PAOK FC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Champions League 2019-20 3RD QUALIFYING ROUND
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Match Preview
PAOK FC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Champions League at Stadio Toumbas.
- PAOK FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 games · 9 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Bastian Dankert
- Referee Stefan Lupp
- Referee Felix Brych
- Referee Mark Borsch
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern Munchen 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 Bodo/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 Kobenhavn 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Sep Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 2–1 W 29 Aug SK Slovan Bratislava H 3–2 W 22 Aug SK Slovan Bratislava A 0–1 L 13 Aug AFC Ajax A 2–3 L 06 Aug AFC Ajax H 2–2 D 13 Dec FK BATE Barysau H 1–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 15 Sep PAOK FC A 1–2 L 25 Jul Sporting Clube de Portugal H 2–1 W 21 Jul CD Aves A 4–0 W 14 Jul Vitoria SC H 2–0 W 09 Jul FC Famalicao A 1–1 D 04 Jul Boavista FC H 3–1 W Key Stats
86% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)29% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season -
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: PAOK FC gets underway.
- 1' Dimitris Pelkas was booked on 1.
- 6' Rafa Silva has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 48 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
- 11' Sport Lisboa e Benfica started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 11.
- 16' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 21' It looks like no one’s ball. Sport Lisboa e Benfica is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 26' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sport Lisboa e Benfica that had 465 games and scored 813 goals.
- 28' It’s a booking for PAOK FC player. Fernando Varela gets a Yellow card.
- 33' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. PAOK FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 38' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 43' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 44' It’s a booking for Sport Lisboa e Benfica player. Andre Almeida gets a Yellow card.
- 49' It’s high time Nelson Verissimo made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 54' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 54 minutes.
- 59' Zivko Zivkovic needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 63' Dimitris Giannoulis puts PAOK FC on the lead.
- 65' Darwin Nunez is replacing Pedrinho for the Sport Lisboa e Benfica side.
- 67' Andrija Zivkovic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Dimitris Pelkas on 67 minute.
- 70' Another substitution for PAOK FC to replace Chuba Akpom by Karol Swiderski on 70 minute.
- 72' Time for substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Haris Seferovic is replaced by Carlos Vinicius.
- 73' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes a substitution. Adel Taarabt departs to be replaced by Rafa Silva.
- 75' What a strike from Andrija Zivkovic! The score is 2-0.
- 76' Rafa Silva is replacing Adel Taarabt for the Sport Lisboa e Benfica side.
- 79' The referee calls foul for Stefan Schwab. He receives a Yellow card.
- 80' Time for substitution for PAOK FC. Christos Tzolis is replaced by Anderson Esiti.
- 85' 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 Andre Almeida suffering a number of foals already.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Anderson Esiti on 90.
- With this win, PAOK FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.
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PAOK FC
Starting XI- 4
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47
Chuba Akpom ↓ Karol Swiderski 70'
- 15
- 5
- 10
- 7
- 22
- 23
- 88
- 49
- 11
Bench-
14
Andrija Zivkovic ↑ 67'
- 31
- 21
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24
Anderson Esiti ↑ 80'
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9
Karol Swiderski ↑ 70'
- 32
- 6
Coach Abel FerreiraSport Lisboa e Benfica
Starting XI- 7
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38
Pedrinho ↓ Darwin Nunez 65'
- 5
- 28
- 6
- 21
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49
Adel Taarabt ↓ Rafa Silva 73'
- 14
- 3
- 34
- 99
Bench- 2
- 10
- 77
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95
Carlos Vinicius ↑ 72'
- 8
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27
Rafa Silva ↑ 73'
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9
Darwin Nunez ↑ 65'
Coach Nelson Verissimo -
Head to Head
PAOK FC Form
Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form
2020-09-15 PAOK FC 2–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2020-07-25 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2020-07-21 CD Aves 0–4 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2020-07-14 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 Vitoria SC W 2020-07-09 FC Famalicao 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2020-07-04 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–1 Boavista FC W