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Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs AFC Ajax, 2018-19 GROUP STAGE

UEFA Champions League · 2018-19
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
1 – 1
Full Time
AFC Ajax
Wed 7 Nov 2018 · 20:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 34' Nicolas Tagliafico
Jonas 39' Y
Y 42' Matthijs de Ligt
Ljubomir Fejsa 45' Y
Jardel 70' Y
Y 72' Donny van de Beek
Y 83' Dusan Tadic

Overview

Match Preview

Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs AFC Ajax — Champions League .

Match Details

  • Referee Marco Di Bello
  • Referee Luca Banti
  • Referee Gianluca Rocchi
  • Referee Elenito Di Liberatore
  • Referee Matteo Passeri
  • Referee Stefano Alassio
5 games this season 🟨 3.2/game ⚽ 11.8 goals/game 🟥 2 total

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 Atlético 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

4
3
2
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 9 games · Avg 2.9 goals AFC Ajax
Last 5 meetings
2018-11-07 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 AFC Ajax 2018-10-23 AFC Ajax 1–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2018-05-06 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 5–1 AFC Ajax 2017-12-09 AFC Ajax 3–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2017-03-04 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 5–1 AFC Ajax

Recent Form

Sport Lisboa e Benfica
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Nov AFC Ajax H 1–1 D
02 Nov Moreirense FC H 1–3 L
27 Oct Os Belenenses Futebol A 0–2 L
23 Oct AFC Ajax A 0–1 L
07 Oct FC Porto H 1–0 W
02 Oct PAE AEK A 3–2 W
AFC Ajax
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Nov Sport Lisboa e Benfica A 1–1 D
03 Nov Willem II Tilburg H 2–0 W
28 Oct Feyenoord Rotterdam H 3–0 W
23 Oct Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 1–0 W
20 Oct SC Heerenveen A 4–0 W
07 Oct AZ H 5–0 W

Season Stats

Sport Lisboa e Benfica AFC Ajax
#24 Position #32
9 Points 6
8 Played 8
3 / 0 / 5 W / D / L 2 / 0 / 6
10 Scored 8
12 Conceded 21
-2 GD -13
1.13 PPG 0.75
38% Win % 25%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)
44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 24th (9 pts). AFC Ajax are 32nd (6 pts).

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Sport Lisboa e Benfica to score. At the same time, AFC Ajax does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' Sport Lisboa e Benfica is showing some good football. However, Sport Lisboa e Benfica are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AFC Ajax that had 491 games and scored 846 goals.
  • 15' It looks surprising AFC Ajax does not make any changes. Gedson has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 20' AFC Ajax come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 25' Sport Lisboa e Benfica are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined AFC Ajax backline.
  • 29' GOAL! Jonas fires home to make it 1-0!
  • 34' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Nicolas Tagliafico.
  • 39' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Jonas.
  • 42' AFC Ajax receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 42.
  • 45' A meaty challenge results in booking for Ljubomir Fejsa on 45.
  • 48' Rafa Silva gets the nod from Sport Lisboa e Benfica. He replaces Eduardo Salvio and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 53' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 55' Sport Lisboa e Benfica ring the changes. Jonas has done his job and it is now time for Haris Seferovic to step up.
  • 60' It’s high time Erik ten Hag made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 61' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Dusan Tadic makes it 1-1.
  • 66' Jardel needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 70' Sport Lisboa e Benfica receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 70.
  • 72' A meaty challenge results in booking for Donny van de Beek on 72.
  • 74' The AFC Ajax bench stirs into life. David Neres is withdrawn and Kasper Dolberg gets his opportunity.
  • 75' A change in the Sport Lisboa e Benfica ranks — Gedson exits the field as Pizzi enters on 75.
  • 80' The 34-year-old Nicolas Tagliafico has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 83' That is a Yellow card for AFC Ajax. Dusan Tadic will be fuming at that decision.
  • 86' AFC Ajax manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Maximilian Wober is hanging Frenkie de Jong on the field on 86 minute.
  • The points are shared — Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1-1 AFC Ajax. Honours even.

Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Rui Vitoria

AFC Ajax Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Erik ten Hag

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Dusan Tadic 2
Jonas 1
Sebastien Haller 1
Sebastien Haller 1
Roman Yaremchuk 1
Darwin Nunez 1
Noussair Mazraoui 1

Head to Head

2018-11-07 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 AFC Ajax 2018-10-23 AFC Ajax 1–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2018-05-06 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 5–1 AFC Ajax 2017-12-09 AFC Ajax 3–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2017-03-04 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 5–1 AFC Ajax

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2018-11-07 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 AFC Ajax D 2018-11-02 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–3 Moreirense FC L 2018-10-27 Os Belenenses Futebol 2–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2018-10-23 AFC Ajax 1–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2018-10-07 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–0 FC Porto W 2018-10-02 PAE AEK 2–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W

AFC Ajax Form

2018-11-07 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 AFC Ajax D 2018-11-03 AFC Ajax 2–0 Willem II Tilburg W 2018-10-28 AFC Ajax 3–0 Feyenoord Rotterdam W 2018-10-23 AFC Ajax 1–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2018-10-20 SC Heerenveen 0–4 AFC Ajax W 2018-10-07 AFC Ajax 5–0 AZ W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.86 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.27 AFC Ajax xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sport Lisboa e Benfica45% Draw26% AFC Ajax29%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes61% 0% No39%
Avg goals/match: 3.13
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 60%
40%
± 3.5 38%
62%
± 4.5 21%
79%

Double Chance

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw
72%
Draw or AFC Ajax
55%
Sport Lisboa e Benfica or AFC Ajax
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sport Lisboa e Benfica37% Draw43% AFC Ajax20%
Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
2 – 1
9.2%
2 – 0
7.5%
1 – 0
7.4%
1 – 2
6.3%
0 – 0
6%
2 – 2
5.9%
3 – 1
5.7%
0 – 1
4.8%
3 – 0
4.5%
3 – 2
3.7%
0 – 2
3.5%

Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Handicap Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers Push AFC Ajax covers
-2.5 13% — 87%
-2 13% 15% 71%
-1.5 29% — 71%
-1 29% 21% 50%
-0.5 50% — 50%
+0.5 75% — 25%
+1 75% 14% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 7% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet
29% ✓
AFC Ajax keeps clean sheet
16% ✓

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