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Benfica 3-0 FC Barcelone - September 29, 2021 / Ligue des Champions 2021/2022

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Ligue des Champions 2021/2022 - Journée 2 - Groupe E

Estadio da Luz - Lisbonne - Portugal

September 29, 2021 - 21:00

29 454

Benfica

Portugal

3 - 0

FC Barcelone

Spain

Assist by Julian Weigl (right foot) Darwin Núñez

(right foot) Rafa Silva

69'

(penalty) Darwin Núñez

79'

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3' - Goal Darwin Núñez3

12' - Yellow card Gerard Piqué

33' - Yellow card Nicolás Otamendi33

33' - Substitution Gerard Piquéis substituted by Gavi

45' - Substitution Valentino Lazarois substituted by Gilberto45

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54' - Yellow card Eric Garcia

56' - Yellow card Rafa Silva56

62' - Yellow card Alejandro Grimaldo62

68' - Substitution Sergio Busquetsis substituted by Nico Gonzalez photo Philippe Coutinho

68' - Substitution Pedriis substituted by Philippe Coutinho photo Ansu Fati

68' - Substitution Luuk de Jongis substituted by Ansu Fati

69' - Goal Rafa Silva69

72' - Yellow card Julian Weigl72

75' - Substitution Alejandro Grimaldois substituted by André Almeida photo Adel Taarabt

75' - Substitution Roman Yaremchukis substituted by Adel Taarabt75

78' - Yellow card Sergiño Dest

79' - Goal Darwin Núñez79

86' - Substitution Darwin Núñezis substituted by Gonçalo Ramos photo Pizzi

86' - Substitution Rafa Silvais substituted by Pizzi86

86' - Yellow card Nico Gonzalez

87' - Red card Eric Garcia

89' - Substitution Sergi Robertois substituted by Óscar Mingueza

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

3 - 0

FC Barcelone

Benfica FC Barcelone

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Núñez79386

Darwin Núñez

Uruguay

B.date24/06/1999

Age22 years

H1m87

positionCentre forward

15Yaremchuk75

Roman Yaremchuk

Ukraine

B.date27/11/1995

Age25 years

H1m91

positionStriker

27Silva698656

Rafa Silva

Portugal

B.date17/05/1993

Age28 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

3Grimaldo7562

Alejandro Grimaldo

Spain

B.date15/09/1995

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

20João Mário

João Mário

Portugal

B.date19/01/1993

Age28 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

28Weigl72

Julian Weigl

Germany

B.date08/09/1995

Age26 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

22Lazaro45

Valentino Lazaro

Austria

B.date24/03/1996

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

5Vertonghen

Jan Vertonghen

Belgium

B.date24/04/1987

Age34 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

30Otamendi33

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

B.date12/02/1988

Age33 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

4Lucas Verissimo

Lucas Verissimo

Brazil

B.date02/07/1995

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

99Vlachodimos

Odisseas Vlachodimos

Greece

B.date26/04/1994

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
99	G	Odisseas Vlachodimos		27	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jan Vertonghen		34	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Nicolás Otamendi	33	33	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Lucas Verissimo		26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Alejandro Grimaldo	7562	26	213	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Valentino Lazaro	45	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Julian Weigl	72	26	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	João Mário		28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Darwin Núñez	79386	22	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Rafa Silva	698656	28	194	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Roman Yaremchuk	75	25	10	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

FC Barcelone

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Depay

Memphis Depay

Netherlands

B.date13/02/1994

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft Winger

17L. de Jong68

Luuk de Jong

Netherlands

B.date27/08/1990

Age31 years

H1m88

positionStriker

2Dest78

Sergiño Dest

United States

B.date03/11/2000

Age20 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

16Pedri68

Pedri

Spain

B.date25/11/2002

Age18 years

H1m74

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

21F. de Jong

Frenkie de Jong

Netherlands

B.date12/05/1997

Age24 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

20Sergi Roberto89

Sergi Roberto

Spain

B.date07/02/1992

Age29 years

H1m77

positionRight full-back

5Busquets68

Sergio Busquets

Spain

B.date16/07/1988

Age33 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

24Garcia5487

Eric Garcia

Spain

B.date09/01/2001

Age20 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

3Piqué3312

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age34 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

4Araújo

Ronald Araújo

Uruguay

B.date07/03/1999

Age22 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

1ter Stegen

Marc-André ter Stegen

Germany

B.date30/04/1992

Age29 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Marc-André ter Stegen		29	284	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Gerard Piqué	3312	34	573	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Eric Garcia	5487	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Ronald Araújo		22	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Sergi Roberto	89	29	311	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Sergiño Dest	78	20	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Sergio Busquets	68	33	637	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Frenkie de Jong		24	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Pedri	68	18	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Luuk de Jong	68	31	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Memphis Depay		27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

189

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
77	G	Helton Leite		30
91	D	Morato		20
2	D	Gilberto	45	28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	D	André Almeida	75	31	288	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Souahilo Meïté		27
21	M	Pizzi	86	31	340	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
83	M	Gedson Fernandes		22
49	M	Adel Taarabt	75	32	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Nemanja Radonjic		25
88	F	Gonçalo Ramos	86	20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Everton		25
18	F	Rodrigo Pinho		30

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Neto		32
26	G	Iñaki Peña		22
15	D	Clément Lenglet		26
23	D	Samuel Umtiti		27
22	D	Óscar Mingueza	89	22	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Nico Gonzalez	6886	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Gavi	33	17	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Riqui Puig		22
14	M	Philippe Coutinho	68	29	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Yusuf Demir		18
10	F	Ansu Fati	68	18	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Frenkie de Jong

Nico Gonzalez

OUT

Pedri

Gavi

OUT

Sergi Roberto

Óscar Mingueza

OUT

Ronald Araújo

Philippe Coutinho

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Jesus

387

Success rate in this team:

69 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Jesus vs FC Barcelone

1 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 29, 2021

Jesus vs Koeman

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 29, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Koeman

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Koeman vs Benfica

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 29, 2021

Koeman vs Jesus

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 29, 2021

Referee

Daniele Orsato

2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Benfica4 matches	General total	FC Barcelone4 matches	3 victories	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	FC Barcelone1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 29, 2021					Latest figure on November 28, 2023

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Key figures

Frenkie de Jong played his game number 100 in his professional career with

It's the first time Darwin Núñez scores at least 2 goals during the same game in Ligue des Champions

End of streak for Benfica after 5 consecutive matches without a win vs FC Barcelone (since 11/12/1991). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 6 key stats

General ranking

	1	Bayern Munich	6 pts	2 rd
+1	2	Benfica	4 pts	2 rd
-1	3	Dynamo Kiev	1 pt	2 rd
	4	FC Barcelone	0 pt	2 rd

General ranking

	1	Bayern Munich	6 pts	2 rd
+1	2	Benfica	4 pts	2 rd
-1	3	Dynamo Kiev	1 pt	2 rd
	4	FC Barcelone	0 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 4-3 Sporting CP15/05/2021

VBenfica 2-0 Spartak Moscow10/08/2021

VBenfica 2-0 Arouca14/08/2021

VBenfica 2-1 PSV Eindhoven18/08/2021

VBenfica 2-1 Tondela29/08/2021

VBenfica 3-1 Boavista20/09/2021

Overall

DPSV Eindhoven 0-0 Benfica24/08/2021

VBenfica 2-1 Tondela29/08/2021

VSanta Clara 0-5 Benfica11/09/2021

DDynamo Kyiv 0-0 Benfica14/09/2021

VBenfica 3-1 Boavista20/09/2021

VVitória Guimarães 1-3 Benfica25/09/2021

Current form

Away

VVillarreal 1-2 FC Barcelone25/04/2021

VValencia CF 2-3 FC Barcelone02/05/2021

DLevante 3-3 FC Barcelone11/05/2021

VEibar 0-1 FC Barcelone22/05/2021

DAthletic Bilbao 1-1 FC Barcelone21/08/2021

DCádiz 0-0 FC Barcelone23/09/2021

Overall

DAthletic Bilbao 1-1 FC Barcelone21/08/2021

VFC Barcelone 2-1 Getafe29/08/2021

LFC Barcelone 0-3 Bayern Munich14/09/2021

DFC Barcelone 1-1 Granada CF20/09/2021

DCádiz 0-0 FC Barcelone23/09/2021

VFC Barcelone 3-0 Levante26/09/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	2
Unbeaten streak	8	12
Drawless streak	6	2
Scoring streak	14	2
Conceding streak	3	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	6	3
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	4
16	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	10
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1.2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	3
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Rafa Silva	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
João Mário	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Roman Yaremchuk	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	-
Roman Yaremchuk	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	-
Roman Yaremchuk	1 goal, 2 assists during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

1 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

7 matches

1 v

3 d

3 l

4 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

1 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

7 matches

3 v

3 d

1 l

8 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 02, 2012
Away	2 - 0	October 02, 2012

Latest head to head

December 05, 2012 - Ligue des Champions 2012/2013

FC Barcelone

0 - 0

Benfica

October 02, 2012 - Ligue des Champions 2012/2013

Benfica

0 - 2

FC Barcelone logo FC Barcelone

April 05, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

FC Barcelone

2 - 0

Benfica

March 28, 2006 - Ligue des Champions 2005/2006

Benfica

0 - 0

FC Barcelone logo FC Barcelone

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

FC Barcelone

2 - 1

Benfica

Best historical scorers against FC Barcelone

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

Ronaldinho	1 goal	2006 - 2006
José María Bakero	1 goal	1992 - 1992
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

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 Barcelone

Luisão	3 matches	2006 - 2012
Vítor Paneira	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Nolito	2 matches	2012 - 2012
Marcelo Moretto	2 matches	2006 - 2006
Paulo Madeira	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Rui Costa	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

Víctor Valdés	3 matches	2006 - 2012
Andrés Iniesta	3 matches	2006 - 2012
Carles Puyol	3 matches	2006 - 2012
Ronald Koeman	2 matches	1991 - 1992
Oleguer	2 matches	2006 - 2006
José María Bakero	2 matches	1991 - 1992