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0¹ KARAZOR hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area. 3¹ GOAL!! An inswinging corner kicked out by OTAMENDI was placed into the net by ARNAUTOVIC. (1-0 VfB Stuttgart) 6¹ GOAL!! A long clearance by the Benfica 'keeper beat the VfB Stuttgart defence and DIOGO GONÇALVES fired the ball beyond the oncoming NICOLAS. (1-1) 11¹ KARAZOR fluffed an easy chance. 12¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in GUIRASSY tapping a low shot wide. 15¹ GOAL!! A tackle from ILICIC gave VfB Stuttgart a free-kick twenty yards out which ARNAUTOVIC stroked past the 'keeper. (2-1 VfB Stuttgart) 19¹ A pin-point pass found DIOGO GONÇALVES and his left foot shot flew narrowly wide. 21¹ A corner fell to GUIRASSY who nodded an effort inches wide. 34¹ A right foot shot from PEDRO NETO was pushed round the post by the VfB Stuttgart 'keeper. 0² A perfect shot from VINICIUS was dealt with by a good stop from NICOLAS. 3² VINICIUS headed wide. 7² Uncertainty in the Benfica defence enabled ENDO to hammer the ball over the bar. 8² ENDO beat PEDRO NETO and drilled the ball to FÜHRICH who blasted his shot wide. 15² GOAL!! A deep corner left HELTON LEITE struggling and GUIRASSY stabbed the ball over the line. (3-1 VfB Stuttgart) 18² GOAL!! After a patient build-up KARAZOR drove the ball past the Benfica 'keeper. (4-1 VfB Stuttgart) 18² VINICIUS ran onto a wonderful ball from CHIQUINHO but hit his effort wide. 25² MORATO booked by the ref for a bad foul. 28² MANGALA shot over. 29² A lovely effort from VINICIUS scraped the woodwork. 30² FÜHRICH chipped the ball to GUIRASSY who flicked it over the bar. 34² A fine ball from MANGALA on the right bobbled toward MAFFEO who mishit his shot just beyond the near post. 43² A free-kick from KIM flew wide.

VfB Stuttgart   League position: 10 Home league form: XWWX Overall league form: XWXOWXL- Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Moritz NICOLAS 7  1 6½ HELTON Brant LEITE Pablo MAFFEO 7  2 6½ DIOGO António GONÇALVES Hiroki ITO 6½ 3 7  Cristiano BIRAGHI Wataru ENDO 7½ 4 6½ Paul POGBA KIM Min-jae 7  5 7½ Nicolás OTAMENDI(c) Konstantinos MAVROPANOS 7½ 6 6  MORATO Atakan KARAZOR 5  7 7  PEDRO Lomba NETO Chris FÜHRICH 7  8 6½ Alex IWOBI (p)Serhou GUIRASSY 6½ 9 6  Carlos VINICIUS(p) (f)Orel MANGALA 7  10 6½ CHIQUINHO(f) (c)Marko ARNAUTOVIC 6½ 11 6  Josip ILICIC Manager Marc-Oliver KEMPF    12    Souahilo MEITÉ Ron-Robert ZIELER    13    Raúl DE TOMÁS Juan PEREA 6  14    Borna SOSA BERKAY Özcan    15 6  RAFAEL Alexandre BRITO Steven ZUBER    16    Nemanja RADONJIC

Benfica   League position: 14 Away league form: LLLL Overall league form: LXLWWLLW Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

VfB Stuttgart 4 Benfica 1 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 43,289, Stadium: Mercedes-Benz-Arena, Referee: Mark Clattenburg 7½) Arnautovic 3¹, Arnautovic 15¹, Guirassy 15², Karazor 18² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Diogo Gonçalves 6¹ KarazoróPerea 29² IwobióRafael Brito 34²       Morato 25² 1 2 15 12 1 2 5 4 11 6 16 10 1 3 54% 46% ¶ Man of the match: Konstantinos Mavropanos ¶