Everton 0-2 Benfica: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 5 November 2009
Result
Everton 0-2 Benfica
Europa League · Thursday 5 November 2009, 20:05 UTC · half-time 0-0
Everton 0-2 Benfica: match report
Everton lost to Benfica 0-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 5 November 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
Javier Saviola opened the scoring in the 62nd minute. Everton did not score. Benfica scored through Javier Saviola (62') and O. Cardozo (76').
Discipline: Everton received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Everton were 31st on 10 points from 5 and Benfica 33rd on 9 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Everton wins, 0 draws and 1 for Benfica.
Going into the match Everton's last five read L-W-W-D-W and Benfica's W-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Yakubu Aiyegbeni
- 51'Yellow card · J. Rodwell
- 62'Goal · Javier Saviola
- 74'Yellow card · Javier Saviola
- 76'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 79'Yellow card · Tony Hibbert
- 87'Yellow card · Júlio César
Head-to-head
Team news
Everton line-up
Tim Howard, Tony Hibbert, Leighton Baines, Joseph Yobo, Sylvain Distin, Jack Rodwell, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Dan Gosling, Marouane Fellaini, Tim Cahill, Yakubu Aiyegbeni
Benfica line-up
Júlio César, Luisão, Fábio Coentrão, David Luiz, Sidnei, Javi García, Ramires, Óscar Cardozo, Ángel Di María, Javier Saviola, Ruben Amorim