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Benfica 3-1 Newcastle United - April 04, 2013 / (C3) Europa League 2012/2013

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(C3) Europa League 2012/2013 - Quarter-finals

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

April 04, 2013

3 - 1

Newcastle United

England

(left foot) Rodrigo

25'

(right foot) Lima

65'

(penalty) Óscar Cardozo

70'

12'

Papiss Cissé (right foot) Assist by Moussa Sissoko

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12' - Goal Papiss Cissé

25' - Goal Rodrigo25

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61' - Substitution André Gomesis substituted by Lima photo Enzo Pérez

61' - Substitution Rodrigois substituted by Enzo Pérez61

62' - Substitution James Perchis substituted by Vurnon Anita

65' - Goal Lima65

70' - Goal Óscar Cardozo70

77' - Substitution Óscar Cardozois substituted by Maxi Pereira77

81' - Substitution Sylvain Marveauxis substituted by Shola Ameobi

83' - Substitution Danny Simpsonis substituted by Dan Gosling

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

3 - 1

Newcastle United

Benfica Newcastle United

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Cardozo7077

Óscar Cardozo

Paraguay

B.date20/05/1983

Age29 years

H1m93

positionStriker

20Gaitán

Nicolás Gaitán

Argentina

B.date23/02/1988

Age25 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

19Rodrigo2561

Rodrigo

Spain

B.date06/03/1991

Age22 years

H1m80

positionStriker

15John

Ola John

Netherlands

B.date19/05/1992

Age20 years

H1m79

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

89Gomes61

André Gomes

Portugal

B.date30/07/1993

Age19 years

H1m88

positionLeft central midfielder

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

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

4Luisão

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age32 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

34Almeida

André Almeida

Portugal

B.date13/09/1990

Age22 years

H1m86

positionRight full-back

1Artur Moraes

Artur Moraes

Brazil

B.date25/01/1981

Age32 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Artur Moraes		32	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Ezequiel Garay		26	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão		32	357	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	André Almeida		22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
89	M	André Gomes	61	19	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Nemanja Matic		24	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Lorenzo Melgarejo		22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nicolás Gaitán		25	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Ola John		20	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Rodrigo	2561	22	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Óscar Cardozo	7077	29	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

103

Newcastle United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Cissé12

Papiss Cissé

Senegal

B.date03/06/1985

Age27 years

H1m83

positionStriker

22Marveaux81

Sylvain Marveaux

France

B.date15/04/1986

Age26 years

H1m72

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

7Sissoko

Moussa Sissoko

France

B.date16/08/1989

Age23 years

H1m87

positionRight central midfielder

18Gutiérrez

Jonás Gutiérrez

Argentina

B.date05/07/1983

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

4Cabaye

Yohan Cabaye

France

B.date14/01/1986

Age27 years

H1m75

positionRight central midfielder

14Perch62

James Perch

England

B.date28/09/1985

Age27 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

3Santon

Davide Santon

Italy

B.date02/01/1991

Age22 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

13Yanga-Mbiwa

Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa

Central African R

B.date15/05/1989

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

27Taylor

Steven Taylor

England

B.date23/01/1986

Age27 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

5Simpson83

Danny Simpson

England

B.date04/01/1987

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

1Krul

Tim Krul

Netherlands

B.date03/04/1988

Age25 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tim Krul		25	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Steven Taylor		27	232	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa		23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	James Perch	62	27	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Danny Simpson	83	26	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Davide Santon		22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Yohan Cabaye		27	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Moussa Sissoko		23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Sylvain Marveaux	81	26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Jonás Gutiérrez		29	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Papiss Cissé	12	27	53	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
14	D	Maxi Pereira	77	28	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	M	Enzo Pérez	61	27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Lima	6561	29	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
8	D	Vurnon Anita	62	24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Dan Gosling	83	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Shola Ameobi	81	31	363	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

André Almeida

Maxi Pereira

OUT

André Gomes

Enzo Pérez

OUT

Óscar Cardozo

Lima

OUT

Ola John

Toto Salvio

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sylvain Marveaux

Yoan Gouffran

OUT

Tim Krul

Robert Elliot

OUT

James Perch

Gabriel Obertan

OUT

Davide Santon

Vurnon Anita

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Jesus

203

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Jesus vs Newcastle United

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 04, 2013

Jesus vs Pardew

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 04, 2013

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Pardew

112

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Pardew vs Benfica

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 04, 2013

Pardew vs Jesus

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 04, 2013

Referee

Antony Gautier

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	General total	Newcastle United1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Newcastle United1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 04, 2013					Latest figure on April 04, 2013

Videos

April 05, 2013

Comments

Key figures

The last time Benfica has won with a difference of 2 goals in Europa League, It was on the 07/04/2011 (vs )

Benfica keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw at home in Europa League running (since 01/04/2010). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 14/02/2008-23/02/2010 time period (10 matches).

The last time Newcastle United has conceded at least 3 goals in Europa League, It was on the 14/04/2005 (vs )

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 1-0 Académica17/02/2013

VBenfica 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen21/02/2013

VBenfica 3-0 Paços de Ferreira24/02/2013

VBenfica 1-0 Bordeaux07/03/2013

VBenfica 5-0 Gil Vicente10/03/2013

VBenfica 6-1 Rio Ave30/03/2013

Overall

VBeira Mar 0-1 Benfica03/03/2013

VBenfica 1-0 Bordeaux07/03/2013

VBenfica 5-0 Gil Vicente10/03/2013

VBordeaux 2-3 Benfica14/03/2013

VVitória Guimarães 0-4 Benfica17/03/2013

VBenfica 6-1 Rio Ave30/03/2013

Current form

Away

LTottenham 2-1 Newcastle United09/02/2013

VMetalist Kharkiv 0-1 Newcastle United21/02/2013

LSwansea 1-0 Newcastle United02/03/2013

DAnzhi Makhachkala 0-0 Newcastle United07/03/2013

LWigan 2-1 Newcastle United17/03/2013

LManchester City 4-0 Newcastle United30/03/2013

Overall

LSwansea 1-0 Newcastle United02/03/2013

DAnzhi Makhachkala 0-0 Newcastle United07/03/2013

VNewcastle United 2-1 Stoke City10/03/2013

VNewcastle United 1-0 Anzhi Makhachkala14/03/2013

LWigan 2-1 Newcastle United17/03/2013

LManchester City 4-0 Newcastle United30/03/2013

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	6
Unbeaten streak	16	33
Drawless streak	7	6
Scoring streak	16	6
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	4	2
Drawless streak	2	4
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

10	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	55
1	FBDB index ranking (National)	8

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	12
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
4	Victories (Competition total)	5
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	6
0	Draws (Home / Away)	4
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.92
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.83

Betting aid

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

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	22
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Óscar Cardozo	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Shola Ameobi
Nemanja Matic	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Shola Ameobi
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Shola Ameobi
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Shola Ameobi
Nicolás Gaitán	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Gabriel Obertan
Lima	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Sammy Ameobi
Óscar Cardozo	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 assist during the last match	Sylvain Marveaux