Newcastle United 1-1 Benfica: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 11 April 2013
Result
Newcastle United 1-1 Benfica
Europa League · Thursday 11 April 2013, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newcastle United 1-1 Benfica: match report
Newcastle United drew with Benfica 1-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 11 April 2013. The half-time score was 0-0.
Papiss Demba Cissé opened the scoring in the 71st minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Papiss Demba Cissé (71'). Benfica scored through Eduardo Salvio (90+2').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 4 yellow cards; Benfica received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 17th on 20 points from 13 and Benfica 37th on 11 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Benfica in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newcastle United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Benfica.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read L-W-D-W-D and Benfica's W-D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · Artur Moraes
- 31'Yellow card · Enzo Pérez
- 49'Yellow card · André Almeida
- 67'Yellow card · Papiss Demba Cissé
- 70'Yellow card · Yohan Cabaye
- 71'Goal · Papiss Demba Cissé
- 81'Yellow card · Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa
- 83'Yellow card · Mike Williamson
- 90+2'Goal · Eduardo Salvio
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Massadio Haïdara, Yohan Cabaye, Moussa Sissoko, Vurnon Anita, Jonás Gutiérrez, Gaël Bigirimana, Papiss Demba Cissé
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Artur Moraes, Luisão, Ezequiel Garay, André Almeida, Eduardo Salvio, Nico Gaitán, Nemanja Matić, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Enzo Pérez, Lima, O. John