Benfica 2-0 Spartak Moskva: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 10 August 2021

Result

Benfica 2-0 Spartak Moskva

Champions League · Tuesday 10 August 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Benfica 2-0 Spartak Moskva: match report

Benfica won against Spartak Moskva 2-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 10 August 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

João Mário opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Benfica's goals came from João Mário (57') and an own goal by Samuel Gigot (90+2'). Spartak Moskva did not score.

Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Spartak Moskva received 2 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Spartak Moskva in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to João Mário of Benfica (8.0), ahead of Alejandro Grimaldo (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Spartak Moskva.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Nicolás OtamendiBenfica
  • 25'Yellow card · Aleksandr LomovitskiySpartak Moskva
  • 57'Goal · João MárioBenfica · 1-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Jordan LarssonSpartak Moskva
  • 70'Yellow card · Julian WeiglBenfica
  • 90+2'Own goal · Samuel GigotBenfica · 2-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Benfica 2, draws 0, Spartak Moskva 1.

Team news

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

Odysseas Vlachodimos, Lucas Veríssimo, Nicolás Otamendi, Jan Vertonghen, Diogo Gonçalves, João Mário, Julian Weigl, Alejandro Grimaldo, Rafa Silva, Pizzi, Gonçalo Ramos

Spartak Moskva line-up (4-3-3)

Aleksandr Maksimenko, Nikolay Rasskazov, Samuel Gigot, Georgiy Dzhikiya, Ayrton Lucas, Aleksandr Lomovitskiy, Roman Zobnin, Nail Umyarov, Zelimkhan Bakaev, Jordan Larsson, Ezequiel Ponce