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Benfica 2-2 HJK Helsinki - November 04, 1998 / Champions League 1998/1999

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Champions League 1998/1999 - Round 4 - Group F

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

November 04, 1998

28 500

2 - 2

HJK Helsinki

Finland

Nuno Gomes

78'

José António Calado

80'

Scott Minto (o.g)

85'

Luiz Antonio

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3' - Own goal Scott Minto

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46' - Substitution Hugo Porfiriois substituted by Andrade46

60' - Substitution M. G. Piracaiais substituted by Mikael Forssell

78' - Goal Nuno Gomes78

80' - Goal José António Calado80

81' - Substitution Mika Kottilais substituted by Luiz Antonio

82' - Substitution Karel Poborskyis substituted by Martin Pringle82

85' - Goal Luiz Antonio

88' - Substitution Shefki Kuqiis substituted by Peter Kopteff

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

2 - 2

HJK Helsinki

Benfica HJK Helsinki

Team line-ups

Benfica

1 Preud'homme

Michel Preud'homme

Belgium

B.date24/01/1959

Age39 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

5 Madeira

Paulo Madeira

Portugal

B.date06/09/1970

Age28 years

H1m70

positionCentral defender

13 Guiaro

Ronaldo Guiaro

Brazil

B.date18/02/1974

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

16 Minto3

Scott Minto

England

B.date06/08/1971

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

7 Poborsky82

Karel Poborsky

Czech Republic

B.date30/03/1972

Age26 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

20 Leal

Hugo Leal

Portugal

B.date21/05/1980

Age18 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

22 Calado80

José António Calado

Portugal

B.date01/03/1974

Age24 years

H1m81

positionRight central midfielder

8 Pinto

João Pinto

Portugal

B.date19/08/1971

Age27 years

H1m71

positionOffensive Midfielder

15 Pembridge

Mark Pembridge

Wales

B.date29/11/1970

Age27 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

23 Porfirio46

Hugo Porfirio

Portugal

B.date28/09/1973

Age25 years

H1m70

positionStriker

21 Gomes78

Nuno Gomes

Portugal

B.date05/07/1976

Age22 years

H1m81

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Michel Preud'homme		39	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Paulo Madeira		28	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ronaldo Guiaro		24	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Scott Minto	3	27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Karel Poborsky	82	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Hugo Leal		18	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	José António Calado	80	24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	João Pinto		27	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Mark Pembridge		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Hugo Porfirio	46	25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Gomes	78	22	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

HJK Helsinki

Koivistoinen

Tommi Koivistoinen

Finland

B.date10/07/1970

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Tihinen

Hannu Tihinen

Finland

B.date01/07/1976

Age22 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Saastamoinen

Jarmo Saastamoinen

Finland

B.date20/09/1966

Age32 years

positionCentral defender

Kanerva

Markku Kanerva

Finland

B.date24/05/1964

Age34 years

positionDefender

Nylund

Ville Nylund

Finland

B.date14/08/1972

Age26 years

H1m76

positionDefender

Riihilahti

Aki Riihilahti

Finland

B.date09/09/1976

Age22 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Ilola

Jari Ilola

Finland

B.date24/11/1978

Age19 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

Piracaia60

Marcelo Goncalves Piracaia

Brazil

B.date17/04/1971

Age27 years

H1m71

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Lehkosuo

Mika Lehkosuo

Finland

B.date08/01/1970

Age28 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

Kuqi88

Shefki Kuqi

Finland

B.date10/11/1976

Age21 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Kottila81

Mika Kottila

Finland

B.date22/09/1974

Age24 years

H1m95

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommi Koivistoinen		28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hannu Tihinen		22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jarmo Saastamoinen		32	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Markku Kanerva		34	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ville Nylund		26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Aki Riihilahti		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Ilola		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	M. G. Piracaia	60	27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mika Lehkosuo		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shefki Kuqi	88	21	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mika Kottila	81	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
30	M		Andrade	46	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F		Martin Pringle	82	27	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Peter Kopteff	88	19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mikael Forssell	60	17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Luiz Antonio	8581	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Karel Poborsky

Michael Thomas

OUT

Hugo Porfirio

Andrade

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tommi Koivistoinen

Jani Viander

OUT

Aki Riihilahti

Vesa Vasara

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Souness vs HJK Helsinki

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 04, 1998

Souness vs Muurinen

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 04, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Antti Muurinen

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Muurinen vs Benfica

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 04, 1998

Muurinen vs Souness

2 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 04, 1998

Referee

Laszlo Vagner

0 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Benfica2 matches	General total	HJK Helsinki1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	HJK Helsinki1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 04, 1998					Latest figure on November 04, 1998

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Comments

Key figures

HJK Helsinki keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored away from home running (since 29/07/1998). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 17/07/1996 (3 matches)

End of streak for Benfica after 21 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home in Champions League (since 03/10/1984). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 05/10/1965 (15 matches)

HJK Helsinki keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win away from home in Champions League running (since 26/08/1998). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 7 key stats

General ranking

1	Kaiserslautern	10 pts	4 rd
2	HJK Helsinki	5 pts	4 rd
3	Benfica	4 pts	4 rd
4	PSV Eindhoven	3 pts	4 rd

General ranking

1	Kaiserslautern	10 pts	4 rd
2	HJK Helsinki	5 pts	4 rd
3	Benfica	4 pts	4 rd
4	PSV Eindhoven	3 pts	4 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 2-0 Estrela da Amadora21/08/1998

VBenfica 3-0 Beira Mar12/09/1998

VBenfica 3-1 Maritimo Funchal26/09/1998

VBenfica 2-1 PSV Eindhoven30/09/1998

DBenfica 2-2 Alverça17/10/1998

DBenfica 0-0 Leiria30/10/1998

Overall

VBenfica 2-1 PSV Eindhoven30/09/1998

VVitória Guimarães 0-2 Benfica04/10/1998

DBenfica 2-2 Alverça17/10/1998

LHJK Helsinki 2-0 Benfica21/10/1998

LBoavista 2-1 Benfica25/10/1998

DBenfica 0-0 Leiria30/10/1998

Current form

Away

VTPS 0-1 HJK Helsinki08/08/1998

LFC Jazz 2-1 HJK Helsinki22/08/1998

DMetz 1-1 HJK Helsinki26/08/1998

LFinnPa 4-2 HJK Helsinki12/09/1998

LPSV Eindhoven 2-1 HJK Helsinki16/09/1998

DPK-35 1-1 HJK Helsinki04/10/1998

Overall

LPSV Eindhoven 2-1 HJK Helsinki16/09/1998

LHJK Helsinki 0-1 FC Haka21/09/1998

VHJK Helsinki 3-1 VPS26/09/1998

DHJK Helsinki 0-0 Kaiserslautern30/09/1998

DPK-35 1-1 HJK Helsinki04/10/1998

VHJK Helsinki 2-0 Benfica21/10/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	11	1
Winless streak	2	4
Goalless streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	5	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	17	2
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	2
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	7
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
2	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.43
4	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.67
1.6	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.43
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
6-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-0 (1 times)

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	12
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	7
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Nuno Gomes	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Mika Lehkosuo
Mark Pembridge	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Mika Lehkosuo
Nuno Gomes	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Mika Lehkosuo
Nuno Gomes	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Mika Lehkosuo
Nuno Gomes	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Mika Kottila

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 21, 1998
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 21, 1998 - Ligue des Champions 1998/1999

HJK Helsinki

2 - 0

Benfica

Best historical scorers against HJK Helsinki

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/10/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

	Mika Kottila	1 goal	1998 - 1998
	Mika Lehkosuo	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/10/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs HJK Helsinki

Karel Poborsky	1 match	1998 - 1998
Luís Carlos	1 match	1998 - 1998
Michel Preud'homme	1 match	1998 - 1998
Ronaldo Guiaro	1 match	1998 - 1998
Scott Minto	1 match	1998 - 1998
Sergiy Kandaurov	1 match	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/10/1998. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Mika Kottila	1 match	1998 - 1998
Luiz Antonio	1 match	1998 - 1998
Ville Nylund	1 match	1998 - 1998
Markku Kanerva	1 match	1998 - 1998
Jari Ilola	1 match	1998 - 1998
Vesa Vasara	1 match	1998 - 1998