Benfica 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 20 March 2014

Result

Benfica 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Europa League · Thursday 20 March 2014, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Benfica · Tottenham Hotspur · Europa League predictions

Benfica 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Benfica lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 20 March 2014. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ezequiel Garay opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Benfica's goals came from Ezequiel Garay (34') and Lima (90+5', penalty). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Nacer Chadli (78') and Nacer Chadli (79').

Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Benfica were 48th on 9 points from 3 and Tottenham Hotspur 3rd on 27 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 0 draws and 0 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-W-W and Tottenham Hotspur's L-W-L-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · LuisãoBenfica
  • 34'Goal · Ezequiel GarayBenfica · 1-0
  • 78'Goal · Nacer ChadliTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · Nacer ChadliTottenham Hotspur · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Enzo PérezBenfica
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Kyle NaughtonTottenham Hotspur
  • 90+5'Penalty goal · LimaBenfica · 2-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Benfica 1, draws 0, Tottenham Hotspur 0.

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Jan Oblak, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Guilherme Siqueira, Ezequiel Garay, Ruben Amorim, Miralem Sulejmani, Filip Djuricic, Eduardo Salvio, André Gomes, Óscar Cardozo

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)

Brad Friedel, Danny Rose, Kyle Naughton, Zeki Fryers, Aaron Lennon, Andros Townsend, Nacer Chadli, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Sandro, Nabil Bentaleb, Roberto Soldado Rillo