Benfica 1-1 Arsenal: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 18 February 2021
Result
Benfica 1-1 Arsenal
Europa League · Thursday 18 February 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benfica 1-1 Arsenal: match report
Benfica drew with Arsenal 1-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 18 February 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.
Pizzi opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Benfica's goal came from Pizzi (55', penalty). Arsenal scored through Bukayo Saka (57').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Benfica were 22nd on 12 points from 6 and Arsenal 6th on 18 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 3-5-2 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pizzi of Benfica (7.8), ahead of Bukayo Saka (7.7).
Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-D-D-W and Arsenal's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 55'Penalty goal · Pizzi
- 57'Goal · Bukayo Saka
Team news
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Benfica line-up (3-5-2)
Helton Leite, Lucas Veríssimo, Nicolás Otamendi, Jan Vertonghen, Diogo Gonçalves, Pizzi, Julian Weigl, Adel Taarabt, Alejandro Grimaldo, Luca Waldschmidt, Darwin Núñez
Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bernd Leno, Héctor Bellerín, David Luiz, Gabriel, Cédric Soares, Dani Ceballos, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Martin Ødegaard, Emile Smith Rowe, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang