Benfica 1-0 AZ Alkmaar: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 10 April 2014
Result
Benfica 1-0 AZ Alkmaar
Europa League · Thursday 10 April 2014, 19:05 UTC · half-time 1-0
Benfica 1-0 AZ Alkmaar: match report
Benfica won against AZ Alkmaar 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 10 April 2014. The half-time score was 1-0.
Rodrigo opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Benfica's goals came from Rodrigo (39') and Rodrigo (71'). AZ Alkmaar did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; AZ Alkmaar received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Benfica were 37th on 12 points from 5 and AZ Alkmaar 11th on 22 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and AZ Alkmaar in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 0 draws and 0 for AZ Alkmaar.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-L-W-W-W and AZ Alkmaar's L-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Steven Berghuis
- 31'Yellow card · Eduardo Salvio
- 39'Goal · Rodrigo
- 71'Goal · Rodrigo
- 73'Yellow card · André Gomes
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Artur Moraes, Luisão, Guilherme Siqueira, Ezequiel Garay, Sílvio, Ljubomir Fejsa, Miralem Sulejmani, Eduardo Salvio, André Gomes, Óscar Cardozo, Rodrigo
AZ Alkmaar line-up (4-3-3)
Esteban Alvarado, Mattias Johansson, Nick Viergever, Viktor Elm, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, Stijn Wuytens, Nemanja Gudelj, Aron Jóhannsson, Steven Berghuis, Celso Ortiz, Roy Beerens