Ajax 0-1 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 15 March 2022
Result
Ajax 0-1 Benfica
Champions League · Tuesday 15 March 2022, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Ajax 0-1 Benfica: match report
Ajax lost to Benfica 0-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 15 March 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Darwin Núñez of Benfica in the 77th minute.
Discipline: Ajax received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Ajax were 4th on 19 points from 7 and Benfica 5th on 19 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Ajax lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alejandro Grimaldo of Benfica (8.4), ahead of Edson Álvarez (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ajax win, 2 draws and 0 for Benfica.
Going into the match Ajax's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Benfica's D-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 67'Yellow card · Gonçalo Ramos
- 77'Goal · Darwin Núñez
- 83'Yellow card · Jurrien Timber
- 90+4'Yellow card · Daley Blind
- 90+4'Yellow card · R. Gravenberch
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
Ajax line-up (4-2-3-1)
André Onana, Noussair Mazraoui, Jurriën Timber, Lisandro Martínez, Daley Blind, Edson Álvarez, Ryan Gravenberch, Antony, Steven Berghuis, Dusan Tadic, Sébastien Haller
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Gilberto, Nicolás Otamendi, Jan Vertonghen, Alejandro Grimaldo, Adel Taarabt, Julian Weigl, Rafa Silva, Gonçalo Ramos, Everton, Darwin Núñez