AEK Athens 2-3 Benfica: result and report

AEK Athens 2-3 Benfica

Champions League · Tuesday 2 October 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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AEK Athens lost to Benfica 2-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 2 October 2018. The half-time score was 0-2.

Haris Seferovic opened the scoring in the 6th minute. AEK Athens's goals came from Viktor Klonaridis (53') and Viktor Klonaridis (63'). Benfica scored through Haris Seferovic (6'), Alejandro Grimaldo (15') and Alfa Semedo (74').

Discipline: AEK Athens received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game AEK Athens were 14th on 8 points from 5 and Benfica 13th on 8 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

AEK Athens lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Pizzi of Benfica (7.8), ahead of Alejandro Grimaldo (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 AEK Athens win, 0 draws and 1 for Benfica.