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Tottenham 2-1 Benfica - April 05, 1962 / (C1) Ligue des Champions 1961/1962

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(C1) Ligue des Champions 1961/1962 - Semi-finals

White Hart Lane - London - England

April 05, 1962

64 448

Tottenham

England

2 - 1

Benfica

Portugal

Bobby Smith

34'

Danny Blanchflower

48'

16'

José Aguas

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16' - Goal José Aguas

34' - Goal Bobby Smith34

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48' - Goal Danny Blanchflower48

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Tottenham

2 - 1

Benfica

Tottenham Benfica

Team line-ups

Tottenham

Brown

Bill Brown

Scotland

B.date08/10/1931

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Norman

Maurice Norman

England

B.date08/05/1934

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Baker

Peter Baker

England

B.date10/12/1931

Age30 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Henry

Ron Henry

England

B.date17/08/1934

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

Mackay

Dave Mackay

Scotland

B.date14/11/1934

Age27 years

H1m72

positionLeft Midfielder

Blanchflower48

Danny Blanchflower

Northern Ireland

B.date10/02/1926

Age36 years

positionMidfield

White

John White

Scotland

B.date28/04/1937

Age24 years

positionPlaymaker

Medwin

Terry Medwin

Wales

B.date25/09/1932

Age29 years

positionRight Winger

Jones

Cliff Jones

Wales

B.date07/02/1935

Age27 years

H1m68

positionLeft Winger

Smith34

Bobby Smith

England

B.date22/02/1933

Age29 years

positionStriker

Greaves

Jimmy Greaves

England

B.date20/02/1940

Age22 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bill Brown		30	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Maurice Norman		27	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Peter Baker		30	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ron Henry		27	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dave Mackay		27	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Blanchflower	48	36	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John White		24	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Terry Medwin		29	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cliff Jones		27	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Smith	34	29	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jimmy Greaves		22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Benfica

Costa Pereira

Alberto Costa Pereira

Portugal

B.date22/12/1929

Age32 years

positionGoalkeeper

Angelo Martins

Portugal

B.date19/04/1930

Age31 years

positionDefender

Germano

Luis Germano

Portugal

B.date18/01/1933

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Fernando Cruz

Portugal

B.date12/08/1940

Age21 years

positionLeft full-back

Cavem

Domiciano Cavem

Portugal

B.date21/11/1932

Age29 years

positionRight full-back

João

Mario João

Portugal

B.date06/06/1935

Age26 years

positionRight full-back

António Simões

Portugal

B.date14/12/1943

Age18 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Jose Augusto

Portugal

B.date13/04/1937

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight Midfielder

Coluna

Mario Coluna

Portugal

B.date06/08/1935

Age26 years

H1m73

positionOffensive Midfielder

Eusebio

Portugal

B.date25/01/1942

Age20 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Aguas16

José Aguas

Portugal

B.date09/09/1930

Age31 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Alberto Costa Pereira		32	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Angelo Martins		31	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luis Germano		29	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Fernando Cruz		21	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Domiciano Cavem		29	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario João		26	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	António Simões		18	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jose Augusto		24	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mario Coluna		26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eusebio		20	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	José Aguas	16	31	63	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mario João

Joaquim Santana

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Billy Nicholson

178

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Nicholson vs Benfica

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 05, 1962

Nicholson vs Guttmann

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 05, 1962

Manager

Age

Match num

Béla Guttmann

103

Caiado

Success rate in this team:

72 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Guttmann vs Tottenham

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 05, 1962

Guttmann vs Nicholson

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 05, 1962

Referee

Aage Poulsen

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Tottenham1 match	General total	Benfica1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Tottenham1 match	Season total	Benfica1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 05, 1962					Latest figure on April 05, 1962

Videos

July 23, 2012

Comments

Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Billy Nicholson has reached 2.4 goals scored per game .

Benfica keeps its 15 matches with at least one goal scored in Champions League running (since 29/09/1960). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Danny Blanchflower scores a goal in Champions League since the 20/09/1961 (with vs )

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VTottenham 4-2 Nottingham Forest10/02/1962

VTottenham 4-1 Pribram21/02/1962

DTottenham 2-2 Bolton Wanderers24/02/1962

VTottenham 2-0 Aston Villa10/03/1962

LTottenham 1-3 Ipswich Town14/03/1962

VTottenham 3-1 Everton24/03/1962

Overall

VTottenham 2-0 Aston Villa10/03/1962

LTottenham 1-3 Ipswich Town14/03/1962

DBurnley 2-2 Tottenham17/03/1962

LBenfica 3-1 Tottenham21/03/1962

VTottenham 3-1 Everton24/03/1962

VTottenham 3-1 Manchester United31/03/1962

Current form

Away

VSalgueiros 1911-2005 4-5 Benfica04/02/1962

LSporting Covilhã 2-1 Benfica18/02/1962

LFabril do Barreiro 3-2 Benfica25/02/1962

DOs Belenenses 2-2 Benfica11/03/1962

VLusitano de Évora 0-1 Benfica18/03/1962

DFC Porto 2-2 Benfica25/03/1962

Overall

VBenfica 4-2 Académica04/03/1962

DOs Belenenses 2-2 Benfica11/03/1962

VLusitano de Évora 0-1 Benfica18/03/1962

VBenfica 3-1 Tottenham21/03/1962

DFC Porto 2-2 Benfica25/03/1962

DBenfica 1-1 FC Porto01/04/1962

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	3	3
Scoring streak	50	9
Conceding streak	2	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	3	7
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	16	24
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

19	Goals scored (Competition total)	16
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
12	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
2.71	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.2
4.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.71	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
8-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Bobby Smith	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	José Aguas
Bobby Smith	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	José Aguas
Danny Blanchflower	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Danny Blanchflower	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Bobby Smith	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 2 matches	Jose Augusto

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	March 21, 1962
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

March 21, 1962 - (C1) Ligue des Champions 1961/1962

Benfica

3 - 1

Tottenham

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Bobby Smith

1 goal

1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/03/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Tottenham

	Jose Augusto	2 goals	1962 - 1962
	António Simões	1 goal	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/03/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Bill Brown	1 match	1962 - 1962
Maurice Norman	1 match	1962 - 1962
John White	1 match	1962 - 1962
Dave Mackay	1 match	1962 - 1962
Bobby Smith	1 match	1962 - 1962
Jimmy Greaves	1 match	1962 - 1962

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/03/1962. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Tottenham

José Aguas	1 match	1962 - 1962
Eusebio	1 match	1962 - 1962
Alberto Costa Pereira	1 match	1962 - 1962
Angelo Martins	1 match	1962 - 1962
Fernando Cruz	1 match	1962 - 1962
Jose Augusto	1 match	1962 - 1962