Benfica 4-1 PSV: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 7 April 2011
Result
Benfica 4-1 PSV
Europa League · Thursday 7 April 2011, 19:05 UTC · half-time 2-0
Benfica 4-1 PSV: match report
Benfica beat PSV 4-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 7 April 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.
P. Aimar opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Benfica's goals came from P. Aimar (37'), Eduardo Salvio (45'), Eduardo Salvio (52') and Javier Saviola (90+3'). PSV scored through Zakaria Labyad (80').
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; PSV received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 53rd on 10 points from 4 and PSV 6th on 25 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and PSV in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-W-W and PSV's W-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 37'Goal · P. Aimar
- 45'Goal · Eduardo Salvio
- 52'Goal · Eduardo Salvio
- 54'Yellow card · Orlando Engelaar
- 68'Yellow card · Erik Pieters
- 80'Goal · Zakaria Labyad
- 86'Yellow card · Javi García
- 90+3'Goal · Javier Saviola
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-3-1-2)
Luisão, Brandon Truter, Fábio Coentrão, Jardel, Javi García, Nico Gaitán, Óscar Cardozo, Eduardo Salvio, Javier Saviola, Pablo Aimar Giordano, Roberto Jiménez
PSV line-up (4-3-3)
Andreas Isaksson, Marcelo, Erik Pieters, Wilfred Bouma, Orlando Engelaar, Atiba Hutchinson, Balázs Dzsudzsák, Otman Bakkal, Marcus Berg, Jeremain Lens, Stanislav Manolev