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Commentary
NICO WILLIAMS hoofed the ball wide from just outside the area.
10¹The 'keeper was able to palm clear a weak shot from NICO WILLIAMS.
14¹GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was cleverly blasted into the net by NICO WILLIAMS. (1-0 Sporting)
16¹A cynical tackle on VAN DE VEN by NICO WILLIAMS results in a booking.
18¹VITINHA fired the ball through a crowd of players but COURTOIS was a match for it as he dived to his right.
22¹GOAL!! A wonderful dribble from MIKEL gave ZUBIMENDI space on the right and NICO WILLIAMS rattled in his pin-point pass. (2-0 Sporting)
27¹NICO WILLIAMS dribbled past PEDRO NETO and rifled a poor shot wide.
31¹A shot from DAVID seemed a certain goal but the Sporting 'keeper managed to palm the ball clear.
32¹A wonderful save prevented DAVID from scoring an exceptional goal.
35¹A thirty yard drive from DAVID caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
42¹A shot from DAVID was smothered by COURTOIS.
McTOMINAY galloped through the Benfica defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
A corner was collected by PEDRO NETO who turned the ball over.
NICO WILLIAMS was put clear by ZUBIMENDI and he beat the Benfica 'keeper but struck his shot over.
A refined pass from DAVID was hit goalbound by PALMER only for COURTOIS to palm clear.
16²The ref books VITINHA for dangerous play against ÉDERSON.
25²McTOMINAY beat TEL and placed the ball to MIKEL who hit his shot wide.
26²COURTOIS was able to claw away a fierce effort.
28²ESTUPIÑAN's shot was well held by CHEVALIER.
34²A cross from VITINHA left SAMU in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
35²DAVID beat four Sporting players and drove a golden opportunity just beyond the near post.
37²A penalty box meleé resulted in PALMER tapping the ball wide.

 
Benfica
 
League position: -
Home league form: WXWW
Overall league form: LWWWXXXX
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Lucas CHEVALIER1Thibaut COURTOIS
Nahuel MOLINA2José DIOGO DALOT(c)
Patrick DORGU3Pervis ESTUPIÑAN
Joshua KIMMICH4ÉDERSON José
RÚBEN Santos DIAS5John STONES
(c)Mickey VAN DE VEN6Edmond TAPSOBA
Cole PALMER7Martín ZUBIMENDI
PEDRO Lomba NETO8Scott McTOMINAY
(p)SAMU9Ollie WATKINS(p)
(f)VITINHA10MIKEL Oyarzabal
Jonathan DAVID11NICO WILLIAMS(f)
Steven GibsonManagerJohn Pickford
Isak HIEN  12  ÁLEX BAENA
Guillaume RESTES  13  Gregor KOBEL
Daniel VIVIAN  14  GONÇALO Matias RAMOS
Mathys TEL15  Paulo DYBALA
Ferrán TORRES16  Julian BRANDT
 
Sporting
 
League position: 7
Away league form: WXWW
Overall league form: WXXWWWLX
Formation: 4-3-3
Sporting go through to the next round
Statistics
Benfica 0 Sporting 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 54,865, Stadium: Mestalla, Referee: Serge Gumienny 7½, TV: highlights)

 
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Nico Williams 14¹, Nico Williams 22¹
KimmichóTel 15², Rúben DiasóTorres 25² 
  
Vitinha 16²Nico Williams 16¹
79
911
34
105
68
1613
82
44%56%
Man of the match: Nahuel Molina