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Commentary
BENT ran onto a great ball from JENAS but dragged his shot wide of the righthand post.
JENAS was put clear by JOHNSON and he beat the 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar.
11¹FELIPE was able to palm clear a tame shot from BENT.
24¹A cynical challenge gets CARDOZO a yellow card.
37¹A mix up in the Benfica defence enabled COLE to hit an effort wide.
43¹A shot from COLE seemed a certain goal but the Benfica 'keeper managed to palm the ball clear.
BENTEKE beat CARROLL and whacked the ball to CARDOZO who pulled his shot wide.
CARDOZO shot over.
The hapless West Ham United 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from MANCIENNE fell just over.
GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the 'keeper, UPSON was first to the loose ball and played the ball to JOHNSON to nudge in. (1-0 West Ham United)
10²A header from CARDOZO was booted off the line by MANCIENNE.
17²A good effort from COLE scraped the outside of the post.
20²CARDOZO headed the ball wide from just outside the area.
26²A penalty box meleé resulted in COLE cracking the ball over.
32²BENTEKE dummied SAMBA but drove the ball into the arms of the West Ham United 'keeper.
33²A free-kick from JAVI GARCÍA floated wide.
34²A good ball from BROWN on the left bobbled toward JOHNSON who scuffed his shot just beyond the near post.
39²GOAL!! A shot from CLEITON XAVIER which the 'keeper managed to claw away seemed to have crossed the line and CESARI awarded the goal. (1-1)
40²A corner was collected by RUBEN AMORIM who nodded the ball over.
44²BENTEKE drilled a left foot shot just beyond the near post from twenty yards out.

 
West Ham United
 
League position: 18
Home league form: LWLL
Overall league form: LLLWLLLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Robert GREEN1Luiz FELIPE
Michael MANCIENNE2Maximiliano PEREIRA
Kieran GIBBS3ELISEU Pereira
(c)Scott PARKER4Yoann GOURCUFF
Christopher SAMBA5MAICON Pereira
Matthew UPSON6RICARDO Alberto CARVALHO(c)
Jermaine JENAS7Rodrigo TADDEI
Adam JOHNSON8CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER
(p)Darren BENT9Oscar CARDOZO(p)
(f)Tom CARROLL10JAVI GARCÍA(f)
Joe COLE11Christian BENTEKE
Manager
Kjell SELLIN  12  WELLITON Soares
Paul ROBINSON  13  EDUARDO dos Reis
Steven GERRARD  14  CARLOS Jorge MARTINS
Reece BROWN15  ALEX
Leighton BAINES  16RUBEN Filipe AMORIM
 
Benfica
 
League position: 16
Away league form: XWWO
Overall league form: XXWWWXOL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
West Ham United 1 Benfica 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 34,075, Stadium: Upton Park, Referee: Graziano Cesari 6)

Johnson 9²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Cleiton Xavier 39²
GibbsóBrown 5²CardozoóRuben Amorim 23²
  
 Cardozo 24¹
30
117
11
33
67
910
22
44%56%
Man of the match: Darren Bent