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Chelsea 2-1 Benfica - April 04, 2012 / Champions League 2011/2012

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Champions League 2011/2012 - Quarter-finals

Stamford Bridge - London - England

April 04, 2012

40 000

Chelsea

England

2 - 1

Benfica

Portugal

(penalty) Frank Lampard

21'

(right foot) Raul Meireles

90'

85'

Javi García (header) Assist by Pablo Aimar

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21' - Goal Frank Lampard21

40' - Red card Maxi Pereira

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57' - Substitution Óscar Cardozois substituted by Nelson Oliveira

60' - Substitution John Terryis substituted by Gary Cahill60

61' - Substitution Nicolás Gaitánis substituted by Yannick Djaló

72' - Substitution Bruno Césaris substituted by Rodrigo

80' - Substitution Juan Manuel Matais substituted by Raul Meireles80

85' - Goal Javi García

88' - Substitution Fernando Torresis substituted by Didier Drogba88

90' - Goal Raul Meireles90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chelsea

2 - 1

Benfica

Chelsea Benfica

Team line-ups

Chelsea

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Torres88

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age28 years

H1m86

positionStriker

10Mata80

Juan Manuel Mata

Spain

B.date28/04/1988

Age23 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

21Kalou

Salomon Kalou

Ivory Coast

B.date05/08/1985

Age26 years

H1m84

positionLeft Winger

7Ramires

Ramires

Brazil

B.date24/03/1987

Age25 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

8Lampard21

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age33 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

12Obi Mikel

John Obi Mikel

Nigeria

B.date22/04/1987

Age24 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Cole

Ashley Cole

England

B.date20/12/1980

Age31 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

26Terry60

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age31 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

4David Luiz

David Luiz

Brazil

B.date22/04/1987

Age24 years

H1m88

positionLeft central defender

2Ivanovic

Branislav Ivanovic

Serbia

B.date22/02/1984

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

1Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age29 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Petr Cech		29	359	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	John Terry	60	31	537	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	David Luiz		24	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Branislav Ivanovic		28	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Ashley Cole		31	253	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	John Obi Mikel		24	230	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard	21	33	550	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ramires		25	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Juan Manuel Mata	80	23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Fernando Torres	88	28	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Salomon Kalou		26	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

232

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Cardozo57

Óscar Cardozo

Paraguay

B.date20/05/1983

Age28 years

H1m93

positionStriker

20Gaitán61

Nicolás Gaitán

Argentina

B.date23/02/1988

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10Aimar

Pablo Aimar

Argentina

B.date03/11/1979

Age32 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

8Bruno César72

Bruno César

Brazil

B.date03/11/1988

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

28Witsel

Axel Witsel

Belgium

B.date12/01/1989

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

21Matic

Nemanja Matic

Serbia

B.date01/08/1988

Age23 years

H1m94

positionLeft central midfielder

38Capdevila

Joan Capdevila

Spain

B.date02/03/1978

Age34 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

3Emerson Conçeiçao

Emerson Conçeiçao

Brazil

B.date23/02/1986

Age26 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

6Javi García85

Javi García

Spain

B.date08/02/1987

Age25 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

14Pereira40

Maxi Pereira

Uruguay

B.date08/06/1984

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1Artur Moraes

Artur Moraes

Brazil

B.date25/01/1981

Age31 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Artur Moraes		31	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Emerson Conçeiçao		26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Maxi Pereira	40	27	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
38	D	Joan Capdevila		34	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Javi García	85	25	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Bruno César	72	23	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Nemanja Matic		23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Axel Witsel		23	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nicolás Gaitán	61	24	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Pablo Aimar		32	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Óscar Cardozo	57	28	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
24	D	Gary Cahill	60	26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Raul Meireles	9080	29	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Didier Drogba	88	34	332	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	M	Yannick Djaló	61	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Rodrigo	72	21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Nelson Oliveira	57	20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ramires

Daniel Sturridge

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emerson Conçeiçao

Luisão

OUT

Nemanja Matic

Miguel Vítor

OUT

Pablo Aimar

Rodrigo

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roberto Di Matteo

Success rate in this team:

78 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Di Matteo vs Benfica

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 04, 2012

Di Matteo vs Jesus

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 04, 2012

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Jesus

153

Success rate in this team:

69 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Jesus vs Chelsea

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 04, 2012

Jesus vs Di Matteo

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 04, 2012

Referee

Damir Skomina

2 victories	2 draws	3 losses	Chelsea7 matches	General total	Benfica6 matches	1 victory	3 draws	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Chelsea1 match	Season total	Benfica2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 18, 2019					Latest figure on November 23, 2016

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Key figures

Frank Lampard played his game number 550 in his professional career with Chelsea

Benfica keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored away from home in Champions League running (since 03/08/2011). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 06/11/1991 (6 matches)

It's the first time Javi García scores 1 goal vs Chelsea in his professional career

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DChelsea 1-1 Birmingham City18/02/2012

VChelsea 3-0 Bolton Wanderers25/02/2012

VChelsea 1-0 Stoke City10/03/2012

VChelsea 4-1 Napoli14/03/2012

VChelsea 5-2 Leicester18/03/2012

DChelsea 0-0 Tottenham24/03/2012

Overall

VChelsea 4-1 Napoli14/03/2012

VChelsea 5-2 Leicester18/03/2012

LManchester City 2-1 Chelsea21/03/2012

DChelsea 0-0 Tottenham24/03/2012

VBenfica 0-1 Chelsea27/03/2012

VAston Villa 2-4 Chelsea31/03/2012

Current form

Away

VFeirense 1-2 Benfica28/01/2012

LZenit St.Petersburg 3-2 Benfica15/02/2012

LVitória Guimarães 1-0 Benfica20/02/2012

DAcadémica 0-0 Benfica25/02/2012

VPaços de Ferreira 1-2 Benfica11/03/2012

DOlhanense 0-0 Benfica23/03/2012

Overall

VPaços de Ferreira 1-2 Benfica11/03/2012

VBenfica 3-1 Beira Mar16/03/2012

VBenfica 3-2 FC Porto20/03/2012

DOlhanense 0-0 Benfica23/03/2012

LBenfica 0-1 Chelsea27/03/2012

VBenfica 2-1 Braga31/03/2012

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	9	3
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

7	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	9
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Results

9	Number of games (Competition total)	13
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	6
5	Victories (Competition total)	6
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	5
0	Draws (Home / Away)	3
2	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

19	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	10
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	12
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
2.11	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.54
3.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.67
0.89	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.92
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-2 (2 times)

Bookings

16	Yellow cards (Competition total)	30
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Didier Drogba	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Óscar Cardozo
Didier Drogba	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Óscar Cardozo
Frank Lampard	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Frank Lampard	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Fernando Torres	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	5 assists	Nicolás Gaitán
Didier Drogba	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Nicolás Gaitán
Fernando Torres	1 assist during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Maxi Pereira

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	March 27, 2012
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

March 27, 2012 - Ligue des Champions 2011/2012

Benfica

0 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Salomon Kalou

1 goal

2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/03/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/03/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Daniel Sturridge	1 match	2012 - 2012
Petr Cech	1 match	2012 - 2012
David Luiz	1 match	2012 - 2012
John Terry	1 match	2012 - 2012
Juan Manuel Mata	1 match	2012 - 2012
Raul Meireles	1 match	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/03/2012. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

Nolito	1 match	2012 - 2012
Emerson Conçeiçao	1 match	2012 - 2012
Maxi Pereira	1 match	2012 - 2012
Javi García	1 match	2012 - 2012
Pablo Aimar	1 match	2012 - 2012
Axel Witsel	1 match	2012 - 2012