16² OTAMENDI beat four Villarreal players and blasted a great chance over. 32² RUBÉN PEÑA was put clear by JOAN JORDÁN and he dummied the Benfica 'keeper but drilled his shot over the bar. 34² A penalty box meleé resulted in RUBÉN PEÑA cracking a low shot wide. 45² A pin-point pass bobbled toward TRAORÉ and his right foot effort floated narrowly wide.

Benfica   League position: 16 Home league form: WLL- Overall league form: WLWOLLL- Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Andriy PYATOV 6  1 6  Miguel MOYÁ(c) PAULO André OLIVEIRA 6½ 2 6½ Hamari TRAORÉ Cristiano BIRAGHI 8  3 7½ RUBÉN PEÑA Jimenez Alex IWOBI 7  4 7  JOAN JORDÁN Moreno (c)Nicolás OTAMENDI 7  5 7  Daniel VIVIAN MORATO 6½ 6 6½ JORGE CUENCA Barreno Souahilo MEITÉ 6½ 7 7  MOI GÓMEZ Nemanja RADONJIC 6½ 8 6½ ÁLEX BAENA (p)Carlos VINICIUS 6½ 9 7  Nicolas JACKSON(p) (f)Adel TAARABT 7  10 5½ Francis COQUELIN(f) Josip ILICIC 6  11 6  Sardar AZMOUN Manager Borna SOSA    12    Arnaut DANJUMA HELTON Brant LEITE    13    RAMÓN TERRATS Espacio Paul POGBA    14    Manuel TRIGUEROS FERRO    15    Mamadou FALL RAFAEL Alexandre BRITO    16 7  Nicola SANSONE

Villarreal   League position: 14 Away league form: WXXL Overall league form: WXWXLLL- Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Benfica 2 Villarreal 2 (Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 37,234, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Bo Karlsson 7½) Ilicic 17¹, Radonjic 8² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Álex Baena 19¹, Jackson 31¹   Moi GómezóSansone 20²         2 5 4 22 1 9 5 2 10 10 15 12 3 0 51% 49% ¶ Man of the match: Cristiano Biraghi ¶