Benfica 1-0 AEK Athens: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 12 December 2018

Result

Benfica 1-0 AEK Athens

Champions League · Wednesday 12 December 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Benfica 1-0 AEK Athens: match report

Benfica beat AEK Athens 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 12 December 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Alejandro Grimaldo of Benfica in the 88th minute.

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

Going into the game Benfica were 11th on 12 points from 9 and AEK Athens 32nd on 8 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and AEK Athens in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Alejandro Grimaldo of Benfica (9.0), ahead of Dmytro Chygrynskiy (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for AEK Athens.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-D-L-W-L and AEK Athens's L-L-L-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Yellow card · Rúben DiasBenfica
  • 73'Yellow card · Niklas HultAEK Athens
  • 82'Yellow card · Konstantinos GalanopoulosAEK Athens
  • 87'Second yellow · Konstantinos GalanopoulosAEK Athens
  • 88'Goal · Alejandro GrimaldoBenfica · 1-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Benfica 2, draws 0, AEK Athens 1.

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Jardel, Alejandro Grimaldo, Gedson Fernandes, Alfa Semedo, Pizzi, Rafa Silva, Haris Seferovic, João Félix

AEK Athens line-up (4-3-3)

Vasilios Barkas, M. Bakakis, Marios Oikonomou, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Niklas Hult, Konstantinos Galanopoulos, Jorge Ribolzi, Erik Morán, V. Klonaridis, Ezequiel Ponce, Lucas Boyé