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PAOK FC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Champions League 2019-20 3RD QUALIFYING ROUND

UEFA Champions League · 2019-20
PAOK FC
2 – 1
Full Time
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Tue 15 Sep 2020 · 18:00 UTC Stadio Toumbas HT 45+2' · FT 45+7'
Dimitris Pelkas 1' Y
Fernando Varela 28' Y
Y 44' Andre Almeida
Giannis Michailidis 44' Y
Stefan Schwab 79' Y
Anderson Esiti 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

PAOK FC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Champions League at Stadio Toumbas.

Match Details

  • Referee Bastian Dankert
  • Referee Stefan Lupp
  • Referee Felix Brych
  • Referee Mark Borsch
16 games this season 🟨 0.4/game ⚽ 4.1 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Arsenal FC 8 24
2 FC Bayern München 8 21
3 Liverpool FC 8 18
4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17
5 FC Barcelona 8 16
6 Chelsea FC 8 16
7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16
8 Manchester City FC 8 16
9 Real Madrid CF 8 15
10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15
11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14
12 Newcastle United FC 8 14
13 Juventus FC 8 13
14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13
15 Atalanta BC 8 13
16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12
17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11
18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11
19 Club Brugge KV 8 10
20 Galatasaray SK 8 10
21 AS Monaco FC 8 10
22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10
23 FK Bodø/Glimt 8 9
24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9
25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9
26 Paphos FC 8 9
27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9
28 PSV 8 8
29 Athletic Club 8 8
30 SSC Napoli 8 8
31 FC København 8 8
32 AFC Ajax 8 6
33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4
34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3
35 Villarreal CF 8 1
36 FK Kairat 8 1

Head-to-Head

1
4
2
PAOK FC 7 games · Avg 2.6 goals Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Last 5 meetings
2020-09-15 PAOK FC 2–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2018-08-29 PAOK FC 1–4 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2018-08-21 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 PAOK FC 2018-02-10 PAOK FC 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2017-10-28 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 PAOK FC

Recent Form

PAOK FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Sep Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 2–1 W
29 Aug SK Slovan Bratislava H 3–2 W
22 Aug SK Slovan Bratislava A 0–1 L
13 Aug AFC Ajax A 2–3 L
06 Aug AFC Ajax H 2–2 D
13 Dec FK BATE Barysau H 1–3 L
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Sep PAOK FC A 1–2 L
25 Jul Sporting Clube de Portugal H 2–1 W
21 Jul CD Aves A 4–0 W
14 Jul Vitória SC H 2–0 W
09 Jul FC Famalicão A 1–1 D
04 Jul Boavista FC H 3–1 W

Key Stats

86% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)
29% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at Stadio Toumbas. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 1' The referee calls foul for Dimitris Pelkas. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 6' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 11' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 16' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 21' PAOK FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 26' PAOK FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 26.
  • 28' It’s a booking for PAOK FC player. Fernando Varela gets a Yellow card.
  • 33' It’s high time Nelson Verissimo made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 38' PAOK FC is showing some good football. However, PAOK FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 43' It looks surprising Sport Lisboa e Benfica does not make any changes. Odisseas Vlachodimos has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 44' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Andre Almeida.
  • 49' Julian Weigl needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 54' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 59' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Pizzi made 467 appearances and scored 64 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 63' GOAL! Dimitris Giannoulis scores on 63.
  • 65' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes a substitution. Pedrinho departs to be replaced by Darwin Nunez.
  • 67' Time for substitution for PAOK FC. Dimitris Pelkas is replaced by Andrija Zivkovic.
  • 70' Another change for PAOK FC made on 70 minute. Chuba Akpom leaves to be changed by Karol Swiderski.
  • 72' Time for substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Haris Seferovic is replaced by Carlos Vinicius.
  • 73' Time for substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Adel Taarabt is replaced by Rafa Silva.
  • 75' Goal! Andrija Zivkovic scores his 5 goal in 467 matches.
  • 76' It is a substitution in Sport Lisboa e Benfica team. Adel Taarabt is replaced by Rafa Silva on 76 minute.
  • 79' PAOK FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 79.
  • 80' Another change for PAOK FC made on 80 minute. Christos Tzolis leaves to be changed by Anderson Esiti.
  • 85' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 85 minutes.
  • 90' Anderson Esiti was booked on 90.
  • With this win, PAOK FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

PAOK FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Abel Ferreira

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Nelson Verissimo

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Pizzi 2
Pizzi 2
Eduardo Salvio 2
Eduardo Salvio 2
Andrija Zivkovic 1
Amr Warda 1
Dimitris Giannoulis 1
Jan Vertonghen 1

Head to Head

2020-09-15 PAOK FC 2–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2018-08-29 PAOK FC 1–4 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2018-08-21 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 PAOK FC 2018-02-10 PAOK FC 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2017-10-28 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 PAOK FC

PAOK FC Form

2020-09-15 PAOK FC 2–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2019-08-29 PAOK FC 3–2 SK Slovan Bratislava W 2019-08-22 SK Slovan Bratislava 1–0 PAOK FC L 2019-08-13 AFC Ajax 3–2 PAOK FC L 2019-08-06 PAOK FC 2–2 AFC Ajax D 2018-12-13 PAOK FC 1–3 FK BATE Barysau L

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2020-09-15 PAOK FC 2–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2020-07-25 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2020-07-21 CD Aves 0–4 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2020-07-14 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 Vitória SC W 2020-07-09 FC Famalicão 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2020-07-04 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–1 Boavista FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.41 PAOK FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.45 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG
I would bet for: PAOK FC or Sport Lisboa e Benfica 73% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
PAOK FC38% Draw27% Sport Lisboa e Benfica35%
Actual: PAOK FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 2.86
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 92%
8%
± 1.5 78%
22%
± 2.5 54%
46%
± 3.5 32%
68%
± 4.5 17%
83%

Double Chance

PAOK FC or Draw
65%
Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica
62%
PAOK FC or Sport Lisboa e Benfica
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
PAOK FC27% Draw46% Sport Lisboa e Benfica27%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.6%
1 – 2
8.2%
2 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
7.6%
0 – 1
7.4%
1 – 0
7.1%
0 – 2
6%
2 – 2
5.8%
2 – 0
5.6%
1 – 3
4%
3 – 1
3.7%
2 – 3
2.9%

Asian Handicap — PAOK FC

Handicap PAOK FC covers Push Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5 6% — 94%
-2 6% 11% 83%
-1.5 17% — 83%
-1 17% 18% 65%
-0.5 35% — 65%
+0.5 63% — 37%
+1 63% 19% 18%
+1.5 82% — 18%
+2 82% 11% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

PAOK FC keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet
25% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.