Beşiktaş 3-3 Benfica: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 23 November 2016

Result

Beşiktaş 3-3 Benfica

Champions League · Wednesday 23 November 2016, 17:45 UTC · half-time 0-3

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Beşiktaş 3-3 Benfica: match report

Beşiktaş drew with Benfica 3-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday 23 November 2016. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Gonçalo Guedes opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Beşiktaş's goals came from Cenk Tosun (58'), Ricardo Quaresma (83', penalty) and Vincent Aboubakar (89'). Benfica scored through Gonçalo Guedes (10'), Nélson Semedo (25') and Ljubomir Fejsa (31').

Discipline: Beşiktaş received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Beşiktaş were 31st on 6 points from 4 and Benfica 27th on 7 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Beşiktaş lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Eduardo Salvio of Benfica (8.0), ahead of Adriano (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Beşiktaş wins, 1 draw and 0 for Benfica.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Gonçalo GuedesBenfica · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Nélson SemedoBenfica · 0-2
  • 28'Yellow card · Tolgay ArslanBeşiktaş
  • 31'Goal · Ljubomir FejsaBenfica · 0-3
  • 34'Yellow card · PizziBenfica
  • 58'Goal · Cenk TosunBeşiktaş · 1-3
  • 77'Yellow card · LuisãoBenfica
  • 83'Penalty goal · Ricardo QuaresmaBeşiktaş · 2-3
  • 89'Goal · Vincent AboubakarBeşiktaş · 3-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Vincent AboubakarBeşiktaş

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Beşiktaş 0, draws 1, Benfica 0.

Team news

Beşiktaş line-up (4-2-3-1)

Fabri, Gökhan Gönül, Marcelo, Duško Tošić, Andreas Beck, Oğuzhan Özyakup, Atiba Hutchinson, Ricardo Quaresma, Tolgay Arslan, Adriano, Vincent Aboubakar

Benfica line-up (4-4-2)

Ederson, Nélson Semedo, Luisão, Victor Lindelöf, Eliseu, Eduardo Salvio, Pizzi, Ljubomir Fejsa, Franco Cervi, Gonçalo Guedes, Konstantinos Mitroglou