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Commentary
RUDDY did well to hold onto a wicked shot from ILICIC.
Uncertainty in the Everton defence enabled ILICIC to fire the ball inches wide.
11¹DEMBÉLÉ knocked the ball to ILICIC who nodded it wide.
15¹MAX waltzed round COLEMAN and rattled a poor shot over.
17¹The Everton 'keeper was able to claw away a tame shot from ILICIC.
20¹The referee yellow cards COLEMAN.
21¹A corner bobbled toward VELTMAN who turned an effort just beyond the far post.
36¹RUDDY dived to his right to stop an accurate shot from Benfica's JOÃO FÉLIX.
37¹A accurate pass found INGS and his left foot effort flew narrowly over.
38¹PAULINHO's shot beat the Everton 'keeper but rebounded off the Everton crossbar.
41¹DOST rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
42¹JOTA ran onto a wonderful ball from PAULINHO but hit his effort wide of the lefthand post.
43¹ILICIC whacked a right foot shot over from just outside the area.
TOWNSEND flicked a simple chance past the righthand post.
14²A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing Benfica 'keeper.
17²GOAL!! A corner was fired across the box and CHIRICHES fumbled the ball into his own net. (1-0 Benfica)
23²A penalty box scramble resulted in TOWNSEND knocking the ball wide.
24²A late challenge on COLEMAN by VELTMAN results in a booking.
29²MAX headed inches wide.
31²DOST was put clear by PAULINHO and he turned the Everton 'keeper but glanced his shot over the bar.
43²GOAL!! After a patient build-up ILICIC drove the ball past the Everton 'keeper. (2-0 Benfica)
44²A delightful strike from BESIC was dealt with by a useful parry from PYATOV.

 
Benfica
 
League position: 6
Home league form: WWLL
Overall league form: WWWWLLLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Andriy PYATOV1John RUDDY
Joël VELTMAN2Seamus COLEMAN
Philipp MAX3Benoît ASSOU-EKOTTO
Mousa DEMBÉLÉ4Idrissa GUEYE
Gary CAHILL5Jean-Philippe GBAMIN
PAULO André OLIVEIRA6Vlad CHIRICHES
PAULINHO7Bertrand TRAORÉ
Josip ILICIC8Andros TOWNSEND
(p)Bas DOST9Oumar NIASSE(p)
(f)JOTA10Danny INGS(f)
JOÃO FÉLIX Sequeira11Wayne ROONEY(c)
Manager
Borna SOSA  12  Jonjoe KENNY
Yassine BOUNOU  13Muhamed BESIC
Domingos QUINA  14  Gareth BARRY
PAULINHO  15  Antony EVANS
JOSÉ GOMES  16  Dom CALVERT-LEWIN
 
Everton
 
League position: 17
Away league form: LLLX
Overall league form: WLLWLXXL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Benfica 2 Everton 0
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 52,577, Stadium: Estádio da Luz, Referee: Barry Knight 5½)

Chiriches 17² (og), Ilicic 43²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
 
 NiasseóBesic 16²
  
Veltman 24²Coleman 20¹
41
414
01
88
138
2116
55
49%51%
Man of the match: John Ruddy