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FC Barcelona 0-0 Benfica - December 05, 2012 / Champions League 2012/2013

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Champions League 2012/2013 - Group G

Camp Nou - Barcelona - Spain

December 05, 2012

50 659

FC Barcelona

Spain

0 - 0

Benfica

Portugal

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58' - Substitution Rafinhais substituted by Lionel Messi58

63' - Substitution Nolitois substituted by Bruno César

66' - Substitution Adrianois substituted by Gerard Piqué66

74' - Substitution Rodrigois substituted by André Almeida photo Óscar Cardozo

74' - Substitution Limais substituted by Óscar Cardozo

78' - Substitution Cristian Tellois substituted by Gerard Deulofeu78

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

FC Barcelona

0 - 0

Benfica

FC Barcelona Benfica

Team line-ups

FC Barcelona

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

37Tello78

Cristian Tello

Spain

B.date11/08/1991

Age21 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

7Villa

David Villa

Spain

B.date03/12/1981

Age31 years

H1m75

positionStriker

11Thiago Alcántara

Thiago Alcántara

Spain

B.date11/04/1991

Age21 years

H1m74

positionRight central midfielder

28Sergi Roberto

Sergi Roberto

Spain

B.date07/02/1992

Age20 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

30Rafinha58

Rafinha

Brazil

B.date12/02/1993

Age19 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

21Adriano66

Adriano

Brazil

B.date26/10/1984

Age28 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

25Song

Alexandre Song

Cameroon

B.date09/09/1987

Age25 years

H1m82

positionDefensive Midfielder

19Montoya

Martín Montoya

Spain

B.date14/04/1991

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

5Puyol

Carles Puyol

Spain

B.date13/04/1978

Age34 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

29Planas

Carles Planas

Spain

B.date04/03/1991

Age21 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

13Pinto

José Manuel Pinto

Spain

B.date08/11/1975

Age37 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	José Manuel Pinto		37	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Carles Puyol		34	567	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Adriano	66	28	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Sergi Roberto		20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Martín Montoya		21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	Carles Planas		21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Alexandre Song		25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Thiago Alcántara		21	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Rafinha	58	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
37	F	Cristian Tello	78	21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	David Villa		31	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Lima74

Lima

Brazil

B.date11/08/1983

Age29 years

H1m78

positionForward

19Rodrigo74

Rodrigo

Spain

B.date06/03/1991

Age21 years

H1m80

positionStriker

9Nolito63

Nolito

Spain

B.date15/10/1986

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

15John

Ola John

Netherlands

B.date19/05/1992

Age20 years

H1m79

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

25Melgarejo

Lorenzo Melgarejo

Paraguay

B.date10/08/1990

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

21Matic

Nemanja Matic

Serbia

B.date01/08/1988

Age24 years

H1m94

positionLeft central midfielder

89Gomes

André Gomes

Portugal

B.date30/07/1993

Age19 years

H1m88

positionLeft central midfielder

14Pereira

Maxi Pereira

Uruguay

B.date08/06/1984

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

24Garay

Ezequiel Garay

Argentina

B.date10/10/1986

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

4Luisão

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age31 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

1Artur Moraes

Artur Moraes

Brazil

B.date25/01/1981

Age31 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Artur Moraes		31	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Ezequiel Garay		26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão		31	342	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Maxi Pereira		28	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Nemanja Matic		24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
89	M	André Gomes		19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Nolito	63	26	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Ola John		20	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Lorenzo Melgarejo		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Rodrigo	74	21	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Lima	74	29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
3	D	Gerard Piqué	66	25	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Lionel Messi	58	25	351	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Gerard Deulofeu	78	18	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
34	D	André Almeida	74	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Bruno César	63	24	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Óscar Cardozo	74	29	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rafinha

Xavi

OUT

José Manuel Pinto

Víctor Valdés

OUT

Sergi Roberto

Cesc Fàbregas

OUT

Carles Puyol

Javier Mascherano

OUT

Carles Planas

Gerard Piqué

OUT

Thiago Alcántara

Andrés Iniesta

OUT

Cristian Tello

Lionel Messi

OUT

Martín Montoya

Jordi Alba

OUT

Alexandre Song

Sergio Busquets

OUT

David Villa

Pedro

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nolito

Carlos Martins

OUT

Lima

Óscar Cardozo

OUT

André Gomes

Toto Salvio

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Tito Vilanova

Success rate in this team:

83 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

83 %

Vilanova vs Benfica

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 05, 2012

Vilanova vs Jesus

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 05, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Jesus

177

Success rate in this team:

68 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Jesus vs FC Barcelona

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 05, 2012

Jesus vs Vilanova

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 05, 2012

Referee

Svein Oddvar Moen

3 victories	1 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona4 matches	General total	Benfica3 matches	1 victory	1 draw	1 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	FC Barcelona1 match	Season total	Benfica1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 21, 2015					Latest figure on September 16, 2014

Videos

March 07, 2013

Comments

09/10/2013 at 02:39

by FiglioMilan

Messi Out due to injury.

Key figures

FC Barcelona keeps its 19 consecutive matches without a loss at home in Champions League running (since 24/11/2009). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 05/12/2006 (13 matches)

End of streak for FC Barcelona after 6 consecutive wins (since 11/11/2012).

FC Barcelona keeps its 4 matches without conceding any goal vs Benfica running (since 28/03/2006). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DFC Barcelona 2-2 Real Madrid07/10/2012

VFC Barcelona 2-1 Celtic Glasgow23/10/2012

VFC Barcelona 3-1 Celta Vigo03/11/2012

VFC Barcelona 3-1 Real Zaragoza17/11/2012

VFC Barcelona 3-1 Alavés28/11/2012

VFC Barcelona 5-1 Athletic Bilbao01/12/2012

Overall

VMallorca 2-4 FC Barcelona11/11/2012

VFC Barcelona 3-1 Real Zaragoza17/11/2012

VSpartak Moscow 0-3 FC Barcelona20/11/2012

VLevante 0-4 FC Barcelona25/11/2012

VFC Barcelona 3-1 Alavés28/11/2012

VFC Barcelona 5-1 Athletic Bilbao01/12/2012

Current form

Away

VPaços de Ferreira 1-2 Benfica28/09/2012

VFreamunde 0-4 Benfica18/10/2012

LSpartak Moscow 2-1 Benfica23/10/2012

VGil Vicente 0-3 Benfica27/10/2012

VRio Ave 0-1 Benfica11/11/2012

VMoreirense 0-2 Benfica16/11/2012

Overall

VBenfica 3-0 Vitória Guimarães03/11/2012

VBenfica 2-0 Spartak Moscow07/11/2012

VRio Ave 0-1 Benfica11/11/2012

VMoreirense 0-2 Benfica16/11/2012

VBenfica 2-1 Celtic Glasgow20/11/2012

VBenfica 2-0 Olhanense24/11/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	6
Unbeaten streak	14	6
Drawless streak	5	12
Scoring streak	33	30
Conceding streak	6	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	7
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Drawless streak	6	12
Scoring streak	7	10
Invincibility streak	3	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	26
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
4	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
2.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

8	Yellow cards (Competition total)	12
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Lionel Messi	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Óscar Cardozo
Lionel Messi	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Lima
Xavi	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Luisão
Xavi	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Toto Salvio
Lionel Messi	5 goals, 2 assists during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Óscar Cardozo

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

6 matches

3 v

2 d

1 l

8 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

0 gf

2 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

6 matches

1 v

2 d

3 l

4 gf

8 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 02, 2012
Home	2 - 0	April 05, 2006

Largest victory

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

Latest head to head

October 02, 2012 - Ligue des Champions 2012/2013

Benfica

0 - 2

FC Barcelona logo FC Barcelona

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

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Zoltan Czibor	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Cesc Fàbregas	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Samuel Eto'o	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Hristo Stoichkov	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Sandor Kocsis	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Alexis Sánchez	1 goal	2012 - 2012

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 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.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Andrés Iniesta	3 matches	2006 - 2012
Víctor Valdés	3 matches	2006 - 2012
Deco	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Hristo Stoichkov	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Mark van Bommel	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Samuel Eto'o	2 matches	2006 - 2006

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

Luisão	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Rui Costa	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Léo	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Fabrizio Miccoli	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Isaías	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Geovanni	2 matches	2006 - 2006