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

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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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 0-1
  • 22'Goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 0-2
  • 29'Yellow card · David LuizBenfica
  • 30'Penalty goal · Cristiano LucarelliShakhtar Donetsk · 1-2
  • 68'Yellow card · O. KucherShakhtar Donetsk
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Luis FilipeBenfica
  • 90+4'Yellow card · BrandãoShakhtar Donetsk

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Shakhtar Donetsk 1, draws 0, Benfica 0.

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