VfB Stuttgart 0-2 Benfica: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 24 February 2011
Result
VfB Stuttgart 0-2 Benfica
Europa League · Thursday 24 February 2011, 20:05 UTC · half-time 0-1
VfB Stuttgart 0-2 Benfica: match report
VfB Stuttgart were beaten by Benfica 0-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 24 February 2011. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Eduardo Salvio opened the scoring in the 30th minute. VfB Stuttgart did not score. Benfica scored through Eduardo Salvio (30') and O. Cardozo (78').
Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 VfB Stuttgart win, 0 draws and 1 for Benfica.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Eduardo Salvio
- 44'Yellow card · Sidnei
- 46'Yellow card · Matthieu Delpierre
- 77'Yellow card · Shinji Okazaki
- 78'Goal · O. Cardozo
- 80'Yellow card · T. Gebhart
- 81'Yellow card · Carlos Martins
- 90'Red card · Zdravko Kuzmanović
- 90'Yellow card · Cristian Molinaro
Head-to-head
Team news
VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marc Ziegler, Georg Niedermeier, Matthieu Delpierre, Khalid Boulahrouz, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Christian Träsch, Tamás Hajnal, Martin Harnik, Shinji Okazaki, Sven Schipplock, Cristian Molinaro
Benfica line-up (4-3-1-2)
Luisão, Brandon Truter, Fábio Coentrão, Sidnei, Airton, Nico Gaitán, Óscar Cardozo, Eduardo Salvio, Franco Jara, Pablo Aimar Giordano, Roberto Jiménez