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BECKER flicked a left foot shot just beyond the near post from just outside the area.
A bad challenge gets NUYTINCK a yellow card.
DAVID's shot beat the Espanyol 'keeper but rebounded off the Espanyol crossbar.
12¹A mix up in the Benfica defence enabled NUYTINCK to hit an effort over.
16¹IAGO made space on the left and knocked the ball to JAVI PUADO who fired the ball wide.
21¹A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming CHEVALIER.
23¹CHEVALIER was able to block a poor shot from JAVI PUADO.
25¹GOAL!! A strike from SAMU which ÁLVARO was able to palm clear was deemed over the line and the ref awarded the goal. (1-0 Benfica)
28¹PEDRO NETO ran onto a delightful ball from KIMMICH but blasted his shot wide.
29¹A penalty box scramble resulted in SAMU tapping a low shot wide.
41¹A header from JAVI PUADO was hoofed off the line by RÚBEN DIAS.
A left foot shot from VINICIUS SOUZA was saved by the Benfica 'keeper.
BECKER poked a simple chance past the righthand post.
A header by SAMU at the near post was comfortably collected by the Espanyol 'keeper.
14²KIMMICH beat two Espanyol players and drove a great chance over the bar.
16²ÁLVARO did well to hold onto a fierce shot from SAMU.
19²A free-kick from PEDRO NETO floated wide.
21²The stunned ÁLVARO was all agog as a backpass from KOLEOSHO dropped just over.
25²MOLINA receives a yellow card for a cynical challenge.
26²An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of the Benfica 'keeper by JAVI PUADO.
37²The 'keeper dived to his right to block an accurate drive from Benfica's SAMU.
38²GOAL!! A long clearance by the Espanyol 'keeper beat the Benfica defence and JAVI PUADO stroked the ball past the advancing 'keeper. (1-1)
44²IAGO brought the ball round ANTÓNIO SILVA and poked a weak shot over.

 
Benfica
 
League position: 4
Home league form: WWXW
Overall league form: OWLWWWXX
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
Lucas CHEVALIER1ÁLVARO Fernández
Nahuel MOLINA2LUCAS Vázquez
Patrick DORGU3ADRIÀ Giner PEDROSA
Joshua KIMMICH4VINICIUS de SOUZA Costa
RÚBEN Santos DIAS5Bram NUYTINCK
(c)Mickey VAN DE VEN6Enzo ROCO
Cole PALMER7Luca KOLEOSHO
PEDRO Lomba NETO8JAVI PUADO
(p)SAMU9Sheraldo BECKER(p)
(f)VITINHA10Felipe CAICEDO(f)
Jonathan DAVID11IAGO Aspas(c)
Steven GibsonManager
ANTÓNIO João SILVA12  Keidi BARE
Guillaume RESTES  13  Freddie WOODMAN
Daniel VIVIAN  14KEDDARI SIMO
Désiré DOUÉ  15  DANI GÓMEZ
Ferrán TORRES  16  Omar EL HILALI
 
Espanyol
 
League position: 13
Away league form: WLLL
Overall league form: WLLOLLWL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 1 Espanyol 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 64,899, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Aleksandr Gvardis 6)

Samu 25¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Javi Puado 38²
DavidóAntónio Silva 37²CaicedoóKeddari Simo 26²
  
Molina 25²Nuytinck 3¹
63
817
78
56
55
1011
45
47%53%
Man of the match: Samu