CSKA Moskva 2-0 Benfica: result and report

CSKA Moskva 2-0 Benfica

Champions League · Wednesday 22 November 2017, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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CSKA Moskva beat Benfica 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 22 November 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Georgiy Shchennikov opened the scoring in the 13th minute. CSKA Moskva's goals came from Georgiy Shchennikov (13') and an own goal by Jardel (56'). Benfica did not score.

Discipline: CSKA Moskva received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game CSKA Moskva were 1st on 18 points from 8 and Benfica 76th on 0 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

CSKA Moskva lined up in a 3-4-3 and Benfica in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bibras Natcho of CSKA Moskva (8.2), ahead of Eduardo Salvio (8.0).

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

Going into the match CSKA Moskva's last five read W-L-L-W-W and Benfica's L-L-L-L.