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Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs AFC Ajax, Champions League 2021-22 LAST 16

UEFA Champions League · 2021-22
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
2 – 2
Full Time
AFC Ajax
Wed 23 Feb 2022 · 20:00 UTC Estadio da Luz HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 23' Noussair Mazraoui
Y 45' Steven Berghuis
Darwin Nunez 46' Y
Goncalo Ramos 49' Y
Roman Yaremchuk 72' Y
Y 87' Antony

Overview

Match Preview

Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs AFC Ajax — Champions League at Estadio da Luz.

Match Details

  • Referee Rade Obrenovic
  • Referee Slavko Vincic
  • Referee Tomaz Klancnik
  • Referee Andraz Kovacic
  • Referee Jure Praprotnik
  • Referee Marco Fritz
8 games this season 🟨 1.4/game ⚽ 4.8 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

4
3
2
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 9 games · Avg 2.9 goals AFC Ajax
Last 5 meetings
2022-02-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 AFC Ajax 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

Recent Form

Sport Lisboa e Benfica
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Feb AFC Ajax H 2–2 D
18 Feb Boavista FC A 2–2 D
12 Feb CD Santa Clara H 2–1 W
07 Feb CD Tondela A 3–1 W
02 Feb Gil Vicente FC H 1–2 L
21 Jan FC Arouca A 2–0 W
AFC Ajax
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 Feb Sport Lisboa e Benfica A 2–2 D
19 Feb Willem II Tilburg A 1–0 W
13 Feb FC Twente '65 H 5–0 W
06 Feb Heracles Almelo H 3–0 W
23 Jan PSV A 2–1 W
16 Jan FC Utrecht A 3–0 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
20% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season
0% Clean Sheets
AFC Ajax this season

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

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Sport Lisboa e Benfica is hosting AFC Ajax for another epic battle.
  • 5' Rafa Silva needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 34 Yellow cards this season.
  • 10' It’s high time Nelson Verissimo made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 18' What a strike from Dusan Tadic! The score is 0-1.
  • 23' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Noussair Mazraoui.
  • 26' What an equalizer from Sebastien Haller!
  • 29' Sebastien Haller puts AFC Ajax on the lead.
  • 34' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Alejandro Grimaldo suffering a number of foals already.
  • 39' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Daley Blind made 480 appearances and scored 10 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 44' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Sport Lisboa e Benfica winning 100% of all matches.
  • 45' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Steven Berghuis.
  • 46' The referee calls foul for Darwin Nunez. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 49' Goncalo Ramos was booked on 49.
  • 54' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sport Lisboa e Benfica needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 59' Sport Lisboa e Benfica started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 59.
  • 62' Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Roman Yaremchuk is hanging Everton on the field on 62 minute.
  • 67' It looks surprising Sport Lisboa e Benfica does not make any changes. Gilberto has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 72' What a strike from Roman Yaremchuk! The score is 2-2.
  • 72' Sport Lisboa e Benfica player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 73' Another change for AFC Ajax made on 73 minute. Daley Blind leaves to be changed by Nicolas Tagliafico.
  • 78' Supporters expect more eagerness from Davy Klaassen, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio da Luz with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 83' It looks like no one’s ball. AFC Ajax is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 85' The whistle greets Adel Taarabt as he departs to be replaced by Paulo Bernardo.
  • 87' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Antony.
  • 90' Another substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica to replace Gilberto by Valentino Lazaro on 90 minute.
  • The final score is 2-2.

Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Nelson Verissimo

AFC Ajax Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Erik ten Hag

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

2022-02-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 AFC Ajax 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

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2022-02-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 AFC Ajax D 2022-02-18 Boavista FC 2–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2022-02-12 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 CD Santa Clara W 2022-02-07 CD Tondela 1–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2022-02-02 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–2 Gil Vicente FC L 2022-01-21 FC Arouca 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W

AFC Ajax Form

2022-02-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 AFC Ajax D 2022-02-19 Willem II Tilburg 0–1 AFC Ajax W 2022-02-13 AFC Ajax 5–0 FC Twente '65 W 2022-02-06 AFC Ajax 3–0 Heracles Almelo W 2022-01-23 PSV 1–2 AFC Ajax W 2022-01-16 FC Utrecht 0–3 AFC Ajax W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.9 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.31 AFC Ajax xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 62% + Over 2.5 goals 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sport Lisboa e Benfica46% Draw26% AFC Ajax28%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes62% 0% No38%
Avg goals/match: 3.21
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 83%
17%
± 2.5 61%
39%
± 3.5 40%
60%
± 4.5 23%
77%

Double Chance

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw
72%
Draw or AFC Ajax
54%
Sport Lisboa e Benfica or AFC Ajax
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sport Lisboa e Benfica37% Draw42% AFC Ajax21%
Actual: AFC Ajax win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.9%
2 – 1
9.2%
2 – 0
7.2%
1 – 0
7%
1 – 2
6.4%
2 – 2
Actual
3 – 1
5.8%
0 – 0
5.6%
0 – 1
4.5%
3 – 0
4.5%
3 – 2
3.9%
0 – 2
3.5%

Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Handicap Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers Push AFC Ajax covers
-2.5 14% — 86%
-2 14% 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
28% ✓
AFC Ajax keeps clean sheet
16% ✓

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