UEFA Europa League Qualifying

Benfica

Playoff Round
YES!
Benfica beat AGF
AGF 1 – 3 Benfica
FT · Thu, Aug 20
1st leg of 2 · 1–3 on aggregate

Match Details

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Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Benfica 3, AGF 1.
  • 90'+5'Second Half ends, Benfica 3, AGF 1.
  • 90'+4'Richard Ríos (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4'Foul by Mikael Anderson (AGF).
  • 90'+4'Attempt missed. Jhon Durán (Benfica) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Fredrik Aursnes with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+3'Corner, Benfica. Conceded by Mouhammade Camara.
  • 90'+3'Attempt blocked. Jhon Durán (Benfica) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andreas Schjelderup.
  • 90'+2'Foul by Jakub Kaminski (Benfica).
  • 90'+2'Jens Jønsson (AGF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2'Attempt saved. Samuel Dahl (Benfica) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Mads Hedenstad (AGF). Assisted by Andreas Schjelderup.
  • 90'Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'Foul by Richard Ríos (Benfica).

Line Score

12T
AGF 10 1
SLB 30 3

Match Leaders

AGF
Benfica

Key Events

84'Substitution, Benfica. Jakub Kaminski replaces Rafa.
84'Substitution, Benfica. Fredrik Aursnes replaces Heorhiy Sudakov.
83'Stefen Tchamche (AGF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81'Substitution, AGF. Mikael Anderson replaces James Bogere.
73'Substitution, AGF. Jens Jønsson replaces Magnus Knudsen.
73'Substitution, AGF. Gift Links replaces Frederik Emmery.
72'Substitution, Benfica. Jhon Durán replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
72'Substitution, Benfica. Andreas Schjelderup replaces Gianluca Prestianni.
66'Substitution, Benfica. Richard Ríos replaces Leandro Barreiro.
57'Substitution, AGF. Stefen Tchamche replaces Sebastian Jørgensen.
57'Substitution, AGF. Rasmus Carstensen replaces Colin Rösler.
45'+2'Goal! Benfica 3, AGF 1. Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
36'Goal! Benfica 2, AGF 1. Sebastian Jørgensen (AGF) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jacob Andersen.
31'Goal! Benfica 2, AGF 0. Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner following a corner.
24'Tomás Araújo (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
9'Leandro Barreiro (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
2'Goal! Benfica 1, AGF 0. Rafa (Benfica) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal.

Team Stats

AGFBenfica
General
29.4 Possession % 70.6
3 Shots 32
1 On Target 13
0 Offsides 1
1 Corners 11
17 Fouls 10
Passing & Defense
212 Passes Completed 608
0 Crosses Won 11
7 Tackles Won 14
6 Interceptions 4
33 Clearances 17
Discipline
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
9 Saves 0

Recent Form

Benfica W W D D W
AGF W D W L L

Starting Lineups

AGF3-4-2-1
21 Christiansen
25 Rösler 44 Camara 19 Kahl
26 Andersen A 4 Knudsen 10 Arnstad 39 Emmery
8 Jorgensen 36' 28 Bogere
31 Bech
14 Pavlidis 45'+2'
25 Prestianni 10 Sudakov 27 Silva 2'
5 Barrenechea 18 Barreiro 31'
26 Dahl 2 Lenglet 44 Araújo 6 Bah
24 Soares
Benfica4-2-3-1
Full lineups and substitutes

Benfica

  1. SS #24 Samuel SoaresG
  2. CL #2 Clément LengletCD-L
  3. TA #44 Tomás AraújoCD-R
  4. SD #26 Samuel DahlLB
  5. AB #6 Alexander BahRB
  6. GS #10 Georgiy SudakovAM
  7. EB #5 Enzo BarrenecheaLM
  8. LB #18 Leandro BarreiroRM31'
  9. #14 Vangelis PavlidisF45'+2'
  10. GP #25 Gianluca PrestianniAM-L
  11. RS #27 Rafa SilvaAM-R2'
Substitutes · 5 used

AGF

  1. MH #21 Mads Hedenstad ChristiansenG
  2. MC #44 Mouhammade CamaraCD
  3. EK #19 Eric KahlCD-L
  4. CR #25 Colin RöslerCD-R
  5. KM #10 Kristian Malt ArnstadCM-L
  6. MK #4 Magnus KnudsenCM-R
  7. FE #39 Frederik EmmeryLM
  8. JA #26 Jacob AndersenRM
  9. JB #28 James BogereF
  10. TB #31 Tobias BechCF-L
  11. SJ #8 Sebastian JorgensenCF-R36'
Substitutes · 5 used

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