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Benfica 2-2 Ajax Amsterdam - February 23, 2022 / Champions League 2021/2022

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Champions League 2021/2022 - Round of 16

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

February 23, 2022 - 21:00

54 760

Benfica

Portugal

2 - 2

Ajax Amsterdam

Netherlands

(o.g) Sébastien Haller

26'

(header) Roman Yaremchuk

72'

18'

Dusan Tadic (right foot) Assist by Noussair Mazraoui

29'

Sébastien Haller (left foot)

logo Benfica BEN

18' - Goal Dusan Tadic

23' - Yellow card Noussair Mazraoui

26' - Own goal Sébastien Haller26

29' - Goal Sébastien Haller

45' - Yellow card Steven Berghuis

logo Benfica BEN

46' - Yellow card Darwin Núñez46

49' - Yellow card Gonçalo Ramos49

62' - Substitution Evertonis substituted by Roman Yaremchuk62

72' - Goal Roman Yaremchuk photo Roman Yaremchuk

72' - Yellow card Roman Yaremchuk72

73' - Substitution Daley Blindis substituted by Nicolás Tagliafico photo Davy Klaassen

73' - Substitution Ryan Gravenberchis substituted by Davy Klaassen

85' - Substitution Adel Taarabtis substituted by Paulo Bernardo85

87' - Yellow card Antony

90' - Substitution Gilbertois substituted by Diogo Goncalves photo Valentino Lazaro

90' - Substitution Darwin Núñezis substituted by Valentino Lazaro90

92' - Substitution Noussair Mazraouiis substituted by Devyne Rensch

logo Ajax Amsterdam AA

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

2 - 2

Ajax Amsterdam

Benfica Ajax Amsterdam

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

88Ramos49

Gonçalo Ramos

Portugal

B.date20/06/2001

Age20 years

H1m84

positionForward

9Núñez9046

Darwin Núñez

Uruguay

B.date24/06/1999

Age22 years

H1m87

positionCentre forward

7Everton62

Everton

Brazil

B.date22/03/1996

Age25 years

H1m74

positionForward

49Taarabt85

Adel Taarabt

Morocco

B.date24/05/1989

Age32 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

28Weigl

Julian Weigl

Germany

B.date08/09/1995

Age26 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

27Silva

Rafa Silva

Portugal

B.date17/05/1993

Age28 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

3Grimaldo

Alejandro Grimaldo

Spain

B.date15/09/1995

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

5Vertonghen

Jan Vertonghen

Belgium

B.date24/04/1987

Age34 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

30Otamendi

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

B.date12/02/1988

Age34 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

2Gilberto90

Gilberto

Brazil

B.date07/03/1993

Age28 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

99Vlachodimos

Odisseas Vlachodimos

Greece

B.date26/04/1994

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
99	G	Odisseas Vlachodimos		27	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Nicolás Otamendi		34	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jan Vertonghen		34	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Gilberto	90	28	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Alejandro Grimaldo		26	238	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Julian Weigl		26	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
49	M	Adel Taarabt	85	32	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Everton	62	25	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Darwin Núñez	9046	22	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Rafa Silva		28	219	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
88	F	Gonçalo Ramos	49	20	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

113

Ajax Amsterdam

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Tadic18

Dusan Tadic

Serbia

B.date20/11/1988

Age33 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

22Haller2926

Sébastien Haller

Ivory Coast

B.date22/06/1994

Age27 years

H1m90

positionStriker

11Antony87

Antony

Brazil

B.date24/02/2000

Age21 years

H1m72

positionWinger

8Gravenberch73

Ryan Gravenberch

Netherlands

B.date16/05/2002

Age19 years

H1m87

positionCentre Midfield

23Berghuis45

Steven Berghuis

Netherlands

B.date19/12/1991

Age30 years

H1m66

positionRight Winger

4Alvarez

Edson Alvarez

Mexico

B.date24/10/1997

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

17Blind73

Daley Blind

Netherlands

B.date09/03/1990

Age31 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

21Martínez

Lisandro Martínez

Argentina

B.date18/01/1998

Age24 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

2Timber

Jurrien Timber

Netherlands

B.date17/06/2001

Age20 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

12Mazraoui90+223

Noussair Mazraoui

Morocco

B.date14/11/1997

Age24 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

32Pasveer

Remko Pasveer

Netherlands

B.date18/11/1983

Age38 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
32	G	Remko Pasveer		38	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Edson Alvarez		24	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Lisandro Martínez		24	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Noussair Mazraoui	90+223	24	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Daley Blind	73	31	300	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jurrien Timber		20	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ryan Gravenberch	73	19	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Dusan Tadic	18	33	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Sébastien Haller	2926	27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Antony	87	21	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Steven Berghuis	45	30	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

105

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
77	G	Helton Leite		31
72	D	Tomás Araújo		19
91	D	Morato		20
22	D	Valentino Lazaro	90	25	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Souahilo Meïté		27
55	M	Paulo Bernardo	85	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	João Mário		29
31	M	Gil Dias		25
23	M	Nemanja Radonjic		26
17	F	Diogo Goncalves	90	25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Roman Yaremchuk	726272	26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
24	G	André Onana		25
16	G	Jay Gorter		21
15	D	Devyne Rensch	90+2	19	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Perr Schuurs		22
31	D	Nicolás Tagliafico	73	29	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Kenneth Taylor		19
6	M	Davy Klaassen	73	29	257	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Mohammed Kudus		21
30	F	Mohammed Daramy		20
9	F	Danilo		22
26	F	Victor Jensen		22

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gilberto

Valentino Lazaro

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ryan Gravenberch

Davy Klaassen

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Verissimo

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Verissimo vs Ajax Amsterdam

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2022

Verissimo vs ten Hag

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2022

Manager

Age

Match num

Erik ten Hag

201

Success rate in this team:

74 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

64 %

ten Hag vs Benfica

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2022

ten Hag vs Verissimo

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 23, 2022

Referee

Slavko Vincic

0 victory	3 draws	0 loss	Benfica3 matches	General total	Ajax Amsterdam2 matches	0 victory	2 draws	0 loss
0 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Benfica2 matches	Season total	Ajax Amsterdam1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 23, 2022					Latest figure on February 23, 2022

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Key figures

It's the first time Sébastien Haller scores 1 goal vs Benfica in his professional career

End of streak for Benfica after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Ajax Amsterdam (since 05/04/1972). It's a record streak. The first of history

The last time Benfica has scored at least 2 goals vs Ajax Amsterdam, It was on the 12/02/1969

Read the next 8 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 3-0 Sporting Covilhã15/12/2021

VBenfica 7-1 Maritimo Funchal19/12/2021

VBenfica 2-0 Paços de Ferreira09/01/2022

DBenfica 1-1 Moreirense15/01/2022

LBenfica 1-2 Gil Vicente02/02/2022

VBenfica 2-1 Santa Clara12/02/2022

Overall

DBenfica 1-1 Boavista25/01/2022

LBenfica 1-2 Sporting CP29/01/2022

LBenfica 1-2 Gil Vicente02/02/2022

VTondela 1-3 Benfica07/02/2022

VBenfica 2-1 Santa Clara12/02/2022

DBoavista 2-2 Benfica18/02/2022

Current form

Away

VBesiktas 1-2 Ajax Amsterdam24/11/2021

VSparta Rotterdam 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam28/11/2021

VFeyenoord Rotterdam 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam19/12/2021

VUtrecht 0-3 Ajax Amsterdam16/01/2022

VPSV Eindhoven 1-2 Ajax Amsterdam23/01/2022

VWillem II 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam19/02/2022

Overall

VAjax Amsterdam 9-0 Excelsior Maassluis20/01/2022

VPSV Eindhoven 1-2 Ajax Amsterdam23/01/2022

VAjax Amsterdam 3-0 Heracles Almelo06/02/2022

VAjax Amsterdam 5-0 Vitesse Arnhem09/02/2022

VAjax Amsterdam 5-0 FC Twente13/02/2022

VWillem II 0-1 Ajax Amsterdam19/02/2022

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	10	10
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	8	10
Unbeaten streak	31	10
Drawless streak	8	16
Scoring streak	8	16
Invincibility streak	1	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

14	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	7
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	6
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
5	Victories (Competition total)	6
4	Victories (Home / Away)	3
3	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

13	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
10	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.33
1.8	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3.33
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.83
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

27	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
14	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Rafa Silva	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Sébastien Haller
Rafa Silva	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	7 goals	Sébastien Haller
Darwin Núñez	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Sébastien Haller
Darwin Núñez	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
João Mário	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	4 assists	Antony
Roman Yaremchuk	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	4 assists	Antony
João Mário	2 assists during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	10 goals, 2 assists during the last 6 matches	Sébastien Haller

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Total

7 matches

1 v

2 d

4 l

5 gf

10 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

3 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Total

7 matches

4 v

2 d

1 l

10 gf

5 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	February 12, 1969
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	March 05, 1969
Away	3 - 1	February 19, 1969

Latest head to head

November 07, 2018 - Ligue des Champions 2018/2019

Benfica

1 - 1

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

October 23, 2018 - Ligue des Champions 2018/2019

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 0

Benfica

April 19, 1972 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1971/1972

Benfica

0 - 0

Ajax Amsterdam logo Ajax Amsterdam

April 05, 1972 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1971/1972

Ajax Amsterdam

1 - 0

Benfica

March 05, 1969 - Coupe d’Europe des Clubs Champions 1968/1969

Ajax Amsterdam

3 - 0

Benfica

Best historical scorers against Ajax Amsterdam

José Torres	2 goals	1969 - 1969
Jonas	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Jose Jacinto Santos	1 goal	1969 - 1969
Jose Augusto	1 goal	1969 - 1969

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Inge Danielsson	4 goals	1969 - 1969
Johan Cruijff	3 goals	1969 - 1969
Sjaak Swart	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Noussair Mazraoui	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Dusan Tadic	1 goal	2018 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ajax Amsterdam

Humberto Coelho	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Jaime Graça	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Toni	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Eusebio	5 matches	1969 - 1972
José Henrique	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Adolfo Calisto	4 matches	1969 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/02/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Wim Suurbier	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Barry Hulshoff	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Johan Cruijff	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Sjaak Swart	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Piet Keizer	5 matches	1969 - 1972
Gert Bals	3 matches	1969 - 1969