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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
3 games this season 🟨 3.7/game ⚽ 12.0 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' What a night it is going to be! Sport Lisboa e Benfica welcome AFC Ajax for this crunch clash at .
  • 5' The 29-year-old David Neres has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 10' Gabriel is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for AFC Ajax tonight.
  • 15' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sport Lisboa e Benfica and AFC Ajax are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 20' Sport Lisboa e Benfica are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 25' 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.
  • 29' A goal from the Brazil international Jonas! He fires home on 29 to make it 1-0!
  • 34' AFC Ajax player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 39' Controversy at the stadium! Jonas argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 42' A meaty challenge results in booking for Matthijs de Ligt on 42.
  • 45' It’s a booking for Sport Lisboa e Benfica player. Ljubomir Fejsa gets a Yellow card.
  • 48' Fresh legs for Sport Lisboa e Benfica! Rafa Silva comes on to replace Eduardo Salvio.
  • 53' AFC Ajax is showing some good football. However, AFC Ajax are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 55' It is a substitution in Sport Lisboa e Benfica team. Jonas is replaced by Haris Seferovic on 55 minute.
  • 60' Noussair Mazraoui has been relatively quiet despite scoring 12 goals in his last 483 appearances.
  • 61' Dusan Tadic adds to his 0 season tally! AFC Ajax lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 66' Supporters expect more eagerness from Daley Blind, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 70' The referee calls foul for Jardel. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 72' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Donny van de Beek on 72 minutes.
  • 74' AFC Ajax manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Kasper Dolberg is hanging David Neres on the field on 74 minute.
  • 75' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica bench stirs into life. Gedson is withdrawn and Pizzi gets his opportunity.
  • 80' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 83' Controversy at the stadium! Dusan Tadic argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 86' The AFC Ajax bench stirs into life. Frenkie de Jong is withdrawn and Maximilian Wober gets his opportunity.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

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
Noussair Mazraoui 1
Jonas 1
Sebastien Haller 1
Sebastien Haller 1
Roman Yaremchuk 1
Darwin Nunez 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.