Benfica vs Arsenal results, Europa League 2021-02-18

Thursday 18 February 2021 - 20:00 Europa League

Stadio Olimpico, Viale dello Stadio Olimpico Rome, Romagnano Sesia

Benfica SLB

1 - 1

Arsenal ARS

Pizzi (55')

HT 0-0

B. Saka (57')

Assists

C. Soares (57')

Head to head

Summary

Commentary

Stats

Line-ups

1st half

It's starting!

2nd half

It's game on again!

R. Silva

G. Waldschmidt

Substitution

Pizzi

Penalty goal

1 - 0

B. Saka

Goal

1 - 1

K. Tierney

C. Soares

Substitution

H. Seferovic

D. Nunez

Substitution

Everton

Pizzi

Substitution

N. Pepe

P. Aubameyang

Substitution

Martinelli

E. Smith Rowe

Substitution

Gabriel

A. Taarabt

Substitution

Chiquinho

Lucas Verissimo

Substitution

M. Elneny

D. Ceballos

Substitution

Willian

M. Odegaard

Substitution

First Half starts.

Offside - Arsenal. Dani Ceballos with a pass, however Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in offside.

Offside - Arsenal. Granit Xhaka with a pass, however Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in offside.

Bukayo Saka - Arsenal - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Jan Vertonghen - Benfica

Emile Smith Rowe - Arsenal - won a free kick on the left wing.

Fouled by Diogo Gonçalves - Benfica

Corner - Arsenal. Conceded by Jan Vertonghen.

Dani Ceballos - Arsenal - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Adel Taarabt - Benfica

Offside - Arsenal. David Luiz with a pass, however Bukayo Saka is in offside.

Fouled by Granit Xhaka - Arsenal

Gian-Luca Waldschmidt - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.

Shot blocked. Gian-Luca Waldschmidt - Benfica - shot with left foot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assist - Adel Taarabt.

Fouled by Granit Xhaka - Arsenal

Pizzi - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Darwin Núñez - Benfica

Gabriel Magalhães - Arsenal - won a free kick in defence.

Missed chance. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Arsenal - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Héctor Bellerín.

Offside - Arsenal. Cédric Soares with a pass, however Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in offside.

Adel Taarabt - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Dani Ceballos - Arsenal

Fouled by Diogo Gonçalves - Benfica

Granit Xhaka - Arsenal - won a free kick in defence.

Offside - Arsenal. Héctor Bellerín with a pass, however Bukayo Saka is in offside.

New attacking attempt. Bukayo Saka - Arsenal - shot with left foot from outside the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Héctor Bellerín.

Corner - Benfica. Conceded by Cédric Soares.

New attacking attempt. Darwin Núñez - Benfica - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Adel Taarabt.

Adel Taarabt - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Granit Xhaka - Arsenal

Offside - Arsenal. Gabriel Magalhães with a pass, however Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in offside.

Bukayo Saka - Arsenal - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Alejandro Grimaldo - Benfica

Corner - Arsenal. Conceded by Jan Vertonghen.

Offside - Arsenal. Martin Ødegaard with a pass, however David Luiz is in offside.

Corner - Arsenal. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.

Missed chance. Gabriel Magalhães - Arsenal - shot with the head from the right side of the box is close, but missed. Assist - Martin Ødegaard with a cross after corner.

Bukayo Saka - Arsenal - won a free kick in defence.

Fouled by Jan Vertonghen - Benfica

Corner - Benfica. Conceded by Dani Ceballos.

Fouled by Jan Vertonghen - Benfica

Héctor Bellerín - Arsenal - won a free kick in defence.

First Half ended - Benfica 0, Arsenal 0.

Second Half starts Benfica 0, Arsenal 0.

Substitution - Benfica. Rafa for Gian-Luca Waldschmidt.

Fouled by Darwin Núñez - Benfica

Gabriel Magalhães - Arsenal - won a free kick in defence.

New attacking attempt. Pizzi - Benfica - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Diogo Gonçalves.

Fouled by Dani Ceballos - Arsenal

Julian Weigl - Benfica - won a free kick in attack.

Offside - Arsenal. Bukayo Saka with a pass, however Emile Smith Rowe is in offside.

Missed chance. Bukayo Saka - Arsenal - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is close, but missed. Assist - Dani Ceballos.

Corner - Benfica. Conceded by Cédric Soares.

Penalty conceded by Emile Smith Rowe - Arsenal - with a hand ball in the penalty area.

Goal! Benfica 1, Arsenal 0. Pizzi - Benfica - converts the penalty with a shot with right foot to the right corner.

Goal! Benfica 1, Arsenal 1. Bukayo Saka - Arsenal - shot with left foot from few metres to the centre of the goal. Assist - Cédric Soares.

VAR Decision: Goal Benfica 1-1 Arsenal - Bukayo Saka

New attacking attempt. Rafa - Benfica - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assist - Adel Taarabt.

Missed chance. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Arsenal - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Martin Ødegaard with a through ball.

Substitution - Arsenal. Kieran Tierney for Cédric Soares.

Substitution - Benfica. Everton for Pizzi.

Substitution - Benfica. Haris Seferovic for Darwin Núñez.

Fouled by Gabriel Magalhães - Arsenal

Haris Seferovic - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.

Corner - Arsenal. Conceded by Diogo Gonçalves.

Shot blocked. Héctor Bellerín - Arsenal - shot with left foot from outside the box is blocked.

Fouled by Gabriel Magalhães - Arsenal

Rafa - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.

Missed chance. Everton - Benfica - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assist - Adel Taarabt.

Substitution - Arsenal. Nicolas Pépé for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Substitution - Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli for Emile Smith Rowe.

Substitution - Benfica. Gabriel Pires for Adel Taarabt.

Fouled by Haris Seferovic - Benfica

Gabriel Magalhães - Arsenal - won a free kick in defence.

Offside - Arsenal. Granit Xhaka with a pass, however Kieran Tierney is in offside.

Substitution - Benfica. Chiquinho for Lucas Verissimo - injury.

Offside - Arsenal. Dani Ceballos with a pass, however Bukayo Saka is in offside.

Fouled by Granit Xhaka - Arsenal

Rafa - Benfica - won a free kick in defence.

Substitution - Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny for Dani Ceballos.

Substitution - Arsenal. Willian for Martin Ødegaard.

Hand ball by Héctor Bellerín - Arsenal

Second Half ended - Benfica 1, Arsenal 1.

Thats all. Game finished - Benfica 1, Arsenal 1.

Formation 3-5-2

4-2-3-1 Formation

Leite

Veríssimo

Otamendi

Vertonghen

Gonçalves

Pizzi

Weigl

Taarabt

Grimaldo

Waldschmidt

Núñez

Leno

Bellerín

Luiz

Gabriel

Soares

Ceballos

Xhaka

Saka

Ødegaard

SmithRowe

Aubameyang

Referee - Cüneyt Çakιr

77 Helton Leite G

5 Jan Vertonghen D

30 Nicolás Otamendi D

3 Alejandro Grimaldo M

4 Lucas Veríssimo D

49 Adel Taarabt M

21 Pizzi M Captain

28 Julian Weigl M

17 Diogo Gonçalves M

10 Luca Waldschmidt A

9 Darwin Núñez A

Substitutes

1 Mile Svilar G

27 Rafa Silva M

82 João Ferreira D

19 Chiquinho M

71 Nuno Tavares D

7 Everton A

38 Pedrinho M

99 Odysseas Vlachodimos G

8 Gabriel Pires M

2 Gilberto D

11 Franco Cervi M

14 Haris Seferović A

Coach

Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus

1 Bernd Leno G

23 David Luiz D

17 Cédric Soares D

2 Héctor Bellerín D

6 Gabriel D

34 Granit Xhaka M

11 Martin Ødegaard M

8 Dani Ceballos M

32 Emile Smith Rowe M

7 Bukayo Saka M

14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang A Captain

Substitutes

44 Karl Hein G

35 Gabriel Martinelli A

25 Mohamed Elneny M

3 Kieran Tierney D

21 Calum Chambers D

16 Rob Holding D

33 Mathew Ryan G

19 Nicolas Pépé A

9 Alexandre Lacazette A

12 Willian A

22 Pablo Marí D

30 Edward Nketiah A

Coach

Mikel Arteta Amatriain

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