UEFA Champions League

Red Star vs Benfica 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

Red Star Belgrade
  • 86': Felicio Milson
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Benfica
  • 9': Kerem Aktürkoglu
  • 29': Orkun Kökçü

Turkish delight as Benfica secures win over Red Star

A fortuitous goal from winger Kerem Akturkoglu and a superb free-kick by his Turkish compatriot Orkun Kokcu earned Benfica a 2-1 victory at Red Star Belgrade in their Champions League encounter on Thursday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 9': Goal! Red Star Belgrade 0, Benfica 1. Kerem Aktürkoglu (Benfica) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  • 25': Silas Katompa Mvumpa (Red Star Belgrade) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 26': Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Dálcio replaces Ognjen Mimovic because of an injury.
  • 29': Goal! Red Star Belgrade 0, Benfica 2. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 37': Substitution, Benfica. Issa Kaboré replaces Alexander Bah because of an injury.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Red Star Belgrade 0, Benfica 2.
  • 52': Álvaro Carreras (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 56': Substitution, Benfica. Fredrik Aursnes replaces Benjamín Rollheiser.
  • 64': Issa Kaboré (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 71': Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Cherif Ndiaye replaces Bruno Duarte.
  • 71': Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Milson replaces Peter Olayinka.
  • 77': Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 81': Substitution, Red Star Belgrade. Luka Ilic replaces Rade Krunic.
  • 86': Goal! Red Star Belgrade 1, Benfica 2. Milson (Red Star Belgrade) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cherif Ndiaye with a through ball.
  • 88': Substitution, Benfica. Zeki Amdouni replaces Vangelis Pavlidis.
  • 88': Substitution, Benfica. Jan-Niklas Beste replaces Ángel Di María.
  • 88': Substitution, Benfica. Leandro Barreiro replaces Orkun Kökçü.
  • 90'+4': Seol Young-Woo (Red Star Belgrade) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Venue: Rajko Mitic Stadium
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Attendance: 44,238

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+12 Liverpool 6 18 0
+14 Barcelona 6 15 1
+9 Arsenal 6 13 1
+7 Bayer Leverkusen 6 13 1
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Statistics

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11 Fouls 12
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
1 Corner Kicks 7
2 Saves 1
44.6 Possession 55.4
10 SHOTS 15
3 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
299 Accurate Passes 384
378 Passes 454
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 7
9 Crosses 34
0.3 Cross % 0.2
51 Long Balls 45
26 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 4
13 Effective Tackles 7
18 Tackles 12
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
11 Interceptions 9
32 Effective Clearances 14
32 Clearances 14

Line-Ups

RSB Red Star Belgrade (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
18 Omri Glazer (GK)
5 Uros Spajic
24 Nasser Djiga
66 Seol Young-Woo Yellow Card
70 Ognjen Mimovic
4 Mirko Ivanic
21 Timi Elsnik
6 Rade Krunic
17 Bruno Duarte
14 Peter Olayinka
15 Silas Katompa-Mvumpa Yellow Card
Substitutes:
Egor Prutsev, Dálcio, Ivan Guteša, Nemanja Radonjic, Vanja Drkusic, Stefan Lekovic, Felicio Milson, Cherif Ndiaye, Luka Ilic, Guélor Kanga, Marko Ilic.

BEN Benfica (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Anatoliy Trubin (GK)
30 Nicolás Otamendi
4 António Silva
3 Álvaro Carreras Yellow Card
6 Alexander Bah
32 Benjamín Rollheiser
10 Orkun Kökçü
61 Florentino Luís
14 Vangelis Pavlidis
17 Kerem Aktürkoglu
11 Ángel Di María
Substitutes:
Jan-Niklas Beste, Andreas Schjelderup, Leandro Barreiro, Tomás Araújo, Zeki Amdouni, Fredrik Aursnes, Arthur Cabral, Issa Kaboré, André Gomes, Gianluca Prestianni, Samuel Soares, Adrian Bajrami.

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