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0 — 2 Sep 17, 2026 · 12:30 AM IST

Benfica

Europa League · Round 1

Venue Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milano

Referee Jarred Gillett

Attendance 68,393

Player of the Match Anatoliy Trubin 8.6 90' played

Match Events

11' Home Strahinja Pavlović

16' Away ⚽ Dodi Lukébakio — 0-1

26' Away Souffian El Karouani

37' Away Jhon Durán

HT

46' Home ↔ Christian Pulisic → Omari Hutchinson

46' Home ↔ Mario Gila → Filippo Terracciano

53' Away ⚽ Jakub Kamiński — 0-2

57' Home ↔ Alexis Saelemaekers → Davide Bartesaghi

57' Home ↔ Diego Moreira → Alphadjo Cissè

70' Away ↔ Leandro Barreiro → Fredrik Aursnes

70' Away ↔ Gianluca Prestianni → Georgiy Sudakov

73' Home ↔ Adrien Rabiot → Ardon Jashari

77' Away Daniel Banjaqui

80' Away ↔ Andreas Schjelderup → Jakub Kamiński

80' Away ↔ Vangelis Pavlidis → Jhon Durán

85' Away Leandro Barreiro

88' Away ↔ Samuel Dahl → Souffian El Karouani

90 + 2' Away Vangelis Pavlidis

FT

Match Stats

60 40

Ball possession

1.03 0.63

Expected goals (xG)

17 11

Total shots

4 4

Shots on target

40 17

Touches in opposition box

0 1

Big chances

0 0

Big chances missed

521 (91%) 324 (85%)

Accurate passes

1 5

Yellow cards

10 1

Corners

Lineups

Milan (3-4-2-1)

Coach: Ruben Amorim

Starting XI

16 Mike Maignan 5.5

42 Filippo Terracciano 6.1

5 Koni De Winter 6.1

31 Strahinja Pavlović 6.2

21 Samuel Chukwueze 7.6

30 Ardon Jashari 6

80 Yunus Musah 6.9

33 Davide Bartesaghi 6.7

20 Omari Hutchinson 6

70 Alphadjo Cissè 6.1

9 Gonçalo Ramos 6.4

Substitutes

34 Mario Gila 7

11 Christian Pulisic 6.4

56 Alexis Saelemaekers 6.5

22 Diego Moreira 6.1

12 Adrien Rabiot 6.3

96 Lorenzo Torriani

23 Fikayo Tomori

46 Matteo Gabbia

14 Luka Modrić

2 Pervis Estupinán

8 Ruben Loftus-Cheek

73 Francesco Camarda

Benfica (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Marco Silva

Starting XI

1 Anatoliy Trubin 8.6

58 Daniel Banjaqui 8

3 Alessandro Circati 7

44 Tomás Araújo 8

34 Souffian El Karouani 7.8

8 Fredrik Aursnes 6.9

36 João Palhinha 7.9

11 Dodi Lukébakio 8.2

10 Georgiy Sudakov 7.4

13 Jakub Kamiński 8.6

22 Jhon Durán 6.7

Substitutes

18 Leandro Barreiro 6.2

25 Gianluca Prestianni 6.3

21 Andreas Schjelderup 6.2

14 Vangelis Pavlidis 6

26 Samuel Dahl

24 Samuel Soares

2 Clément Lenglet

5 Enzo Barrenechea

16 Manu Silva

27 Rafa Silva

72 Anísio Cabral

30 Claudio Echeverri