Benfica 3-1 Paris Saint Germain: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 15 March 2007
Result
Benfica 3-1 Paris Saint Germain
Europa League · Thursday 15 March 2007, 21:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Benfica 3-1 Paris Saint Germain: match report
Benfica defeated Paris Saint Germain 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 15 March 2007. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Simão opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Benfica's goals came from Simão (12'), Petit (27') and Simão (89', penalty). Paris Saint Germain scored through Pauleta (32').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Benfica were 60th on 6 points from 3 and Paris Saint Germain 7th on 18 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Paris Saint Germain.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-W-W and Paris Saint Germain's W-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Simão
- 27'Goal · Petit
- 32'Goal · Pauleta
- 89'Penalty goal · Simão
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica expected line-up
Marcelo Moretto, Luisão, Léo, Alcides, Anderson Beraldo, Beto, Simão, Manuel Fernandes, Laurent Robert, Nuno Gomes, Diego Gómez
Paris Saint Germain expected line-up
David Rozehnal, Bernard Mendy, Sylvain Armand, Edouard Cisse, David Hellebuyck, Clément Chantôme, Bonaventure Kalou, Pauleta, Mickaël Landreau, Mario Yepes Díaz