Europa League - 1st Leg
AZ AlkmaarAZ Alkmaar0BenficaBenfica1

AZ Alkmaar v Benfica

Line-ups

AZ Alkmaar

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Alvarado
  • 2JohanssonBooked at 78mins
  • 24Gouweleeuw
  • 4Viergever
  • 15PoulsenSubstituted forBerg Gudmundssonat 49'minutes
  • 8GudeljSubstituted forHenriksenat 81'minutes
  • 26Ortiz
  • 12Elm
  • 22Berghuis
  • 20Jóhannsson
  • 23Beerens

Substitutes

  • 5Gorter
  • 6Reijnen
  • 7Berg Gudmundsson
  • 16de Winter
  • 19Henriksen
  • 34Hoedt
  • 44Avdic

Benfica

Formation 4-4-2

  • 1De Morães Gusmão
  • 14Pereira PáezBooked at 90mins
  • 4Luís da Silva
  • 24Garay
  • 16SiqueiraBooked at 89mins
  • 18SalvioBooked at 90mins
  • 30André Gomes
  • 6AmorimSubstituted forAlmeidaat 39'minutes
  • 20GaitánBooked at 61mins
  • 7CardozoSubstituted forLima dos Santosat 65'minutes
  • 19RodrigoSubstituted forMarkovicat 77'minutes

Substitutes

  • 8Sulejmani
  • 10Djuricic
  • 11Lima dos Santos
  • 33Nivaldo Vieira
  • 34Almeida
  • 41Oblak
  • 50Markovic
Referee:
Svein Oddvar Moen

Match Stats

Home TeamAZ AlkmaarAway TeamBenfica
Possession
Home52%
Away48%
Shots
Home14
Away16
Shots on Target
Home5
Away6
Corners
Home4
Away5
Fouls
Home12
Away18

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, AZ 0, Benfica 1.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, AZ 0, Benfica 1.

  3. Booking

    Maxi Pereira (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.

  4. Post update

    Offside, AZ. Steven Berghuis tries a through ball, but Nick Viergever is caught offside.

  5. Post update

    Attempt blocked. Celso Ortiz (AZ) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Viktor Elm.

  6. Booking

    Eduardo Salvio (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.

  7. Post update

    Johann Berg Gudmundsson (AZ) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  8. Post update

    Foul by André Gomes (Benfica).

  9. Post update

    Roy Beerens (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  10. Post update

    Foul by Maxi Pereira (Benfica).

  11. Booking

    Guillherme Siqueira (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.

  12. Post update

    Roy Beerens (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  13. Post update

    Foul by Maxi Pereira (Benfica).

  14. Post update

    Foul by Celso Ortiz (AZ).

  15. Post update

    Eduardo Salvio (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  16. Post update

    Steven Berghuis (AZ) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  17. Post update

    Foul by Maxi Pereira (Benfica).

  18. Post update

    Roy Beerens (AZ) wins a free kick on the left wing.

  19. Post update

    Foul by Maxi Pereira (Benfica).

  20. Post update

    Johann Berg Gudmundsson (AZ) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

As It Stood

A

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Valencia6411127513
2Swansea62226428
3Kuban Krasnodar61327706
4FC St Gallen6204613-76

B

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Ludogorets6510112916
2FC Chornomorets Odesa631266010
3PSV Eindhoven621345-17
4Dinamo Zagreb6015311-81

C

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1RB Salzburg66001531218
2Esbjerg fB640288012
3Elfsborg6114510-54
4Standard Liege6015613-71

D

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Rubin Kazan64201441014
2NK Maribor6213912-37
3SV Zulte Waregem6213410-67
4Wigan612367-15

E

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Fiorentina6510123916
2Dnipropetrovsk6402115612
3Paços de Ferreira603318-73
4Pandurii Targu-Jiu6024311-82

F

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Frankfurt6501134915
2Maccabi Tel-Aviv632175211
3Apoel Nicosia612338-55
4Bordeaux6105410-63

G

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1KRC Genk6420105514
2Dynamo Kyiv6312117410
3Rapid Vienna6132810-26
4FC Thun6105310-73

H

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Sevilla633094512
2Slovan Liberec62319819
3Freiburg613258-36
4Estoril-Praia603358-33

I

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Lyon633063312
2Real Betis62313219
3Vitória Guimarães61236515
4HNK Rijeka604227-54

J

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Trabzonspor6420136714
2Lazio633084412
3Apollon Limassol6114510-54
4Legia Warsaw610528-63

K

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1Tottenham66001521318
2Anzhi Makhachkala622247-38
3Sheriff Tiraspol613256-16
4Tromsø6015110-91

L

TeamPWDLFAGDPts
1AZ Alkmaar633084412
2PAOK Salonika6330106412
3Maccabi Haifa612369-35
4Shakhter Karagandy6024510-52
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