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Benfica 1-1 Arsenal - February 18, 2021 / Europa League 2020/2021

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Europa League 2020/2021 - Round of 32

Stadio Olimpico - Rome - Italy

February 18, 2021 - 21:00

Benfica

Portugal

1 - 1

Arsenal

England

(penalty) Pizzi

55'

57'

Bukayo Saka (left foot) Assist by Cédric Soares

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46' - Substitution Luca Waldschmidtis substituted by Rafa Silva46

54' - Yellow card Emile Smith Rowe

55' - Goal Pizzi55

57' - Goal Bukayo Saka

63' - Substitution Cédric Soaresis substituted by Kieran Tierney

64' - Substitution Bukayo Sakais substituted by Calum Chambers

65' - Substitution Pizziis substituted by Haris Seferovic65

77' - Substitution Adel Taarabtis substituted by Gabriel Pires77

77' - Substitution Emile Smith Roweis substituted by Gabriel Martinelli photo Nicolas Pépé

77' - Substitution Pierre-Emerick Aubameyangis substituted by Nicolas Pépé

90' - Substitution Dani Ceballosis substituted by Mohamed El Neny photo Willian

90' - Substitution Martin Ödegaardis substituted by Willian

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

1 - 1

Arsenal

Benfica Arsenal

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Núñez

Darwin Núñez

Uruguay

B.date24/06/1999

Age21 years

H1m87

positionCentre forward

10Waldschmidt46

Luca Waldschmidt

Germany

B.date19/05/1996

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre forward

21Pizzi5565

Pizzi

Portugal

B.date06/10/1989

Age31 years

H1m72

positionCentre Midfield

49Taarabt77

Adel Taarabt

Morocco

B.date24/05/1989

Age31 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

3Grimaldo

Alejandro Grimaldo

Spain

B.date15/09/1995

Age25 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

28Weigl

Julian Weigl

Germany

B.date08/09/1995

Age25 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

17Goncalves

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

H1m78

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	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Nicolás Otamendi		33	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jan Vertonghen		33	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Lucas Verissimo		25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Alejandro Grimaldo		25	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Julian Weigl		25	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Pizzi	5565	31	312	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
49	M	Adel Taarabt	77	31	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luca Waldschmidt	46	24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Diogo Goncalves		24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Darwin Núñez		21	31	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

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

14Aubameyang77

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Gabon

B.date18/06/1989

Age31 years

H1m87

positionStriker

7Saka5764

Bukayo Saka

England

B.date05/09/2001

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

32Smith Rowe7754

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

34Xhaka

Granit Xhaka

Switzerland

B.date27/09/1992

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

8Ceballos90

Dani Ceballos

Spain

B.date07/08/1996

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

17Soares63

Cédric Soares

Portugal

B.date31/08/1991

Age29 years

H1m72

positionRight 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

2Bellerín

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	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Gabriel		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	David Luiz		33	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Cédric Soares	63	29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Héctor Bellerín		25	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Emile Smith Rowe	7754	20	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Dani Ceballos	90	24	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
34	M	Granit Xhaka		28	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Martin Ödegaard	90	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Bukayo Saka	5764	19	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	77	31	133	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
1	G	Mile Svilar		21
99	G	Odisseas Vlachodimos		26
82	D	Joao Ferreira		19
71	D	Nuno Tavares		21
2	D	Gilberto		27
8	M	Gabriel Pires	77	27	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Franco Cervi		26
19	M	Chiquinho		25
27	F	Rafa Silva	46	27	167	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Haris Seferovic	65	28	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Everton		24
38	F	Pedrinho		22

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
44	G	Karl Hein		18
33	G	Mathew Ryan		28
16	D	Rob Holding		25
22	D	Pablo Marí		27
21	D	Calum Chambers	64	26	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Kieran Tierney	63	23	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Mohamed El Neny	90	28	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Willian	90	32	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Nicolas Pépé	77	25	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	F	Gabriel Martinelli	77	19	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Eddie Nketiah		21
9	F	Alexandre Lacazette		29

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Luca Waldschmidt

Haris Seferovic

OUT

Lucas Verissimo

Rafa Silva

OUT

Pizzi

Everton

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Jesus

356

Success rate in this team:

69 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Jesus vs Arsenal

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 18, 2021

Jesus vs Arteta

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 18, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Mikel Arteta

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Arteta vs Benfica

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 18, 2021

Arteta vs Jesus

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 18, 2021

Referee

Cuneyt Cakir

1 victory	2 draws	1 loss	Benfica4 matches	General total	Arsenal4 matches	2 victories	1 draw	1 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Arsenal2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on February 18, 2021					Latest figure on April 15, 2021

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Key figures

Benfica keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Arsenal running (since 23/10/1991). It's a record streak. The first of history

Benfica keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Arsenal surterrainneutre running (since 23/10/1991). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Bukayo Saka scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VSertanense 0-3 Benfica18/10/2018

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

Overall

VBenfica 3-0 Belenenses SAD28/01/2021

LSporting CP 1-0 Benfica01/02/2021

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

Current form

Neutral ground

DArsenal 1-1 Chelsea06/08/2017

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

Overall

LSouthampton 1-0 Arsenal23/01/2021

VSouthampton 1-3 Arsenal26/01/2021

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

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	4
Winless streak	4	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	4	2

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	3
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	8	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

45	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	23
4	FBDB index ranking (National)	6

Results

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

Goals

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
9	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.33
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.83

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
4	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Pizzi	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Nicolas Pépé
Pizzi	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Rafa Silva	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Nicolas Pépé
Pizzi	6 goals, 2 assists during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 3 assists during the last 5 matches	Joe Willock

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

Total

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

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

Total

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

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 Arsenal

	Isaías	3 goals	1991 - 1991
	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.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

	Colin Pates	1 goal	1991 - 1991
	Kevin Campbell	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 Arsenal

César Brito	2 matches	1991 - 1991
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

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