Shakhtar Donetsk 1-2 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 4 December 2007
Result
Shakhtar Donetsk 1-2 Benfica
Champions League · Tuesday 4 December 2007, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Shakhtar Donetsk 1-2 Benfica: match report
Shakhtar Donetsk lost to Benfica 1-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 4 December 2007. The half-time score was 1-2.
O. Cardozo opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Shakhtar Donetsk's goal came from Cristiano Lucarelli (30', penalty). Benfica scored through O. Cardozo (6') and O. Cardozo (22').
Discipline: Shakhtar Donetsk received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Shakhtar Donetsk were 7th on 15 points from 9 and Benfica 21st on 10 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Shakhtar Donetsk win, 0 draws and 0 for Benfica.
Going into the match Shakhtar Donetsk's last five read L-L-L-W-W and Benfica's D-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 22'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 29'Yellow card · David Luiz
- 30'Penalty goal · Cristiano Lucarelli
- 68'Yellow card · O. Kucher
- 90+1'Yellow card · Luis Filipe
- 90+4'Yellow card · Brandão
Head-to-head
Team news
Shakhtar Donetsk expected line-up
Razvan Rat, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Darijo Srna, Fernandinho, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Francesco Matuzalem, Brandão, Ciprian Marica, Bogdan Shust, Jadson
Benfica expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Quim, Léo, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Gilles Binya, Luis Filipe, Edcarlos, Kostas Katsouranis, Cristian Gabriel Rodríguez Barrotti, Rui Costa, Óscar Cardozo