Preview match

MATCH REPORT

Europe - Champions League - 03/15/22 16:00

Stadium Johan Cruijff Arena
Capacity 54990
Surface grass
Referee Carlos del Cerro Grande
Attendance
54066

0-1 [97‘]

15‘
30‘
45‘
60‘
75‘
90‘
105‘

0-1 [97‘]

0-0 HT
46‘
Meïté  Taarabt
67‘
Ramos
72‘
Yaremchuk Éverton
77‘
0-1 Nuñez (Grimaldo)
Álvarez Brobbey
81‘
Berghuis Klaassen
81‘
81‘
Gonçalves Nuñez
Timber
83‘
90‘+1
Bernardo Ramos
90‘+1
Bernardo Ramos
Blind
90‘+4
Gravenberch
90‘+4
Timber Mohammed
90‘+6
0-1 FT

Goals and Highlights

0-1
77‘
Nuñez

Match stats

CARDS 3 0

Ball possession
69%
31%

CARDS 1 0

Total shots
16
4
On goal
2
1
Corners
10
4
Dangerous attack
119
25
Attack
147
64
Passes total
596
278
Accurate passes
503 (84%)
180 (65%)
Key passes
12
4
Crosses
11/38(29%)
4/7(57%)
Dribbles
11/23 (48%)
6/18(33%)

ODDS

Match
1 X 2
Opening odds -227 375 600
Pre match odds -303 475 700
Asian handicap
Line 1 2 Line
-1.5 -108 100 +1.5
-1.75 110 -130 +1.75
-1.25 -145 122 +1.25
Goals
Line Under Over
2.5 200 -250
3.5 -118 105
Corners
Line Under Over
9.5 -125 100

Lineups

Status: Confirmed lineup

Ajax

Status: Confirmed lineup

Benfica

Missings

Maarten Stekelenburg
GK 3
14
Stekelenburg
0‘ 0 0+0
Sean Klaiber
RB 3
14
Klaiber
0‘ 0 0+0
Remko Pasveer
GK 1
4
Pasveer
540‘ 6 0+0
Jay Gorter
GK 3
4
Gorter
0‘ 0 0+0
+11 Out of selection
Lucas Veríssimo
CB 2
22
Veríssimo
572‘ 7 0+1
Rodrigo Pinho
CF
16
Pinho
0‘ 0 0+0
Haris Seferović
CF 3
11
Seferović
46‘ 2 0+0
+2 Out of selection

Lineups

  • no photo 24
    1
    Onana
    180‘ 2 0+0 5.6
  • no photo 17
    CB 1
    Blind
    577‘ 8 1+1 6.9
    no photo 21
    1
    1
    Martínez
    720‘ 8 0+1 7.4
    no photo 2
    2
    Timber
    578‘ 8 0+0 6.2
    no photo 12
    1
    Mazraoui
    662‘ 8 0+2 7.7
  • no photo 8
    1
    Gravenberch
    703‘ 8 0+1 7.3
    no photo 4
    DM 1
    1
    Álvarez
    559‘ 7 0+0 7.8
  • no photo 10
    Tadić
    630‘ 7 2+1 7.0
    no photo 23
    RW 1
    Berghuis
    628‘ 8 3+1 7.4
    no photo 11
    Antony
    577‘ 7 2+4 7.0
  • no photo 22
    Haller
    671‘ 8 11+2 7.0
  • no photo 9
    1
    Nuñez
    614‘ 10 6+0 7.1
  • no photo 27
    1
    Silva
    1038‘ 13 3+2 5.8
    no photo 88
    2
    Ramos
    540‘ 11 1+0 6.9
    no photo 7
    2
    Éverton
    635‘ 13 0+0 6.3
  • no photo 49
    1
    Taarabt
    413‘ 13 0+0 6.4
    no photo 28
    1
    Weigl
    1151‘ 13 1+0 6.8
  • no photo 2
    1
    1
    Gilberto
    816‘ 12 2+0 7.4
    no photo 30
    1
    1
    Otamendi
    1170‘ 13 0+0 6.8
    no photo 5
    1
    Vertonghen
    1077‘ 13 0+0 7.3
    no photo 3
    1
    Grimaldo
    1217‘ 14 0+3 8.1
  • no photo 99
    1
    Vlachodimos
    1260‘ 14 0+0 7.3
4-2-3-1
Coach: E. ten Hag
4-2-3-1
Coach N. da Silva Veríssimo

Stats:

shots

Player Antony 4
Player Álvarez 2
Player Ramos 1
Player Mazraoui 1
Player Tadić 1
Player Otamendi 1

Acc. Passes

Player Gonçalves 100% (2)
Player Mohammed 100% (1)
Player Gravenberch 92% (40)
Player Timber 90% (75)
Player Álvarez 90% (51)
Player Grimaldo 88% (17)

dribbles

Player Silva 5 (2)
Player Blind 4 (1)
Player Tadić 4 (1)
Player Mazraoui 4 (2)
Player Taarabt 3 (1)
Player Antony 3 (1)

Key Passes

Player Tadić 5
Player Berghuis 3
Player Grimaldo 3
Player Martínez 2
Player Otamendi 1
Player Blind 1

goals

Haller 11
Berghuis 3
Tadić 2
Antony 2
Blind 1
Klaassen 1

goals

Nuñez 6
Yaremchuk 4
Silva 3
Gilberto 2
Weigl 1
Ramos 1

assists

Antony 4
Haller 2
Mazraoui 2
Blind 1
Tagliafico 1
Klaassen 1

assists

Mário 5
Grimaldo 3
Silva 2
Veríssimo 1
Yaremchuk 1

Yellow Cards

Álvarez 4
Timber 3
Antony 1
Mazraoui 1
Blind 1
Martínez 1

Yellow Cards

Ramos 4
Otamendi 4
Weigl 3
Mário 3
Silva 3
Yaremchuk 2

Key Passes

Tadić 25
Berghuis 17
Haller 13
Antony 10
Mazraoui 10
Martínez 8

Key Passes

Grimaldo 23
Silva 20
Mário 11
Gonçalves 8
Weigl 8
Pizzi 7

Acc. Passes

Timber 93%
Martínez 92%
Álvarez 90%
Gravenberch 87%
Mazraoui 87%
Blind 82%

Acc. Passes

Vertonghen 81%
Weigl 81%
Veríssimo 80%
Grimaldo 80%
Silva 79%
Taarabt 79%

Total Shots

Haller 21 (2.63)
Antony 19 (2.71)
Berghuis 12 (1.5)
Martínez 7 (0.88)
Tadić 7 (0.88)
Mazraoui 6 (0.75)

Total Shots

Nuñez 16 (1.6)
Yaremchuk 16 (1.33)
Éverton 10 (0.77)
Silva 9 (0.69)
Ramos 7 (0.54)
Otamendi 5 (0.36)

BENCH

Perr Schuurs
CB 3
3 Schuurs
146‘ 3 0+1
Mohammed Daramy
LW 2
30 Daramy
53‘ 2 0+0
Devyne Rensch
RB 3
15 Rensch
77‘ 5 0+0
Kudus Mohammed
AM 3
20 Mohammed
23‘ 2 0+0
Nicolás Tagliafico
LB 2
31 Tagliafico
145‘ 3 0+1
C. Setford
GK 3
51 Setford
0‘ 0 0+0
Zakaria Labyad
DM 3
19 Labyad
0‘ 0 0+0
Brian Brobbey
CF
18 Brobbey
16‘ 1 0+0 6.2
Kenneth Taylor
CM 2
25 Taylor
45‘ 3 0+0
Davy Klaassen
CM 2
6 Klaassen
246‘ 7 1+1 6.6
Przemysław Tytoń
GK
Tytoń
0‘ 0 0+0
Danilo
CF 3
1
9 Danilo
0‘ 0 0+0
Diogo Gonçalves
RW 2
17 Gonçalves
355‘ 8 0+0 6.7
Paulo Bernardo
CM 3
55 Bernardo
47‘ 5 0+0
João Mário
CM
20 Mário
845‘ 12 1+5
Helton Leite
GK 3
77 Leite
0‘ 0 0+0
Gil Dias
LB 2
31 Dias
6‘ 2 0+0
Soualiho Meïté 
CM 2
11 Meïté 
208‘ 5 0+0 6.5
Henrique Araújo
CF
39 Araújo
0‘ 0 0+0
André Almeida
CB 3
34 Almeida
288‘ 7 0+0
Morato
CB 3
91 Morato
404‘ 5 1+0
Valentino Lazaro
RB 2
22 Lazaro
117‘ 6 0+0
Roman Yaremchuk
CF 1
1
15 Yaremchuk
694‘ 13 4+1 6.7
Nemanja Radonjić
LW 3
2
23 Radonjić
31‘ 1 0+0
Goal fact

Ajax

  • Unbeaten run (7) for Ajax

    Ajax are unbeaten in their last 7 Champions League games (6W, 1D). Players scored 22 goals and 7 conceded in that run.

  • Ajax have good form in the last 5 games

    Coach E. ten Hag can be satisfied with his team form (4W, 1D, 0L) from the last 5 games.

  • First-choice goalkeeper Remko Pasveer will miss

    Team is without first-choice goalkeeper Remko Pasveer with 540 minutes played. Reason: injury.

Benfica

  • Unbeaten run (3) for Benfica

    Benfica are unbeaten in their last 3 Champions League games (1W, 2D). Players scored 4 goals and 2 conceded in that run.

  • Bad results in last matches for Benfica

    Bad form within the last 5 games. Not easy period for the players and coach N. da Silva Veríssimo as the form record is (1W, 2D, 2L) with their average of 2.2 goals conceded per game.

  • Poor form in away games

    1 losses in 5 games. (1W, 3D, 1L) is the record in away games. With their average of 1 goals conceded per game.

Ajax

Summary

Benfica

H2H

1
2

H2H (HOME/AWAY)

1

FORM

2.67
1.33

FORM (HOME/AWAY)

3
1.2
Ajax

Team Strength

Benfica
78% Avg. minutes played (last 6) 81%
3 Changes (vs. last game) 3
0 Fresh important missings 0
1 Missings 1

Head to head

Ajax 71%
1wins
2 draws
0 wins
3 matches
29% Benfica
OVER 1.5
67% 2/3 times
OVER 2.5
33% 1/3 times
OVER 3.5
33% 1/3 times
BTTS
67% 2/3 times
CARDS
6.7 Ø
Corners
6 Ø

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
02/23/22 Champions League
Benfica Benfica
2-2
Ajax Ajax
1-2 17 - 11 4- 8 35 - 48 7 - 2 1 (62%)
1 (66%)
375 320 -154
11/07/18 Champions League
Benfica Benfica
1-1
Ajax Ajax
1-0 12 - 10 8- 4 32 - 51 2 - 2 4 (71%)
1 (74%)
164 250 175
10/23/18 Champions League
Ajax Ajax
1-0
Benfica Benfica
0-0 17 - 13 10- 3 63 - 34 3 - 2 2 (66%)
1 (73%)
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Team form

3.00 2.17 (+-28%) total
2.00 (+0%) total 2.00
Benfica

Ajax Last 6 Matches

OVER 1.5
83% 5/6 times
OVER 2.5
67% 4/6 times
OVER 3.5
50% 3/6 times
BTTS
67% 4/6 times
CARDS
3.2 Ø
Corners
9.5 Ø
9.4 Eredivisie
Ajax
14:00
Sparta Rotterdam
2.4 Eredivisie
Groningen
10:30
Ajax
20.3 Eredivisie
Ajax
09:30
Feyenoord

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
11.3 Eredivisie
Cambuur SC Cambuur
2 - 3
Ajax Ajax
0-2 6 - 26 3 - 12 24 - 86 5 - 5 3 (44%)
3 (58%)
1400 850 -769
6.3 Eredivisie
Ajax Ajax
3 - 2
RKC Waalwijk Waalwijk
2-0 39 - 6 14 - 3 123 - 15 9 - 3 1 (60%)
4 (48%)
-3333 1600 4000
3.3 KNVB Beker
AZ AZ
0 - 2
Ajax Ajax
0-1 4 - 6 2 - 5 32 - 53 1 - 1 1 (71%)
2 (62%)
375 275 -137
27.2 Eredivisie
G. A. Eagle Go Ahead Eagles
2 - 1
Ajax Ajax
2-0 6 - 20 4 - 3 35 - 101 2 - 8 1 (69%)
4 (57%)
1200 550 -500
23.2 Champions League
Benfica Benfica
2 - 2
Ajax Ajax
1-2 17 - 11 4 - 8 35 - 48 7 - 2 1 (62%)
1 (66%)
375 320 -154
19.2 Eredivisie
Willem II Willem II
0 - 1
Ajax Ajax
0-0 6 - 33 1 - 6 22 - 105 2 - 12 3 (56%)
0 (66%)
1600 750 -714
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Benfica Last 6 Matches

OVER 1.5
100% 6/6 times
OVER 2.5
83% 5/6 times
OVER 3.5
33% 2/6 times
BTTS
83% 5/6 times
CARDS
7 Ø
Corners
12 Ø
5.4 Champions League
Benfica
15:00
Liverpool
1.4 Primeira Liga
Braga
15:15
Benfica
20.3 Primeira Liga
Benfica
14:00
Estoril

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
11.3 Primeira Liga
Benfica Benfica
1 - 1
Vizela Vizela
0-0 24 - 21 8 - 5 61 - 56 9 - 8 4 (62%)
2 (53%)
-303 450 650
5.3 Primeira Liga
Portimonense Portimonense
1 - 2
Benfica Benfica
1-1 6 - 15 1 - 3 34 - 70 2 - 8 2 (58%)
3 (63%)
550 375 -222
27.2 Primeira Liga
Benfica Benfica
3 - 0
Vitória SC Guimaraes
2-0 10 - 16 8 - 7 48 - 38 5 - 9 2 (54%)
3 (53%)
-333 475 700
23.2 Champions League
Benfica Benfica
2 - 2
Ajax Ajax
1-2 17 - 11 4 - 8 35 - 48 7 - 2 1 (62%)
1 (66%)
375 320 -154
18.2 Primeira Liga
Boavista Boavista
2 - 2
Benfica Benfica
0-2 14 - 10 3 - 4 39 - 33 9 - 4 2 (60%)
1 (60%)
500 375 -227
12.2 Primeira Liga
Benfica Benfica
2 - 1
Santa Clara Santa Clara
0-1 16 - 8 4 - 4 88 - 27 7 - 2 0 (61%)
2 (60%)
-303 450 700
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Standings

Group Stage
Group A
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Man City 6 4 0 2 18:10 12
2.00 83% 1.5 7.2 100% 100% 4.67
2. PSG 6 3 2 1 13:8 11
1.83 50% 1.3 1.5 50% 50% 3.50
3. RB Leipzig 6 2 1 3 15:14 7
1.17 83% 2.2 3.7 100% 100% 4.83
4. Club Brugge 6 1 1 4 6:20 4
0.67 83% 1.8 6.2 100% 83% 4.33
Group B
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Liverpool 6 6 0 0 17:6 18
3.00 0% 0.2 1.0 0% 0% 3.83
2. Atlético Madrid 6 2 1 3 7:8 7
1.17 50% 1.0 0.3 0% 0% 2.50
3. Porto 6 1 2 3 4:11 5
0.83 50% 2.8 4.5 67% 33% 2.50
4. Milan 6 1 1 4 6:9 4
0.67 67% 2.8 2.8 67% 50% 2.50
Group C
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Ajax 6 6 0 0 20:5 18
3.00 50% 1.0 2.0 50% 50% 4.17
2. Dortmund 6 3 0 3 10:11 9
1.50 50% 1.2 5.7 83% 83% 3.50
3. Sporting 6 3 0 3 14:12 9
1.50 67% 0.8 0.3 50% 50% 4.33
4. Beşiktaş 6 0 0 6 3:19 0
0.00 50% 2.7 3.3 100% 83% 3.67
Group D
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Real Madrid 6 5 0 1 14:3 15
2.50 0% 0.0 0.3 0% 0% 2.83
2. Inter 6 3 1 2 8:5 10
1.67 33% 0.7 1.5 50% 0% 2.17
3. Sheriff 6 2 1 3 7:11 7
1.17 67% 2.2 2.7 100% 67% 3.00
4. Shakhtar Donetsk 6 0 2 4 2:12 2
0.33 100% 1.0 1.8 100% 100% 2.33
Group E
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Bayern 6 6 0 0 22:3 18
3.00 50% 0.2 2.0 50% 0% 4.17
2. Benfica 6 2 2 2 7:9 8
1.33 17% 2.5 3.2 100% 100% 2.67
3. Barcelona 6 2 1 3 2:9 7
1.17 0% 2.2 6.0 50% 50% 1.83
4. Dynamo Kyiv 6 0 1 5 1:11 1
0.17 17% 1.7 3.7 50% 33% 2.00
Group F
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Manchester United 6 3 2 1 11:8 11
1.83 50% 1.2 1.3 50% 0% 3.17
2. Villarreal 6 3 1 2 12:9 10
1.67 50% 0.8 0.5 100% 50% 3.50
3. Atalanta 6 1 3 2 12:13 6
1.00 83% 1.5 4.5 83% 83% 4.17
4. Young Boys 6 1 2 3 7:12 5
0.83 67% 1.8 4.8 83% 50% 3.17
Group G
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. LOSC Lille 6 3 2 1 7:4 11
1.83 50% 0.5 1.7 100% 50% 1.83
2. Salzburg 6 3 1 2 8:6 10
1.67 67% 2.5 1.2 100% 50% 2.33
3. Sevilla 6 1 3 2 5:5 6
1.00 50% 3.2 6.2 67% 17% 1.67
4. Wolfsburg 6 1 2 3 5:10 5
0.83 67% 4.2 2.5 83% 50% 2.50
Group H
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Juventus 6 5 0 1 10:6 15
2.50 50% 0.3 1.2 100% 50% 2.67
2. Chelsea 6 4 1 1 13:4 13
2.17 17% 1.2 8.5 100% 100% 2.83
3. Zenit 6 1 2 3 10:10 5
0.83 50% 1.5 6.5 67% 50% 3.33
4. Malmö FF 6 0 1 5 1:14 1
0.17 17% 2.5 1.3 67% 50% 2.50

Cup situation

Competitions
Club Friendlies vs Meppen 06/28/22
Club Friendlies 1
Group Stage
Super Cup vs PSV 07/30/22
Final
KNVB Beker vs PSV 04/17/22
Final
No data
Knockout Round Play-offs
Competitions
Club Friendlies 1
Quarter-finals
Group Stage
3rd Round
Club Friendlies 3