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Benfica 0-0 Espanyol - April 12, 2007 / (C3) UEFA Cup 2006/2007

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(C3) UEFA Cup 2006/2007 - Quarter-finals

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

April 12, 2007

55 000

Benfica

Portugal

0 - 0

Espanyol

Spain

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54' - Substitution Itois substituted by Eduardo Costa

70' - Substitution Nuno Gomesis substituted by Mantorras70

71' - Substitution Walter Pandianiis substituted by Coro

78' - Substitution Iván De la Peñais substituted by Jônatas

81' - Substitution Nelsonis substituted by Derlei81

82' - Substitution Georgios Karagounisis substituted by Costas Katsouranis82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

0 - 0

Espanyol

Benfica Espanyol

Team line-ups

Benfica

12 Quim

Quim

Portugal

B.date13/11/1975

Age31 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

23 David Luiz

David Luiz

Brazil

B.date22/04/1987

Age19 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

3 Anderson

Cleber Anderson

Brazil

B.date27/04/1980

Age26 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

22 Nelson81

Nelson

Portugal

B.date10/06/1983

Age23 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

5 Léo

Léo

Brazil

B.date06/07/1975

Age31 years

H1m69

positionLeft full-back

6 Petit

Armando Petit

Portugal

B.date25/09/1976

Age30 years

H1m72

positionRight central midfielder

26 Karagounis82

Georgios Karagounis

Greece

B.date06/03/1977

Age30 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

20 Simão

Simão

Portugal

B.date30/10/1979

Age27 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10 Rui Costa

Rui Costa

Portugal

B.date29/03/1972

Age35 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

21 Gomes70

Nuno Gomes

Portugal

B.date05/07/1976

Age30 years

H1m81

positionStriker

30 Miccoli

Fabrizio Miccoli

Italy

B.date27/06/1979

Age27 years

H1m68

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Quim		31	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	David Luiz		19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Cleber Anderson		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Nelson	81	23	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Léo		31	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Armando Petit		30	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Georgios Karagounis	82	30	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Simão		27	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Rui Costa		35	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Gomes	70	30	288	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Fabrizio Miccoli		27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

112

Espanyol

Iraizoz

Gorka Iraizoz

Spain

B.date06/03/1981

Age26 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Torrejón

Marc Torrejón

Spain

B.date18/02/1986

Age21 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Jarque

Daniel Jarque

Spain

B.date01/01/1983

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Chica

Francisco Chica

Spain

B.date17/05/1985

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Zabaleta

Pablo Zabaleta

Argentina

B.date16/01/1985

Age22 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

Ito54

Ito

Spain

B.date21/01/1975

Age32 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Moisés Hurtado

Spain

B.date20/02/1981

Age26 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

De la Peña78

Iván De la Peña

Spain

B.date06/05/1976

Age30 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Riera

Albert Riera

Spain

B.date15/04/1982

Age24 years

H1m88

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Luis García

Spain

B.date06/02/1981

Age26 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

Pandiani71

Walter Pandiani

Uruguay

B.date27/04/1976

Age30 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gorka Iraizoz		26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marc Torrejón		21	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Daniel Jarque		24	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Francisco Chica		21	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pablo Zabaleta		22	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ito	54	32	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Moisés Hurtado		26	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Iván De la Peña	78	30	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Albert Riera		24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis García		26	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Walter Pandiani	71	30	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
8	M	Costas Katsouranis	82	27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Mantorras	70	25	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Derlei	81	31	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Eduardo Costa	54	24	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jônatas	78	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Coro	71	24	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rui Costa

Costas Katsouranis

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gorka Iraizoz

Idriss Kameni

OUT

Moisés Hurtado

Eduardo Costa

OUT

Francisco Chica

Juan Velasco

OUT

Albert Riera

Moha

OUT

Pablo Zabaleta

Jesús María Lacruz

OUT

Luis García

Coro

OUT

Iván De la Peña

Jônatas

OUT

Daniel Jarque

David García

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Fernando Santos

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Santos vs Espanyol

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 12, 2007

Santos vs Valverde

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 12, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Ernesto Valverde

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Valverde vs Benfica

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 12, 2007

Valverde vs Santos

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 12, 2007

Referee

Claus Bo Larsen

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	General total	Espanyol1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Espanyol1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 12, 2007					Latest figure on April 12, 2007

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Key figures

Espanyol keeps its 12 consecutive matches without a loss in Europa League running (since 14/09/2006). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 16/03/1988 (8 matches)

The last time Benfica has ended with the score 0-0 in Europa League, It was on the 11/03/2004 (vs )

End of streak for Benfica after 4 matches with at least one goal conceded in Europa League (since 22/02/2007). It was the best streak for the club since 21/10/1999-24/09/2003 (7 matches).

Read the next 3 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBenfica 0-0 Boavista02/02/2007

VBenfica 1-0 Dinamo Bucarest14/02/2007

VBenfica 3-1 Paços de Ferreira26/02/2007

VBenfica 2-0 Leiria12/03/2007

VBenfica 3-1 Paris SG15/03/2007

DBenfica 1-1 FC Porto01/04/2007

Overall

VBenfica 2-0 Leiria12/03/2007

VBenfica 3-1 Paris SG15/03/2007

VEstrela da Amadora 0-1 Benfica19/03/2007

DBenfica 1-1 FC Porto01/04/2007

LEspanyol 3-2 Benfica05/04/2007

DBeira Mar 2-2 Benfica09/04/2007

Current form

Away

VCelta Vigo 0-2 Espanyol11/02/2007

VLivorno 1-2 Espanyol14/02/2007

VOsasuna 0-2 Espanyol25/02/2007

DMaccabi Haïfa 0-0 Espanyol08/03/2007

DRacing Santander 1-1 Espanyol11/03/2007

LValencia CF 3-2 Espanyol31/03/2007

Overall

DRacing Santander 1-1 Espanyol11/03/2007

VEspanyol 4-0 Maccabi Haïfa15/03/2007

DEspanyol 1-1 Levante18/03/2007

LValencia CF 3-2 Espanyol31/03/2007

VEspanyol 3-2 Benfica05/04/2007

VEspanyol 1-0 Real Sociedad08/04/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	16	1
Winless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	5	13
Conceding streak	2	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	6
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

27	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	23
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	5

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	11
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
3	Victories (Competition total)	9
2	Victories (Home / Away)	3
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
2	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.8	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.45
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.6
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.73
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.6

Betting aid

4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	20
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	15
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Simão	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Walter Pandiani
Simão	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Walter Pandiani
Simão	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Luis García
Simão	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Luis García
Nuno Gomes	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Nuno Gomes	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Simão	4 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	10 goals during the last 11 matches	Walter Pandiani

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 2	April 05, 2007
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 05, 2007 - (C3) Coupe UEFA 2006/2007

Espanyol

3 - 2

Benfica

Best historical scorers against Espanyol

	Nuno Gomes	1 goal	2007 - 2007
	Simão	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/04/2007. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

	Walter Pandiani	1 goal	2007 - 2007
	Raúl Tamudo	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/04/2007. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Espanyol

Nuno Gomes	1 match	2007 - 2007
Rui Costa	1 match	2007 - 2007
Quim	1 match	2007 - 2007
Léo	1 match	2007 - 2007
David Luiz	1 match	2007 - 2007
Georgios Karagounis	1 match	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 05/04/2007. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Francisco Rufete	1 match	2007 - 2007
Raúl Tamudo	1 match	2007 - 2007
Ito	1 match	2007 - 2007
Francisco Chica	1 match	2007 - 2007
Daniel Jarque	1 match	2007 - 2007
Pablo Zabaleta	1 match	2007 - 2007