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TOULOUSE. Toulouse and Benfica didn’t manage to score any goal on Thursday..
The match was played at the Stadium de Toulouse stadium in Toulouse on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Maurizio Mariani with the collaboration of Daniele Bindoni and Alberto Tegoni. The 4th official was Marco Di Bello. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.48 degrees Celsius or 58.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Toulouse was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Benfica that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Toulouse was more pushing with 77 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Toulouse to win the match.
Toulouse shot 16 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Benfica shot 8 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Toulouse received 3 yellow cards (Gabriel Suazo, Warren Kamanzi and Aron Dønnum). Talking about the opposition, Benfica received 1 yellow card (Alexander Bah).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Next matches
Toulouse – Formation
Toulouse
23'
15'
Toulouse adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Carles Martínez Novell decided to play with the following team: Guillaume Restes , Moussa Diarra , Logan Costa , Rasmus Nicolaisen , Mikkel Desler , Stijn Spierings , Vincent Sierro , Gabriel Suazo , Aron Dønnum , Yann Gboho and Thijs Dallinga .
The home team had on the bench: Frank Magri , Naatan Skyttä, Ibrahim Cissoko, César Gelabert, Warren Kamanzi , Niklas Schmidt, Cristian Sleiker Cásseres Yepes, Kévin Keben Biakolo , Alex Domínguez, Justin Lacombe and Shavy Babicka .
Toulouse could not rely on the presence of Kévin Keben Biakolo (injured) and Warren Kamanzi (injured).
Substitutions
Toulouse made 4 changes: Moussa Diarra for Kévin Keben Biakolo (23′), Mikkel Desler for Warren Kamanzi (30′), Gabriel Suazo for Shavy Babicka (80′) and Yann Gboho for Frank Magri (80′).
Player of the match: Vincent Sierro
The most impressive player for Toulouse was Vincent Sierro.
His rating is with 47 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 14. He performed 12 crosses.
Benfica – Formation
Benfica
Also Benfica adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Roger Schmidt played with: Anatoliy Trubin , Alexander Bah , António Silva , Nicolás Otamendi , Morato , João Neves , João Mário , Ángel Di María , Rafa , David Neres and Casper Tengstedt .
They had on the bench: Tomás Araújo, Álvaro Fernández , Fredrik Aursnes , Arthur Cabral , Samuel Soares, Benjamín Rollheiser, Marcos Leonardo Santos Almeida, Tiago Gouveia, Florentino, Andre Nogueira Gomes and Orkun Kökcü .
Substitutions
Benfica made 4 changes: Morato for Álvaro Fernández (46′), David Neres for Fredrik Aursnes (68′), Ángel Di María for Orkun Kökcü (85′) and Casper Tengstedt for Arthur Cabral (46′).
Player of the match: Anatoliy Trubin
The most impressive player for Benfica was the goalkeeper: Anatoliy Trubin. His rating is 7.75. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Rennes – Milan – 3-2
- SC Freiburg – Lens – 3-2
- Toulouse – Benfica – 0-0
- Qarabağ – Sporting Braga – 2-3
- Roma – Feyenoord – 1-1
- Sporting CP – Young Boys – 1-1
- Sparta Praha – Galatasaray – 4-1
- Olympique Marseille – Shakhtar Donetsk – 3-1
