Benfica 1-0 Paris Saint Germain: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 10 December 2013

Result

Benfica 1-0 Paris Saint Germain

Champions League · Tuesday 10 December 2013, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Benfica 1-0 Paris Saint Germain: match report

Benfica beat Paris Saint Germain 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 10 December 2013. The half-time score was 1-1.

Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Benfica's goals came from Lima (45', penalty) and Nicolás Gaitán (58'). Paris Saint Germain scored through Edinson Cavani (37').

Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Paris Saint Germain received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 25th on 9 points from 5 and Paris Saint Germain 22nd on 9 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Paris Saint Germain in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Benfica wins, 2 draws and 1 for Paris Saint Germain.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-D-W-D-D and Paris Saint Germain's D-D-W-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Yellow card · M. PereiraBenfica
  • 37'Goal · Edinson CavaniParis Saint Germain · 0-1
  • 45'Penalty goal · LimaBenfica · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Thiago MottaParis Saint Germain
  • 58'Goal · Nicolás GaitánBenfica · 2-1
  • 70'Yellow card · Jérémy MénezParis Saint Germain
  • 77'Yellow card · Adrien RabiotParis Saint Germain
  • 87'Yellow card · SílvioBenfica

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Benfica 2, draws 2, Paris Saint Germain 1.

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-4-2)

Artur Moraes, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Sílvio, Ljubomir Fejsa, Nico Gaitán, Nemanja Matić, Enzo Pérez, Lazar Markovic, Lima

Paris Saint Germain line-up (4-2-3-1)

Salvatore Sirigu, Marquinhos, Zoumana Camara, Lucas Digne, Kalifa Traoré, Thiago Motta, Adrien Rabiot, Javier Pastore, Jérémy Ménez, Edinson Cavani, Lucas Moura