Ajax 1-0 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 23 October 2018
Result
Ajax 1-0 Benfica
Champions League · Tuesday 23 October 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Ajax 1-0 Benfica: match report
Ajax defeated Benfica 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 23 October 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Noussair Mazraoui of Ajax in the 90th minute.
Discipline: Ajax received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Ajax were 1st on 18 points from 8 and Benfica 6th on 11 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Ajax lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Odysseas Vlachodimos of Benfica (8.1), ahead of Matthijs de Ligt (8.0).
Going into the match Ajax's last five read D-W-D-W-W and Benfica's W-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Jardel
- 22'Yellow card · Noussair Mazraoui
- 39'Yellow card · André Onana
- 49'Yellow card · Nicolás Tagliafico
- 64'Yellow card · Germán Conti
- 72'Yellow card · Eduardo Salvio
- 86'Yellow card · Haris Seferovic
- 90+2'Goal · Noussair Mazraoui
Team news
Ajax line-up (4-3-3)
André Onana, Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt, Daley Blind, Nicolás Tagliafico, Donny van de Beek, Lasse Schöne, Frenkie de Jong, Hakim Ziyech, Kasper Dolberg, Dusan Tadic
Benfica line-up (4-5-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Germán Conti, Jardel, Alejandro Grimaldo, Eduardo Salvio, Gedson Fernandes, Ljubomir Fejsa, Pizzi, Rafa Silva, Haris Seferovic