Benfica 2-1 Liverpool: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 1 April 2010

Result

Benfica 2-1 Liverpool

Europa League · Thursday 1 April 2010, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-1

Benfica · Liverpool · Europa League predictions

Benfica 2-1 Liverpool: match report

Benfica defeated Liverpool 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 1 April 2010. It was 0-1 at half-time.

D. Agger opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Benfica's goals came from O. Cardozo (59', penalty) and O. Cardozo (79', penalty). Liverpool scored through D. Agger (9').

Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Benfica were 6th on 26 points from 12 and Liverpool 49th on 9 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · D. AggerLiverpool · 0-1
  • 29'Yellow card · LuisãoBenfica
  • 30'Red card · R. BabelLiverpool
  • 37'Yellow card · David LuizBenfica
  • 44'Yellow card · Emiliano InsúaLiverpool
  • 59'Penalty goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 1-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Pepe ReinaLiverpool
  • 79'Penalty goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Jamie CarragherLiverpool

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Benfica 2, draws 0, Liverpool 0.

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-4-2)

Júlio César, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Fábio Coentrão, David Luiz, Javi García, Ramires, Carlos Martins, Óscar Cardozo, Ángel Di María, Pablo Aimar Giordano

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Ryan Babel, Steven Gerrard