UEFA Champions League

Bayern Munich vs Benfica, 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

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Bayern Munich
  • 67': Jamal Musiala
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Benfica

    Jamal Musiala heads winner for Bayern Munich against Benfica

    Bayern Munich's Jamal Musiala headed home in the second half to give the hosts a 1-0 victory over Benfica in the Champions League on Wednesday as they bounced back from two consecutive defeats in the competition.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 10': Delay in match because of an injury Renato Sanches (Benfica).
    • 11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 11': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Álvaro Carreras.
    • 12': Hand ball by Kerem Aktürkoglu (Benfica).
    • 12': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Tomás Araújo.
    • 13': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Anatolii Trubin.
    • 16': Offside, Benfica. Zeki Amdouni is caught offside.
    • 20': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Tomás Araújo.
    • 21': Delay in match because of an injury Anatolii Trubin (Benfica).
    • 23': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 24': Foul by Harry Kane (FC Bayern München).
    • 24': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 25': Offside, Benfica. Issa Kaboré is caught offside.
    • 26': Alphonso Davies (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 26': Foul by Issa Kaboré (Benfica).
    • 26': Issa Kaboré (Benfica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 29': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
    • 29': Foul by Konrad Laimer (FC Bayern München).
    • 29': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Attempt missed. Konrad Laimer (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dayot Upamecano.
    • 32': Attempt saved. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamal Musiala.
    • 32': Attempt blocked. Michael Olise (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alphonso Davies.
    • 33': Attempt saved. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamal Musiala.
    • 36': António Silva (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Foul by Michael Olise (FC Bayern München).
    • 38': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Issa Kaboré.
    • 38': Attempt saved. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top right corner.
    • 38': Attempt blocked. Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 38': Attempt saved. Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 38': Attempt blocked. João Palhinha (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left following a fast break.
    • 42': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Issa Kaboré.
    • 42': Alphonso Davies (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 42': Foul by Zeki Amdouni (Benfica).
    • 45': Attempt saved. Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alphonso Davies.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Konrad Laimer with a cross.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, FC Bayern München 0, Benfica 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins FC Bayern München 0, Benfica 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Benfica. Jan-Niklas Beste replaces Zeki Amdouni.
    • 45': Substitution, Benfica. Vangelis Pavlidis replaces Issa Kaboré.
    • 47': Foul by Tomás Araújo (Benfica).
    • 47': Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 49': Attempt saved. Michael Olise (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
    • 52': Foul by António Silva (Benfica).
    • 52': Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Offside, FC Bayern München. Serge Gnabry is caught offside.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich.
    • 56': Substitution, Benfica. Ángel Di María replaces Kerem Aktürkoglu.
    • 56': Substitution, FC Bayern München. Leroy Sané replaces Michael Olise.
    • 57': Offside, Benfica. Ángel Di María is caught offside.
    • 58': Attempt missed. João Palhinha (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Leroy Sané.
    • 58': Hand ball by Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica).
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leroy Sané.
    • 59': Attempt missed. Konrad Laimer (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich.
    • 59': Attempt saved. Leroy Sané (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harry Kane.
    • 60': Foul by Alphonso Davies (FC Bayern München).
    • 60': Jan-Niklas Beste (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Foul by Leroy Sané (FC Bayern München).
    • 62': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Attempt saved. Leroy Sané (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Kane.
    • 64': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Anatolii Trubin.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right.
    • 67': Goal! FC Bayern München 1, Benfica 0. Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Kane.
    • 70': Foul by Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München).
    • 70': Ángel Di María (Benfica) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 71': Foul by Jan-Niklas Beste (Benfica).
    • 71': Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Orkun Kökçü (Benfica) is shown the yellow card.
    • 72': Substitution, FC Bayern München. Kingsley Coman replaces Serge Gnabry.
    • 73': Foul by Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München).
    • 73': Álvaro Carreras (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 74': Attempt saved. Kingsley Coman (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Kane.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Kingsley Coman.
    • 79': Substitution, Benfica. Arthur Cabral replaces Orkun Kökçü.
    • 80': Foul by Arthur Cabral (Benfica).
    • 80': Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 81': Foul by Dayot Upamecano (FC Bayern München).
    • 81': Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 82': Attempt missed. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 83': Attempt missed. Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Harry Kane.
    • 86': Substitution, Benfica. Benjamín Rollheiser replaces Renato Sanches.
    • 86': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Jan-Niklas Beste.
    • 87': Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
    • 89': Attempt blocked. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alphonso Davies.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Substitution, FC Bayern München. Thomas Müller replaces Jamal Musiala.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, FC Bayern München 1, Benfica 0.
    • 0': Match ends, FC Bayern München 1, Benfica 0.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 8
    2 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 1
    0 Corner Kicks 10
    9 Saves 0
    26.5 Possession 73.5
    1 SHOTS 24
    0 ON GOAL 10
    0.0 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    252 Accurate Passes 810
    316 Passes 870
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    0 Accurate Crosses 4
    4 Crosses 29
    0.0 Cross % 0.1
    40 Long Balls 25
    15 Accurate Long Balls 19
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.8
    0 Blocked Shots 5
    12 Effective Tackles 14
    26 Tackles 20
    0.5 Tackle % 0.7
    13 Interceptions 11
    39 Effective Clearances 4
    39 Clearances 4

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Champions League

    Venue: Allianz Arena
    Location: München, Germany
    Attendance: 75,000

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    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Liverpool 6 +12 18
    2 Barcelona 6 +14 15
    3 Arsenal 6 +9 13
    4 Bayer Leverkusen 6 +7 13
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    Line-Ups

    MUN Bayern Munich (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Manuel Neuer (GK)
    3 Kim Min-Jae
    2 Dayot Upamecano
    19 Alphonso Davies
    27 Konrad Laimer
    42 Jamal Musiala
    16 João Palhinha
    6 Joshua Kimmich
    9 Harry Kane
    7 Serge Gnabry
    17 Michael Olise
    Bayern Munich Substitutes:
    Eric Dier, Thomas Müller, Max Schmitt, Mathys Tel, Daniel Peretz, Leroy Sané, Kingsley Coman, Leon Goretzka, Raphaël Guerreiro, Arijon Ibrahimovic.

    BEN Benfica (5-3-2)

    No. Name
    1 Anatoliy Trubin (GK)
    30 Nicolás Otamendi
    4 António Silva
    44 Tomás Araújo
    3 Álvaro Carreras
    28 Issa Kaboré Yellow Card
    8 Fredrik Aursnes
    10 Orkun Kökçü Yellow Card
    85 Renato Sanches
    17 Kerem Aktürkoglu
    7 Zeki Amdouni
    Benfica Substitutes:
    Vangelis Pavlidis, Adrian Bajrami, Arthur Cabral, André Gomes, Jan-Niklas Beste, Benjamín Rollheiser, Samuel Soares, Leandro Santos, Andreas Schjelderup, Ángel Di María, Florentino Luís.

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