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Commentary
TROTTA raced past KJÆR but flicked the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming LOPES.
The Helsingborg 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce drive from Benfica's DROGBA.
The 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame header from SIGURÐSSON.
The 'keeper managed to palm clear a wicked shot.
11¹CHRISTENSEN made space on the right and dragged the ball to ROJO who clipped the ball over.
14¹An outswinging corner was fired into the arms of the 'keeper by SØRENSEN.
14¹ALEX was put clear by ANDRÉ ALMEIDA and he turned the 'keeper but rammed his shot inches wide.
16¹A clever cross from JAVI GARCÍA was hit goalbound by ANDRÉ ALMEIDA only for DE GEA to palm clear.
18¹A corner fell to DIEGO COSTA who fired the ball inches over.
26¹DE GEA blocked a lovely shot from WELLITON.
30¹GOAL!! A long ball from CHRISTENSEN had the Benfica defence back-pedalling and SIGURÐSSON made the most of the opportunity with an exceptional goal. (1-0 Helsingborg)
37¹A twenty-five yard drive from SIGURÐSSON caused LOPES no problem.
GOAL!! ANDRÉ ALMEIDA hit a swerving twenty-five yard shot past the bemused Helsingborg 'keeper. (1-1)
ZENELI booked for dangerous play.
13²CHRISTENSEN receives a yellow card by the ref for a high foul.
15²A cross from SIGURÐSSON left DIEGO COSTA in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
18²FORSBERG booked by the referee.
24²DROGBA chipped the ball to ALEX who nodded it just wide.
30²TROTTA headed wide.
33²GOAL!! With his back to goal DIEGO COSTA wrong-footed the defence and rattled the ball past LOPES. (2-1 Helsingborg)
35²TROTTA ran onto a wonderful ball from DROGBA but dragged his shot wide.
35²A pin-point pass was collected by ALEX and his right foot effort went narrowly over.
43²ALEX's shot was well held by the Helsingborg 'keeper.

 
Benfica
 
League position: 5
Home league form: WWXW
Overall league form: XWOWXOWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Anthony LOPES1David DE GEA
Maximiliano PEREIRA2Daniel WASS
ANDRÉ Gomes ALMEIDA3Marcos ROJO
JAVI GARCÍA4Andreas CHRISTENSEN
RICARDO Alberto CARVALHO5Simon KJÆR
Daniel AYALA6Frederik SØRENSEN
Yoann GOURCUFF7Albin EKDAL
ALEX8Gylfi SIGURÐSSON
(p)Marcello TROTTA9DIEGO da Silva COSTA(c,p)
(c,f)Didier DROGBA10Emil FORSBERG(f)
WELLITON Soares11Arber ZENELI
Manager
RAFA  12  Håvard NORDTVEIT
EDUARDO dos Reis  13  Kasper SCHMEICHEL
ALAN Patrick  14Linus WAHLQVIST
CLEITON Ribeiro XAVIER  15  Oscar WENDT
José BOSINGWA  16  Jores OKORE
 
Helsingborg
 
League position: 2
Away league form: XWWW
Overall league form: XXWWWWXL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 1 Helsingborg 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 54,516, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Theodoros Kefalas 5½)

André Almeida 3²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Sigurðsson 30¹, Diego Costa 33²
 ForsbergóWahlqvist 33²
  
 Zeneli 4², Christensen 13², Forsberg 18²
45
1117
33
67
53
1110
54
49%51%
Man of the match: André Gomes Almeida