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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 39 (setup 3, season 12)
Benfica
v.
Accrington Stan.
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
21
Overall form:
Home form:
Anthony LOPES616Joe HART
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez727John STONES
ELISEU Pereira dos Santos637Danny ROSE
Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA4Dele ALLI
RICARDO Alberto Silveira CARVALHO757Gary CAHILL
MAICON Pereira Roque76Chris SMALLING
RUBEN Filipe Marques AMORIM77Aaron RAMSEY
Alexandre Henrique Gonçalves de Freitas, ALEX687Raheem STERLING
Didier DROGBA79Kelechi IHEANACHO
ANDRÉ Gomes Magalhães de ALMEIDA106Joe ALLEN
WELLITON Soares de Morais116Ahmed MUSA
Manager
Daniel Sánchez AYALA12Marcus RASHFORD
EDUARDO dos Reis Carvalho13Fraser FORSTER
Óscar René CARDOZO Marín14James WARD-PROWSE
Paulo CÉSAR da Silva PEIXOTO15Ross BARKLEY
Yoann GOURCUFF16Lewis BAKER

Benfica 2 Accrington Stan. 3
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 35,059, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Zygmunt ZIOBER 6½)
22p Drogba, 84 André AlmeidaScorers35 Iheanacho, 43 Iheanacho, 81p Iheanacho
72 Eliseu <=> CardozoSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
5Corners3
21Fouls18
5Offsides6
3Shots on6
12Shots off7
15Total shots13
1Shots saved2
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Francisco Javier García Fernández, JAVI GARCÍA
10An exceptional effort from MAICON scraped the top of the crossbar.
11ALEX placed a left foot shot over from just outside the area.
13The Benfica 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce shot from Accrington Stan.'s IHEANACHO.
14STERLING ran onto a delightful ball from ALLI but dragged his shot wide of the lefthand post.
17PEREIRA brought the ball away from ALLEN and rattled a poor shot over.
22GOAL!! A debatable penalty was awarded to Benfica, after STERLING had fouled ALEX, which DROGBA easily converted.
22A cross from STERLING left IHEANACHO in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
28A corner fell to ROSE who nodded the ball just beyond the near post.
35GOAL!! A patient Accrington Stan. side were rewarded with an accurate strike from IHEANACHO. (1-1)
37DROGBA stroked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
39JAVI GARCÍA chipped the ball to ELISEU who forced it wide.
41HART was able to claw away a weak shot from WELLITON.
42DROGBA beat three Accrington Stan. players and thundered a golden opportunity just beyond the far post.
43GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with IHEANACHO blasting the ball into the top corner. (2-1 Accrington Stan.)
 
53ALLI worked the ball to ALLEN, RAMSEY latched onto his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
57A penalty box scramble resulted in ALLI driving a low shot over.
63A tame strike from MUSA bounced agonisingly wide.
65A mix up in the Benfica defence enabled IHEANACHO to crack an effort over the bar.
67JAVI GARCÍA was put clear by RICARDO CARVALHO and he turned the 'keeper but struck his shot just wide.
76ALEX beat STONES and fired the ball to RUBEN AMORIM who dragged his shot wide.
81GOAL!! IHEANACHO rattled a penalty beyond the Benfica 'keeper after JAVI GARCÍA had handled just inside the area.
84GOAL!! Benfica's ANDRÉ ALMEIDA beat two defenders before firing just inside HART's righthand post. (3-2 Accrington Stan.)