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Benfica 0-2 FC Barcelona - October 02, 2012 / Champions League 2012/2013

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Champions League 2012/2013 - Group G

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

October 02, 2012

63 847

0 - 2

FC Barcelona

Spain

Alexis Sánchez (left foot) Assist by Lionel Messi

55'

Cesc Fàbregas (left foot) Assist by Lionel Messi

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6' - Goal Alexis Sánchez

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46' - Substitution Bruno Césaris substituted by Carlos Martins46

55' - Goal Cesc Fàbregas

60' - Substitution Enzo Pérezis substituted by Pablo Aimar60

72' - Substitution Cesc Fàbregasis substituted by Andrés Iniesta

75' - Substitution Nicolás Gaitánis substituted by Nolito75

78' - Substitution Carles Puyolis substituted by Alexandre Song

82' - Substitution Pedrois substituted by David Villa

88' - Red card Sergio Busquets

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

0 - 2

FC Barcelona

Benfica FC Barcelona

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Lima

Lima

Brazil

B.date11/08/1983

Age29 years

H1m78

positionForward

20Gaitán75

Nicolás Gaitán

Argentina

B.date23/02/1988

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

18Salvio

Toto Salvio

Argentina

B.date13/07/1990

Age22 years

H1m69

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Bruno César46

Bruno César

Brazil

B.date03/11/1988

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

35Pérez60

Enzo Pérez

Argentina

B.date22/02/1986

Age26 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

21Matic

Nemanja Matic

Serbia

B.date01/08/1988

Age24 years

H1m94

positionLeft central midfielder

25Melgarejo

Lorenzo Melgarejo

Paraguay

B.date10/08/1990

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

24Garay

Ezequiel Garay

Argentina

B.date10/10/1986

Age25 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

33Jardel

Jardel

Brazil

B.date29/03/1986

Age26 years

H1m92

positionLeft central defender

14Pereira

Maxi Pereira

Uruguay

B.date08/06/1984

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1Artur Moraes

Artur Moraes

Brazil

B.date25/01/1981

Age31 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Artur Moraes		31	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Ezequiel Garay		25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Jardel		26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Maxi Pereira		28	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	M	Enzo Pérez	60	26	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Bruno César	46	23	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Nemanja Matic		24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nicolás Gaitán	75	24	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Lorenzo Melgarejo		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Toto Salvio		22	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Lima		29	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Messi

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age25 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

9Sánchez6

Alexis Sánchez

Chile

B.date19/12/1988

Age23 years

H1m71

positionVersatile Forward

17Pedro82

Pedro

Spain

B.date28/07/1987

Age25 years

H1m69

positionLeft Winger

4Fàbregas5572

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

6Xavi

Xavi

Spain

B.date25/01/1980

Age32 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

16Busquets88

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age24 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

18Alba

Jordi Alba

Spain

B.date21/03/1989

Age23 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

14Mascherano

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age28 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

5Puyol78

Carles Puyol

Spain

B.date13/04/1978

Age34 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

2Alves

Dani Alves

Brazil

B.date06/05/1983

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1Valdés

Víctor Valdés

Spain

B.date14/01/1982

Age30 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Víctor Valdés		30	467	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Carles Puyol	78	34	563	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Jordi Alba		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Dani Alves		29	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Sergio Busquets	88	24	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Javier Mascherano		28	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Cesc Fàbregas	5572	25	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Xavi		32	638	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Pedro	82	25	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi		25	339	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Alexis Sánchez	6	23	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

257

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
17	M	Carlos Martins	46	30	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Pablo Aimar	60	32	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Nolito	75	25	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	M	Alexandre Song	78	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Andrés Iniesta	72	28	411	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	David Villa	82	30	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nicolás Gaitán

Nolito

OUT

Bruno César

Rodrigo

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Carles Puyol

Alexandre Song

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Jesus

166

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Jesus vs FC Barcelona

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 02, 2012

Jesus vs Vilanova

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 02, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Tito Vilanova

Success rate in this team:

90 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

90 %

Vilanova vs Benfica

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 02, 2012

Vilanova vs Jesus

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 02, 2012

Referee

Cuneyt Cakir

1 victory	2 draws	1 loss	Benfica4 matches	General total	FC Barcelona10 matches	5 victories	4 draws	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	FC Barcelona1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 18, 2021					Latest figure on August 08, 2020

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Key figures

End of streak for Benfica after 11 consecutive matches without a loss (since 14/04/2012). It was the best streak for the club since 08/05/2011-26/11/2011 (24 matches).

FC Barcelona keeps its 11 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 25/05/2012). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 04/02/2012-24/03/2012 time period (12 matches).

End of streak for Benfica after 7 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home in Champions League (since 27/07/2011). It was the best streak for the club since 24/11/1998-14/09/2010 (17 matches).

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBenfica 0-1 Chelsea27/03/2012

VBenfica 2-1 Braga31/03/2012

VBenfica 4-1 Maritimo Funchal21/04/2012

VBenfica 1-0 Leiria05/05/2012

DBenfica 2-2 Braga18/08/2012

VBenfica 3-0 Nacional Madeira02/09/2012

Overall

DBenfica 2-2 Braga18/08/2012

VVitória Setúbal 0-5 Benfica26/08/2012

VBenfica 3-0 Nacional Madeira02/09/2012

DCeltic Glasgow 0-0 Benfica19/09/2012

DAcadémica 2-2 Benfica23/09/2012

VPaços de Ferreira 1-2 Benfica28/09/2012

Current form

Away

VRayo Vallecano 0-7 FC Barcelona29/04/2012

DReal Betis 2-2 FC Barcelona12/05/2012

VOsasuna 1-2 FC Barcelona26/08/2012

LReal Madrid 2-1 FC Barcelona29/08/2012

VGetafe 1-4 FC Barcelona15/09/2012

VSevilla FC 2-3 FC Barcelona29/09/2012

Overall

LReal Madrid 2-1 FC Barcelona29/08/2012

VFC Barcelona 1-0 Valencia CF02/09/2012

VGetafe 1-4 FC Barcelona15/09/2012

VFC Barcelona 3-2 Spartak Moscow19/09/2012

VFC Barcelona 2-0 Granada CF22/09/2012

VSevilla FC 2-3 FC Barcelona29/09/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	5	11
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	5	2
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	5
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Drawless streak	4	10
Scoring streak	6	16
Conceding streak	5	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

31	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	1
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

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

Goals

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

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Lionel Messi
-	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Xavi
-	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Lionel Messi

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

5 matches

1 v

2 d

2 l

4 gf

6 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

5 matches

2 v

2 d

1 l

6 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 2	May 31, 1961
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	April 05, 2006
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 05, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

FC Barcelona

2 - 0

Benfica

March 28, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

Benfica

0 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

April 15, 1992 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1991/1992

FC Barcelona

2 - 1

Benfica

December 11, 1991 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1991/1992

Benfica

0 - 0

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

May 31, 1961 - (C1) Ligue des Champions 1960/1961

Benfica

3 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelona

José Aguas	1 goal	1961 - 1961
César Brito	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Mario Coluna	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/05/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Zoltan Czibor	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Samuel Eto'o	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Hristo Stoichkov	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Sandor Kocsis	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Ronaldinho	1 goal	2006 - 2006
José María Bakero	1 goal	1992 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/05/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs FC Barcelona

Geovanni	2 matches	2006 - 2006
César Brito	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Beto	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Simão	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Neno	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Rui Bento	2 matches	1991 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/05/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Samuel Eto'o	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Ludovic Giuly	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Andoni Zubizarreta	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Giovanni van Bronckhorst	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Ricardo Serna	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Belletti	2 matches	2006 - 2006