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3¹GOAL!! Unlucky VINICIUS hit the crossbar before PEDRO NETO rattled the ball home as ALAN failed to clear. (1-0 Benfica)
14¹A mix up in the FC Basel defence enabled VINICIUS to blast an effort just beyond the far post.
17¹A corner found BIRAGHI who touched an effort over the bar.
28¹The FC Basel 'keeper saved a glorious shot from DIOGO GONÇALVES.
30¹A penalty box meleé resulted in PEDRO NETO cracking the ball wide.
33¹A accurate pass found PEDRO NETO and his deadly effort raced narrowly wide.
34¹An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by SEFEROVIC.
35¹GOAL!! An energetic IWOBI ran down the wing and dragged the ball back for PEDRO NETO to drill home. (2-0 Benfica)
40¹MILLAR waltzed past BIRAGHI and flicked a weak shot well wide.
5²GOAL!! A nice run by IWOBI on the right was capped by a wonderful cross which VINICIUS turned home at the far post. (3-0 Benfica)
8²VAN WOLFSWINKEL rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Benfica 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
9²The ref books VAN WOLFSWINKEL for violent conduct against RADONJIC.
11²RODRIGO PINHO beat two FC Basel players and blasted a golden opportunity inches wide.
16²GOAL!! A deep cross from RODRIGUEZ on the left was headed home by ALAN at the near post. (3-1 Benfica)
18²RODRIGO PINHO beat BALANTA and drove the ball to BIRAGHI who fumbled his shot wide.
19²ALAN made space on the left and dragged the ball to FINK who fired the ball wide.
20²A good ball from PEDRO NETO on the right found BIRAGHI who scuffed his shot over.
20²A great effort from MORATO scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
26²A wonderful save prevented RODRIGUEZ from scoring a lovely goal.
34²A weak strike from PEDRO NETO trickled agonisingly wide.
36²VINICIUS snapped at an easy chance.
37²GOAL!! CHIQUINHO tried to play the ball out of the Benfica penalty area but was tackled by FINK who fired the ball to VAN WOLFSWINKEL for an easy goal. (3-2 Benfica)
38²A shot from ALAN was smothered by the 'keeper.
41²A cross from MEITÉ left PEDRO NETO in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.

 
Benfica
 
League position: 20
Home league form: LLXW
Overall league form: LLLLLXLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
HELTON Brant LEITE6½16 Jonas OMLIN
DIOGO António GONÇALVES7 27 Taulant XHAKA
(c)Cristiano BIRAGHI7½38 Ricardo RODRIGUEZ
Alex IWOBI8 47½ALAN Patrick
PAULO André OLIVEIRA7½57 Eray CÖMERT
MORATO6 66½Éder BALANTA
Paul POGBA5½76½RAMIRES
PEDRO Lomba NETO8 86½Liam MILLAR
(p)Carlos VINICIUS7 96½Ricky VAN WOLFSWINKEL(c,p)
(f)Souahilo MEITÉ6 106 Bradley FINK(f)
RODRIGO Cunha PINHO6 116½Haris SEFEROVIC
Manager
Bas DOST  12  Raoul PETRETTA
RAFAEL Alexandre BRITO  13  Federico MARCHETTI
CHIQUINHO7½14  Kemal ADEMI
Raúl DE TOMÁS  15  Matías CAHAIS
Nemanja RADONJIC6½16  Kaly SÈNE
 
FC Basel
 
League position: 14
Away league form: WXLX
Overall league form: XLWXXLLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 3 FC Basel 2
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 30,851, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Alfredo Trentalange 7½)

Pedro Neto 3¹, Pedro Neto 35¹, Vinicius 5²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Alan 16², van Wolfswinkel 37²
PogbaóRadonjic 2², Diogo GonçalvesóChiquinho 5² 
  
 van Wolfswinkel 9²
63
423
73
46
112
158
14
50%50%
Man of the match: Alex Iwobi