Benfica 4-2 Eintracht Frankfurt: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 11 April 2019
Result
Benfica 4-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Europa League · Thursday 11 April 2019, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Benfica 4-2 Eintracht Frankfurt: match report
Benfica beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 11 April 2019. It was 2-1 at half-time.
João Félix opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Benfica's goals came from João Félix (21', penalty), João Félix (43'), Rúben Dias (50') and João Félix (54'). Eintracht Frankfurt scored through Luka Jović (40') and Gonçalo Paciência (72').
Discipline: Benfica received no yellow cards; Eintracht Frankfurt received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Benfica were 72nd on 7 points from 4 and Eintracht Frankfurt 4th on 26 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Eintracht Frankfurt in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to João Félix of Benfica (9.7), ahead of Gonçalo Paciência (7.8).
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-L-D-W and Eintracht Frankfurt's W-D-W-D-W.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Luka Jović
- 20'Red card · Evan Ndicka
- 21'Penalty goal · João Félix
- 26'Yellow card · Ante Rebic
- 40'Goal · Luka Jović
- 43'Goal · João Félix
- 50'Goal · Rúben Dias
- 54'Goal · João Félix
- 72'Goal · Gonçalo Paciência
- 82'Yellow card · Ahmed Nagy
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Sébastien Corchia, Rúben Dias, Jardel, Alejandro Grimaldo, Andreas Samaris, Ljubomir Fejsa, Rafa Silva, Gedson Fernandes, Franco Cervi, João Félix
Eintracht Frankfurt line-up (3-1-4-2)
Kevin Trapp, David Abraham, Martin Hinteregger, Evan Ndicka, Makoto Hasebe, Danny da Costa, Gelson Fernandes, Sebastian Rode, Filip Kostic, Luka Jović, Ante Rebić