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Benfica 1-2 Liverpool - March 01, 1978 / Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1977/1978

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Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1977/1978 - Quarter-finals

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

March 01, 1978

80 000

Benfica

Portugal

1 - 2

Liverpool

England

Nené

13'

37'

Jimmy Case

72'

Emelyn Hughes

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13' - Goal Nené13

37' - Goal Jimmy Case

38' - Substitution Phil Thompsonis substituted by Alan Hansen

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55' - Substitution Han Shéuis substituted by Mario Wilson55

72' - Goal Emelyn Hughes

83' - Substitution Antonio Bastos Lopesis substituted by Joaquim Pereirinha83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

1 - 2

Liverpool

Benfica Liverpool

Team line-ups

Benfica

Bento

Portugal

B.date25/06/1948

Age29 years

H1m73

positionGoalkeeper

Bastos Lopes83

Antonio Bastos Lopes

Portugal

B.date19/11/1953

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Eurico

Portugal

B.date29/09/1955

Age22 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Coelho

Humberto Coelho

Portugal

B.date20/04/1950

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Alberto

Fonseca Junior Alberto

Portugal

B.date22/08/1956

Age21 years

positionDefender

Pietra

Minervino Pietra

Portugal

B.date01/03/1954

Age24 years

positionDefender

Shéu55

Han Shéu

Portugal

B.date03/07/1953

Age24 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Toni

Portugal

B.date14/10/1946

Age31 years

positionCentre Midfield

Pita

Celso Pita

Portugal

B.date22/02/1954

Age24 years

positionForward

Cavungi

Angola

B.date01/02/1957

Age21 years

positionForward

Nené13

Nené

Portugal

B.date20/11/1949

Age28 years

H1m74

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bento		29	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Antonio Bastos Lopes	83	24	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eurico		22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Humberto Coelho		27	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fonseca Junior Alberto		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Minervino Pietra		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Han Shéu	55	24	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Toni		31	266	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Celso Pita		24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cavungi		21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nené	13	28	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liverpool

Clemence

Ray Clemence

England

B.date05/08/1948

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

Thompson38

Phil Thompson

England

B.date21/01/1954

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

Hughes72

Emelyn Hughes

England

B.date28/08/1947

Age30 years

positionCentral defender

Smith

Tommy Smith

England

B.date05/04/1945

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Callaghan

Ian Callaghan

England

B.date10/04/1942

Age35 years

positionRight Midfielder

Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Case37

Jimmy Case

England

B.date18/05/1954

Age23 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Heighway

Steve Heighway

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/11/1947

Age30 years

positionLeft Winger

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age26 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ray Clemence		29	473	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Thompson	38	24	232	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emelyn Hughes	72	30	617	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Smith		32	622	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		27	187	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ian Callaghan		35	810	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		26	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Case	37	23	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott		26	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Heighway		30	403	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

343

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Joaquim Pereirinha	83	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Mario Wilson	55	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Alan Hansen	38	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ian Callaghan

Graeme Souness

OUT

Jimmy Case

David Fairclough

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

John Mortimore

Success rate in this team:

71 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Mortimore vs Liverpool

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 1978

Mortimore vs Paisley

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 1978

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

216

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Paisley vs Benfica

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 1978

Paisley vs Mortimore

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 01, 1978

Referee

Frans Derks

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	General total	Liverpool1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Liverpool1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 01, 1978					Latest figure on March 01, 1978

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Nené scores a goal in Champions League since the 17/03/1976 (with Benfica vs Bayern Munich )

End of streak for Benfica after 16 consecutive matches without a loss at home in Champions League (since 17/09/1969). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 02/10/1968 (5 matches)

No Liverpool manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Robert Paisley has done less than 0.78 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 5-0 Os Belenenses08/01/1978

DBenfica 0-0 FC Porto15/01/1978

VBenfica 3-0 Riopele29/01/1978

VBenfica 7-2 Reguengos05/02/1978

VBenfica 1-0 Sporting CP12/02/1978

VBenfica 2-0 Vitória Guimarães26/02/1978

Overall

VFeirense 0-1 Benfica22/01/1978

VBenfica 3-0 Riopele29/01/1978

VBenfica 7-2 Reguengos05/02/1978

VBenfica 1-0 Sporting CP12/02/1978

DOs Belenenses 0-0 Benfica19/02/1978

VBenfica 2-0 Vitória Guimarães26/02/1978

Current form

Away

VNewcastle United 0-2 Liverpool31/12/1977

LChelsea 4-2 Liverpool07/01/1978

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-1 Liverpool14/01/1978

VWrexham 1-3 Liverpool17/01/1978

LCoventry 1-0 Liverpool04/02/1978

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool14/02/1978

Overall

VWrexham 1-3 Liverpool17/01/1978

LLiverpool 2-3 Birmingham City21/01/1978

LCoventry 1-0 Liverpool04/02/1978

VLiverpool 2-1 Arsenal07/02/1978

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool14/02/1978

VLiverpool 3-1 Manchester United25/02/1978

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	1
Unbeaten streak	34	36
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	4	1
Invincibility streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	2
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
2	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
0-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (1 times)

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Minervino Pietra	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Jimmy Case
Minervino Pietra	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Steve Heighway
Minervino Pietra	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Minervino Pietra	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Minervino Pietra	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Jimmy Case