Benfica 2-0 Spartak Moskva: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 7 November 2012
Result
Benfica 2-0 Spartak Moskva
Champions League · Wednesday 7 November 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benfica 2-0 Spartak Moskva: match report
Benfica won against Spartak Moskva 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 7 November 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Ó. Cardozo opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Benfica's goals came from Ó. Cardozo (55') and Ó. Cardozo (69'). Spartak Moskva did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Spartak Moskva received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Benfica were 62nd on 1 point from 3 and Spartak Moskva 25th on 7 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and Spartak Moskva in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Spartak Moskva.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-L-D and Spartak Moskva's W-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · André Almeida
- 32'Yellow card · Artem Rebrov
- 33'Yellow card · Evgeniy Makeev
- 38'Yellow card · Nicolás Pareja
- 55'Goal · Ó. Cardozo
- 69'Goal · Ó. Cardozo
- 76'Red card · Nicolás Pareja
- 77'Missed penalty · Ó. Cardozo
- 82'Yellow card · José Jurado
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Rodrigo, Brandon Truter, O. John, Eduardo Salvio, Ezequiel Garay, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Jardel, Enzo Pérez, Artur Moraes, Lima, André Almeida
Spartak Moskva line-up (4-2-3-1)
José Jurado, Nicolás Pareja, Rafael Carioca, Kirill Kombarov, Kim Källström, Dmitry Kombarov, Juan Manuel Insaurralde, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Artem Rebrov, Ari, Evgeniy Makeev