LISBOA. Benfica defeats Dynamo Kyiv with a 2-0 win with a goal from R. Yaremchuk (16′) and a goal from G. (22′). Dynamo Kyiv was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (64%).
The match was played at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica stadium in Lisboa on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Deniz Aytekin with the assistance of Christian Dietz and Markus Sinn. The 4th official was Tobias Reichel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.3 degrees Celsius or 54.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
- ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
- 10 Total 12
- 6 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 100 Attack 129
- 28 Dangerous attack 60
- 79 Ball safe 98
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 7
- 1 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 12 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Dynamo Kyiv had a strong ball possession 64% while Benfica was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Dynamo Kyiv was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Benfica found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Benfica shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Dynamo Kyiv shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Benfica received 1 yellow card (Gilberto). On the other side, Dynamo Kyiv received 3 yellow cards (I. Zabarnyi, B. Verbic and V. Tsygankov).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this contest, Benfica will have 8 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the other side, Dynamo Kyiv will stay with 1 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
Benfica – Formation
Benfica
73'
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22'
Benfica started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus decided to play with the following team: Odysseas Vlachodimos , André Almeida , Nicolás Otamendi , Jan Vertonghen , Gilberto , Julian Weigl , João Mário , Alejandro Grimaldo , Pizzi , Roman Yaremchuk and Rafa Silva .
The home team had on the bench: Everton , Diogo Gonçalves, Gonçalo Ramos, Felipe Rodrigues, Soualiho Meïté, Haris Seferović, Helton Leite, Paulo Bernardo , Adel Taarabt , Darwin Núñez , Ferro and Valentino Lazaro .
Benfica could not rely on the presence of D. Nunez (injured).
Substitutions
Benfica made 5 changes: Pizzi for Everton (59′), Gilberto for V. Lazaro (73′), J. Mario for A. Taarabt (73′), R. Yaremchuk for D. Nunez (82′) and R. Silva for P. Bernardo (82′).
Best player: Odysseas Vlachodimos
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Benfica was the goalkeeper: Odysseas Vlachodimos. His rating is 7.82. He performed 3 saves.
Dynamo Kyiv – Formation
Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Mircea Lucescu played with: Georgiy Bushchan , Oleksandr Tymchyk , Ilya Zabarnyi , Oleksandr Syrota , Vitaliy Mykolenko , Viktor Tsygankov , Sergiy Sydorchuk , Mykola Shaparenko , Benjamin Verbič , Denys Garmash and Vitaliy Buyalskyi .
They had on the bench: Volodymyr Shepeliev, Vladyslav Kulach, Eric Ramírez , Vitinho, Ilia Shkurin, Bogdan Lednev, Carlos De Pena , Oleksandr Karavaev , Artem Shabanov, Oleksandr Andriyevskiy , Denys Boyko and Denys Antyukh.
Substitutions
Dynamo Kyiv made 4 changes: B. Verbic for C. de Pena (64′), D. Garmash for E. Ramirez (79′), V. Tsygankov for O. Karavaev (79′) and S. Sydorchuk for O. Andriyevski (86′).
Best player: Mykola Shaparenko
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Dynamo Kyiv was Mykola Shaparenko.
His rating is with 88 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Champions League.
- VfL Wolfsburg – Lille – 1-3
- Salzburg – Sevilla – 1-0
- Manchester United – Young Boys – 1-1
- Zenit – Chelsea – 3-3
- Juventus – Malmö FF – 1-0
- Benfica – Dynamo Kyiv – 2-0
- FC Bayern München – FC Barcelona – 3-0
