Benfica 1-1 PAOK: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 21 August 2018

Result

Benfica 1-1 PAOK

Champions League · Tuesday 21 August 2018, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Benfica 1-1 PAOK: match report

Benfica drew with PAOK 1-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 21 August 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Pizzi opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Benfica's goal came from Pizzi (45+1', penalty). PAOK scored through Amr Warda (76').

Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; PAOK received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 22nd on 4 points from 2 and PAOK 6th on 10 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and PAOK in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexandros Paschalakis of PAOK (8.2), ahead of Pizzi (7.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+1'Penalty goal · PizziBenfica · 1-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Gedson FernandesBenfica
  • 71'Yellow card · VieirinhaPAOK
  • 76'Goal · Amr WardaPAOK · 1-1
  • 83'Yellow card · André AlmeidaBenfica
  • 84'Yellow card · Dimitrios PelkasPAOK
  • 89'Yellow card · Amr WardaPAOK

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Jardel, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, Ljubomir Fejsa, Gedson Fernandes, Andrija Zivkovic, Facundo Ferreyra, Franco Cervi

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

Alexandros Paschalakis, Léo Matos, Fernando Lopes dos Santos Varela, José Ángel Crespo, Vieirinha, Maurício, José Alberto Cañas, Dimitrios Limnios, Dimitrios Pelkas, Léo Jabá, Aleksandar Prijović