Galatasaray 1-2 Benfica: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 14 February 2019

Result

Galatasaray 1-2 Benfica

Europa League · Thursday 14 February 2019, 17:55 UTC · half-time 0-1

Galatasaray · Benfica · Europa League predictions

Galatasaray 1-2 Benfica: match report

Galatasaray were beaten by Benfica 1-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 14 February 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Eduardo Salvio opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Galatasaray's goal came from Christian Luyindama (54'). Benfica scored through Eduardo Salvio (27', penalty) and Haris Seferovic (64').

Discipline: Galatasaray received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.

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

Galatasaray lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Florentino of Benfica (8.1), ahead of Haris Seferovic (7.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Penalty goal · Eduardo SalvioBenfica · 0-1
  • 40'Yellow card · FernandoGalatasaray
  • 41'Yellow card · Gedson FernandesBenfica
  • 50'Yellow card · Badou NdiayeGalatasaray
  • 53'Yellow card · Gabriel PiresBenfica
  • 54'Goal · Christian LuyindamaGalatasaray · 1-1
  • 64'Goal · Haris SeferovicBenfica · 1-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Yuto NagatomoGalatasaray
  • 90+4'Yellow card · João FélixBenfica

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Galatasaray 1, draws 1, Benfica 1.

Team news

Galatasaray line-up (4-3-3)

Fernando Muslera, Martin Linnes, Christian Luyindama, Marcão, Yuto Nagatomo, Younès Belhanda, Fernando, Badou Ndiaye, Sofiane Feghouli, Mbaye Diagne, Henry Onyekuru

Benfica line-up (4-4-2)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, Sébastien Corchia, Rúben Dias, Ferro, Yuri Ribeiro, Eduardo Salvio, Gedson Fernandes, Florentino, Franco Cervi, João Félix, Haris Seferovic