Arsenal 3-2 Benfica: result and report

Arsenal 3-2 Benfica

Europa League · Thursday 25 February 2021, 17:55 UTC · half-time 1-1

Arsenal · Benfica · Europa League predictions

Arsenal won against Benfica 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 25 February 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Arsenal's goals came from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (21'), Kieran Tierney (67') and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (87'). Benfica scored through Diogo Gonçalves (43') and Rafa Silva (61').

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 6th on 19 points from 7 and Benfica 20th on 13 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal (8.3), ahead of Bukayo Saka (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 0 for Benfica.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Benfica's D-D-W-D-D.