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Commentary
A tame shot from ÖZCAN rolled agonisingly wide.
GOAL!! A tackle from PALMER gave Lyon a free-kick twenty yards out which ÖZCAN blasted past the Benfica 'keeper. (1-0 Lyon)
VANAKEN floated the ball to DIALLO who nodded it just beyond the near post.
An exceptional effort from VITINHA scraped the upright.
11¹MOLINA snapped at a simple chance.
14¹PEDRO NETO worked the ball to KIMMICH, DAVID controlled his pass and nodded the ball within easy reach of the Lyon 'keeper.
16¹GOAL!! A short corner was chipped out to TOKO EKAMBI who hit the ball in off the post. (2-0 Lyon)
18¹ASSIGNON booked for dangerous play.
19¹RISTIC steamed through the Benfica defence but shot straight at the Benfica 'keeper.
21¹ANTÓNIO SILVA pulled away from RISTIC but flicked the ball into the arms of TURATI.
33¹A cross from PALMER left TORRES in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
38¹PALMER booked by the referee for a clumsy tackle.
39¹TORRES's header was well saved by the Lyon 'keeper.
39¹An inswinging corner was forced into the arms of MAMARDASHVILI by DANILO.
DIALLO rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
RISTIC ran onto a great ball from CAQUERET but pulled his effort wide of the goal.
A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing Lyon 'keeper.
A mix up in the Benfica defence enabled DIALLO to hit the ball over.
15²A lovely cross from PALMER was lashed goalbound by DAVID only for the Lyon 'keeper to palm clear.
19²A shot from RISTIC was kicked off the line by MOLINA.
20²A header by RISTIC at the far post was comfortably collected by MAMARDASHVILI.
26²MAMARDASHVILI saved a curling effort from CHAMBERS.
28²A penalty box meleé resulted in TORRES tapping the ball over.
33²VANAKEN rattled a simple chance past the righthand post.
35²GOAL!! A one-handed save from the Lyon 'keeper enabled DAVID to lob the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Lyon)
38²GOAL!! After a patient build-up DAVID drove the ball past the Lyon 'keeper. (2-2)

 
Benfica
 
League position: 8
Home league form: LWXW
Overall league form: LWXWOLWX
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Giorgi MAMARDASHVILI1Stefano TURATI
Nahuel MOLINA2Lorenz ASSIGNON
NUNO Alexandre MENDES3Ben CHILWELL
Joshua KIMMICH4Maxence CAQUERET
ANTÓNIO João SILVA5DANILO Luís(c)
(c)RÚBEN Santos DIAS6Calum CHAMBERS
Cole PALMER7Hans VANAKEN
PEDRO Lomba NETO8Mihailo RISTIC
(p)Jonathan DAVID9Habib DIALLO(p)
(f)VITINHA10Salih ÖZCAN(f)
Ferrán TORRES11Karl TOKO EKAMBI
Steven GibsonManager
Mickey VAN DE VEN  12  Léo DUBOIS
Marco CARNESECCHI  13  Eric OELSCHLÄGEL
Daniel VIVIAN  14  Maxwel CORNET
SAMU15  Lucas TOUSART
Elye WAHI16Dion LOPY
 
Lyon
 
League position: 19
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: XLLLWLLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Benfica go through to the next round, 3-2 on aggregate
Statistics
Benfica 2 Lyon 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 47,033, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Livio Bazzoli 7½)

David 35², David 38²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Özcan 1¹, Toko Ekambi 16¹
KimmichóSamu 15², António SilvaóWahi 25²ChilwellóLopy 38²
  
Palmer 38¹Assignon 18¹
211
1110
145
78
45
1113
54
44%56%
Man of the match: Samu