Spartak Moskva 0-2 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 4 August 2021
Result
Spartak Moskva 0-2 Benfica
Champions League · Wednesday 4 August 2021, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Spartak Moskva 0-2 Benfica: match report
Spartak Moskva were beaten by Benfica 0-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 4 August 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Rafa Silva opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Spartak Moskva did not score. Benfica scored through Rafa Silva (50') and Gilberto (73').
Discipline: Spartak Moskva received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Spartak Moskva lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Benfica in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rafa Silva of Benfica (8.3), ahead of Odysseas Vlachodimos (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Spartak Moskva win, 0 draws and 1 for Benfica.
Key events
- 33'Yellow card · Aleksandr Sobolev
- 48'Yellow card · Jan Vertonghen
- 50'Goal · Rafa Silva
- 73'Goal · Gilberto
- 87'Yellow card · M. Ignatov
Head-to-head
Team news
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Spartak Moskva line-up (4-1-4-1)
Aleksandr Maksimenko, Nikolay Rasskazov, Samuel Gigot, Georgiy Dzhikiya, Ayrton Lucas, Nail Umyarov, Zelimkhan Bakaev, Roman Zobnin, Jorrit Hendrix, Jordan Larsson, Aleksandr Sobolev
Benfica line-up (3-4-2-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Lucas Veríssimo, Nicolás Otamendi, Jan Vertonghen, Diogo Gonçalves, João Mário, Julian Weigl, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, Rafa Silva, Haris Seferovic