Napoli 4-2 Benfica: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 28 September 2016

Result

Napoli 4-2 Benfica

Champions League · Wednesday 28 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Napoli · Benfica · Champions League predictions

Napoli 4-2 Benfica: match report

Napoli beat Benfica 4-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 28 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Marek Hamsik opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Napoli's goals came from Marek Hamsik (20'), Dries Mertens (51'), Arkadiusz Milik (54', penalty) and Dries Mertens (58'). Benfica scored through Gonçalo Guedes (70') and Eduardo Salvio (86').

Discipline: Napoli received 1 yellow card; Benfica received 4 yellow cards.

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

Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dries Mertens of Napoli (8.1), ahead of Marek Hamšík (7.8).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Marek HamsikNapoli · 1-0
  • 50'Yellow card · Lisandro LópezBenfica
  • 51'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 2-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Júlio CésarBenfica
  • 54'Penalty goal · Arkadiusz MilikNapoli · 3-0
  • 58'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 4-0
  • 65'Yellow card · André CarrilloBenfica
  • 70'Goal · Gonçalo GuedesBenfica · 4-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Ljubomir FejsaBenfica
  • 86'Yellow card · Pepe ReinaNapoli
  • 86'Goal · Eduardo SalvioBenfica · 4-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Napoli 1, draws 0, Benfica 1.

Team news

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Raúl Albiol, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Arkadiusz Milik, Dries Mertens

Benfica line-up (4-4-1-1)

Júlio César, Nélson Semedo, Lisandro López, Victor Lindelöf, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, André Almeida, Ljubomir Fejsa, André Carrillo, André Horta, Konstantinos Mitroglou