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Arsenal 3-2 Benfica - February 25, 2021 / Europa League 2020/2021

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Europa League 2020/2021 - Round of 32

Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium - Athens - Greece

February 25, 2021 - 18:55

Arsenal

England

3 - 2

Benfica

Portugal

Assist by Bukayo Saka (right foot) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

21'

Assist by Willian (left foot) Kieran Tierney

67'

Assist by Bukayo Saka (header) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

87'

43'

Diogo Goncalves (free kick)

61'

Rafa Silva (right foot)

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5' - Yellow card Adel Taarabt

21' - Goal Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang21

43' - Goal Diogo Goncalves

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57' - Substitution Pizziis substituted by Everton photo Darwin Núñez

57' - Substitution Haris Seferovicis substituted by Darwin Núñez

58' - Substitution Adel Taarabtis substituted by Gabriel Pires

61' - Goal Rafa Silva

63' - Substitution Dani Ceballosis substituted by Willian photo Thomas Partey

63' - Substitution Emile Smith Roweis substituted by Thomas Partey63

67' - Goal Kieran Tierney67

77' - Substitution Héctor Bellerínis substituted by Alexandre Lacazette77

85' - Substitution Alejandro Grimaldois substituted by Nuno Tavares

87' - Goal Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang87

90' - Substitution Martin Ödegaardis substituted by Calum Chambers90

90' - Substitution Julian Weiglis substituted by Franco Cervi

91' - Substitution Bukayo Sakais substituted by Mohamed El Neny91

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Arsenal

3 - 2

Benfica

Arsenal Benfica

Team line-ups

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

14Aubameyang2187

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Gabon

B.date18/06/1989

Age31 years

H1m87

positionStriker

7Saka90+1

Bukayo Saka

England

B.date05/09/2001

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

32Smith Rowe63

Emile Smith Rowe

England

B.date28/07/2000

Age20 years

H1m82

positionLeft Midfielder

11Ödegaard90

Martin Ödegaard

Norway

B.date17/12/1998

Age22 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Ceballos63

Dani Ceballos

Spain

B.date07/08/1996

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

34Xhaka

Granit Xhaka

Switzerland

B.date27/09/1992

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

3Tierney67

Kieran Tierney

Scotland

B.date05/06/1997

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

6Gabriel

Gabriel

Brazil

B.date19/12/1997

Age23 years

H1m90

positionLeft central defender

23David Luiz

David Luiz

Brazil

B.date22/04/1987

Age33 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

2Bellerín77

Héctor Bellerín

Spain

B.date19/03/1995

Age25 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

1Leno

Bernd Leno

Germany

B.date04/03/1992

Age28 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Bernd Leno		28	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Gabriel		23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	David Luiz		33	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Héctor Bellerín	77	25	231	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Kieran Tierney	67	23	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Dani Ceballos	63	24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Emile Smith Rowe	63	20	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Granit Xhaka		28	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Martin Ödegaard	90	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Bukayo Saka	90+1	19	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	2187	31	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

14Seferovic57

Haris Seferovic

Switzerland

B.date22/02/1992

Age29 years

H1m89

positionStriker

27Silva61

Rafa Silva

Portugal

B.date17/05/1993

Age27 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

21Pizzi57

Pizzi

Portugal

B.date06/10/1989

Age31 years

H1m72

positionCentre Midfield

49Taarabt585

Adel Taarabt

Morocco

B.date24/05/1989

Age31 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

3Grimaldo85

Alejandro Grimaldo

Spain

B.date15/09/1995

Age25 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

28Weigl90

Julian Weigl

Germany

B.date08/09/1995

Age25 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

17Goncalves43

Diogo Goncalves

Portugal

B.date06/02/1997

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft Winger

5Vertonghen

Jan Vertonghen

Belgium

B.date24/04/1987

Age33 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

30Otamendi

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

B.date12/02/1988

Age33 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

4Lucas Verissimo

Lucas Verissimo

Brazil

B.date02/07/1995

Age25 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

77Helton Leite

Helton Leite

Brazil

B.date02/11/1990

Age30 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
77	G	Helton Leite		30	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Nicolás Otamendi		33	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jan Vertonghen		33	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Lucas Verissimo		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Alejandro Grimaldo	85	25	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Julian Weigl	90	25	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Pizzi	57	31	314	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
49	M	Adel Taarabt	585	31	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Haris Seferovic	57	29	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Rafa Silva	61	27	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Diogo Goncalves	43	24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Mathew Ryan		28
44	G	Karl Hein		18
22	D	Pablo Marí		27
21	D	Calum Chambers	90	26	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Cédric Soares		29
18	M	Thomas Partey	63	27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Mohamed El Neny	90+1	28	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Willian	63	32	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alexandre Lacazette	77	29	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	F	Gabriel Martinelli		19
19	F	Nicolas Pépé		25
30	F	Eddie Nketiah		21

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Mile Svilar		21
99	G	Odisseas Vlachodimos		26
71	D	Nuno Tavares	85	21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Gilberto		27
8	M	Gabriel Pires	58	27	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Franco Cervi	90	26	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Chiquinho		25
7	F	Everton	57	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Darwin Núñez	57	21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
38	F	Pedrinho		22
88	F	Gonçalo Ramos		19
10	F	Luca Waldschmidt		24

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dani Ceballos

Mohamed El Neny

OUT

Gabriel

Pablo Marí

OUT

Emile Smith Rowe

Nicolas Pépé

OUT

David Luiz

Rob Holding

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lucas Verissimo

Gilberto

OUT

Alejandro Grimaldo

Gabriel Pires

OUT

Pizzi

Everton

OUT

Julian Weigl

Nuno Tavares

OUT

Diogo Goncalves

Darwin Núñez

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mikel Arteta

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Arteta vs Benfica

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 2021

Arteta vs Jesus

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Jesus

358

Success rate in this team:

68 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Jesus vs Arsenal

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 2021

Jesus vs Arteta

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 25, 2021

Referee

Bjorn Kuipers

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Arsenal2 matches	General total	Benfica7 matches	0 victory	2 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Arsenal1 match	Season total	Benfica1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 25, 2021					Latest figure on February 25, 2021

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Key figures

Kieran Tierney played his game number 50 in his professional career with

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored 5 goals vs in his professional career

It's the first time Diogo Goncalves scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 28 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

LManchester City 3-0 Arsenal25/02/2018

LChelsea 4-1 Arsenal29/05/2019

VBournemouth 1-2 Arsenal27/01/2020

VArsenal 2-1 Chelsea01/08/2020

DArsenal 1-1 Liverpool29/08/2020

DBenfica 1-1 Arsenal18/02/2021

Overall

DArsenal 0-0 Manchester United30/01/2021

LWolverhampton 2-1 Arsenal02/02/2021

LAston Villa 1-0 Arsenal06/02/2021

VArsenal 4-2 Leeds United14/02/2021

DBenfica 1-1 Arsenal18/02/2021

LArsenal 0-1 Manchester City21/02/2021

Current form

Neutral ground

VBenfica 5-0 Sporting CP04/08/2019

DFamalicão 1-1 Benfica11/02/2020

LBenfica 1-2 FC Porto01/08/2020

LFC Porto 2-0 Benfica23/12/2020

LBraga 2-1 Benfica20/01/2021

DBenfica 1-1 Arsenal18/02/2021

Overall

DBenfica 0-0 Vitória Guimarães05/02/2021

VBenfica 2-0 Famalicão08/02/2021

VEstoril 1-3 Benfica11/02/2021

DMoreirense 1-1 Benfica14/02/2021

DBenfica 1-1 Arsenal18/02/2021

DFarense 0-0 Benfica21/02/2021

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	9	5

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	1	6
Winless streak	5	3
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

29	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	46
6	FBDB index ranking (National)	4

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
6	Victories (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	19
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.71
0.86	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.43

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5

Bookings

11	Yellow cards (Competition total)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1

Key players

Nicolas Pépé	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Pizzi
Bukayo Saka	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Pizzi
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	4 penalties	Pizzi
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Pizzi
Nicolas Pépé	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Rafa Silva
Cédric Soares	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Bukayo Saka	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	7 goals, 2 assists during the last 7 matches	Pizzi

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

3 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Total

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

5 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	November 06, 1991
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

February 18, 2021 - Ligue Europa 2020/2021

Benfica

1 - 1

Arsenal

November 06, 1991 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1991/1992

Arsenal

1 - 3

Benfica

October 23, 1991 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1991/1992

Benfica

1 - 1

Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Kevin Campbell	1 goal	1991 - 1991
Bukayo Saka	1 goal	2021 - 2021
Colin Pates	1 goal	1991 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/10/1991. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Isaías	3 goals	1991 - 1991
Pizzi	1 goal	2021 - 2021
Vasiliy Kulkov	1 goal	1991 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/10/1991. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

David Seaman	2 matches	1991 - 1991
Tony Adams	2 matches	1991 - 1991
Nigel Winterburn	2 matches	1991 - 1991
David Rocastle	2 matches	1991 - 1991
Paul Merson	2 matches	1991 - 1991
Kevin Campbell	2 matches	1991 - 1991

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 23/10/1991. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Neno	2 matches	1991 - 1991
Paulo Madeira	2 matches	1991 - 1991
António Veloso	2 matches	1991 - 1991
Isaías	2 matches	1991 - 1991
Stefan Schwarz	2 matches	1991 - 1991
Rui Bento	2 matches	1991 - 1991