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Liverpool 4-1 Benfica - April 08, 2010 / (C3) Europa League 2009/2010

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(C3) Europa League 2009/2010 - Quarter-finals

Anfield - Liverpool - England

April 08, 2010

Liverpool

England

4 - 1

Benfica

Portugal

Dirk Kuyt

27'

Lucas Leiva

34'

Fernando Torres

59'

Fernando Torres

82'

70'

Óscar Cardozo

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27' - Goal Dirk Kuyt27

34' - Goal Lucas Leiva34

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59' - Goal Fernando Torres59

67' - Substitution Carlos Martinsis substituted by Alan Kardec

70' - Goal Óscar Cardozo

80' - Substitution Júlio Césaris substituted by Moreira

82' - Goal Fernando Torres82

86' - Substitution Fernando Torresis substituted by David N'Gog86

86' - Substitution Pablo Aimaris substituted by Fábio Coentrão

88' - Substitution Steven Gerrardis substituted by Alberto Aquilani88

91' - Substitution Yossi Benayounis substituted by Nabil El Zhar91

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

4 - 1

Benfica

Liverpool Benfica

Team line-ups

Liverpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Torres825986

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age26 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Benayoun90+1

Yossi Benayoun

Israel

B.date05/05/1980

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Gerrard88

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Kuyt27

Dirk Kuyt

Netherlands

B.date22/07/1980

Age29 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

Leiva34

Lucas Leiva

Brazil

B.date09/01/1987

Age23 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age25 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kyrgiakos

Sotirios Kyrgiakos

Greece

B.date23/07/1979

Age30 years

H1m93

positionLeft central defender

Agger

Daniel Agger

Denmark

B.date12/12/1984

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age32 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Johnson

Glen Johnson

England

B.date23/08/1984

Age25 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Reina

Pepe Reina

Spain

B.date31/08/1982

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Pepe Reina		27	252	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sotirios Kyrgiakos		30	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamie Carragher		32	623	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Daniel Agger		25	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glen Johnson		25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Javier Mascherano		25	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lucas Leiva	34	23	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Gerrard	88	29	525	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yossi Benayoun	90+1	29	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dirk Kuyt	27	29	193	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres	825986	26	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

203

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Cardozo70

Óscar Cardozo

Paraguay

B.date20/05/1983

Age26 years

H1m93

positionStriker

20Di María

Ángel Di María

Argentina

B.date14/02/1988

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

10Aimar86

Pablo Aimar

Argentina

B.date03/11/1979

Age30 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

8Ramires

Ramires

Brazil

B.date24/03/1987

Age23 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

17Martins67

Carlos Martins

Portugal

B.date29/04/1982

Age27 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

6Javi García

Javi García

Spain

B.date08/02/1987

Age23 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

23David Luiz

David Luiz

Brazil

B.date22/04/1987

Age22 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

4Luisão

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age29 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

27Sidnei

Sidnei

Brazil

B.date23/08/1989

Age20 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

5Amorim

Ruben Amorim

Portugal

B.date27/01/1985

Age25 years

H1m82

positionFull-back

13Júlio César80

Júlio César

Brazil

B.date02/09/1986

Age23 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Júlio César	80	23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	David Luiz		22	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão		29	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Sidnei		20	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Ruben Amorim		25	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Javi García		23	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ramires		23	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Pablo Aimar	86	30	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Carlos Martins	67	27	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Ángel Di María		22	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Óscar Cardozo	70	26	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Alberto Aquilani	88	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nabil El Zhar	90+1	23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David N'Gog	86	21	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Moreira	80	28	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Fábio Coentrão	86	22	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	F	Alan Kardec	67	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Daniel Agger

Maxi Rodríguez

OUT

Javier Mascherano

Emiliano Insúa

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Júlio César

Quim

OUT

Sidnei

Weldon

OUT

Ramires

Maxi Pereira

OUT

Carlos Martins

Fábio Coentrão

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Rafa Benítez

343

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Benítez vs Benfica

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 2010

Benítez vs Jesus

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 08, 2010

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Jesus

Success rate in this team:

74 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Jesus vs Liverpool

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 08, 2010

Jesus vs Benítez

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 08, 2010

Referee

Bjorn Kuipers

4 victories	2 draws	1 loss	Liverpool7 matches	General total	Benfica7 matches	0 victory	2 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Liverpool1 match	Season total	Benfica1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 14, 2021					Latest figure on February 25, 2021

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Key figures

Benfica keeps its 27 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 02/12/2009). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 24/09/2003-07/03/2004 time period (30 matches).

End of streak for Liverpool after 4 consecutive losses vs Benfica (since 07/11/1984). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Lucas Leiva scores 1 goal in Europa League

Read the next 20 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 1-0 Everton06/02/2010

VLiverpool 1-0 Unirea Urziceni18/02/2010

VLiverpool 2-1 Blackburn28/02/2010

VLiverpool 4-1 Portsmouth15/03/2010

VLiverpool 3-0 Lille18/03/2010

VLiverpool 3-0 Sunderland28/03/2010

Overall

VLiverpool 4-1 Portsmouth15/03/2010

VLiverpool 3-0 Lille18/03/2010

LManchester United 2-1 Liverpool21/03/2010

VLiverpool 3-0 Sunderland28/03/2010

LBenfica 2-1 Liverpool01/04/2010

DBirmingham City 1-1 Liverpool04/04/2010

Current form

Away

VSporting CP 1-4 Benfica09/02/2010

DHertha Berlin 1-1 Benfica18/02/2010

VLeixões 0-4 Benfica27/02/2010

VNacional Madeira 0-1 Benfica14/03/2010

VMarseille 1-2 Benfica18/03/2010

VNaval 1 de Maio 2-4 Benfica05/04/2010

Overall

VNacional Madeira 0-1 Benfica14/03/2010

VMarseille 1-2 Benfica18/03/2010

VFC Porto 0-3 Benfica21/03/2010

VBenfica 1-0 Braga27/03/2010

VBenfica 2-1 Liverpool01/04/2010

VNaval 1 de Maio 2-4 Benfica05/04/2010

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	8	1
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	13	0
Scoring streak	36	6
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	6
Unbeaten streak	15	27
Drawless streak	4	6
Scoring streak	13	26
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

20	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	16
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	13
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
3	Victories (Competition total)	9
2	Victories (Home / Away)	3
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	28
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	6
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.15
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.69
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (2 times)

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	26
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Fernando Torres	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Óscar Cardozo
Fernando Torres	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Javier Saviola
Steven Gerrard	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	3 penalties	Óscar Cardozo
Steven Gerrard	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Dani Pacheco	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Dani Pacheco	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Daniel Agger	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 4 matches	Óscar Cardozo

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

8 gf

4 ga

Away

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

7 gf

6 ga

Total

9 matches

5 v

0 d

4 l

15 gf

10 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

6 gf

7 ga

Away

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

4 gf

8 ga

Total

9 matches

4 v

0 d

5 l

10 gf

15 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	March 21, 1984
Home	4 - 1	March 15, 1978

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	March 08, 2006
Away	2 - 0	March 08, 2006

Latest head to head

April 01, 2010 - (C3) Europa League 2009/2010

Benfica

2 - 1

Liverpool

March 08, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

Liverpool

0 - 2

Benfica

February 21, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

Benfica

1 - 0

Liverpool

November 07, 1984 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1984/1985

Benfica

1 - 0

Liverpool

October 24, 1984 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1984/1985

Liverpool

3 - 1

Benfica

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Ian Rush	5 goals	1984 - 1984
Ronnie Whelan	2 goals	1984 - 1984
Emelyn Hughes	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Phil Neal	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Terry McDermott	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Craig Johnston	1 goal	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/03/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

Nené	3 goals	1978 - 1984
Óscar Cardozo	2 goals	2010 - 2010
Luisão	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Fabrizio Miccoli	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Diamantino	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Simão	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/03/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Phil Neal	6 matches	1978 - 1984
Kenny Dalglish	6 matches	1978 - 1984
Alan Hansen	5 matches	1978 - 1984
Ian Rush	4 matches	1984 - 1984
Craig Johnston	4 matches	1984 - 1984
Mark Lawrenson	4 matches	1984 - 1984

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/03/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Bento	6 matches	1978 - 1984
Nené	5 matches	1978 - 1984
Minervino Pietra	5 matches	1978 - 1984
Antonio Bastos Lopes	5 matches	1978 - 1984
António Oliveira	4 matches	1984 - 1984
José Luis	4 matches	1978 - 1984