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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS OACA Spyros Louis - Athens Tuesday 2 October 2018 21.00CET (22.00 local time) AEK Athens FC Group E - Matchday 2 SL Benfica Last updated 14/12/2018 13:04CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 7 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Competition facts 16 Team facts 18 Legend 20 1 AEK Athens FC - SL Benfica Tuesday 2 October 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit OACA Spyros Louis, Athens Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Di María 45, 73; 17/12/2009 GS SL Benfica - AEK Athens FC 2-1 Lisbon Blanco 84 01/10/2009 GS AEK Athens FC - SL Benfica 1-0 Athens Majstorovic 43 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AEK Athens FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 SL Benfica 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 AEK Athens FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Vital 63, 83, Teixeira 4-1 27/09/1978 R1 FC Porto - AEK Athens FC Porto 79, Fernando Gomes agg: 5-7 88; Bajević 32 Bajević 4, 18, Ardizoglou 16, 13/09/1978 R1 AEK Athens FC - FC Porto 6-1 Athens Constantinou 38, Nikolaou 59, Mavros 60; Toni 50 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mário 15, Perrichon 3-2 05/10/1966 R1 SC Braga - AEK Athens FC Braga 30, 44; Papaioannou agg: 4-2 6, Coimbra 87 (og) 28/09/1966 R1 AEK Athens FC - SC Braga 0-1 Athens Silva 26 SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Prijović 13; Jardel 20, 1-4 29/08/2018 PO PAOK FC - SL Benfica Salonika Salvio 26 (P), 50 (P), agg: 2-5 Pizzi 39 Pizzi 45+1 (P); Warda 21/08/2018 PO SL Benfica - PAOK FC 1-1 Lisbon 76 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Gaitán 70, Lima 78 27/02/2014 R32 SL Benfica - PAOK FC Lisbon agg: 4-0 (P), Marković 79 20/02/2014 R32 PAOK FC - SL Benfica 0-1 Salonika Lima 59 2 AEK Athens FC - SL Benfica Tuesday 2 October 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit OACA Spyros Louis, Athens UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/2013 GS Olympiacos FC - SL Benfica 1-0 Piraeus Manolas 13 Cardozo 83; 23/10/2013 GS SL Benfica - Olympiacos FC 1-1 Lisbon Domínguez 29 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Galletti 1, Patsatzoglou 17, 27/11/2008 GS Olympiacos FC - SL Benfica 5-1 Piraeus Diogo 24, 53, Belluschi 44; David Luiz 33 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Kandaurov 25; 04/11/1999 R2 SL Benfica - PAOK FC agg: 3-3 (aet, 4- Lisbon Marangos 28, 1 pens) Mahmoud 44 Frantzeskos 90; Nuno 21/10/1999 R2 PAOK FC - SL Benfica 1-2 Salonika Gomes 68, Ronaldo Guiaro 90 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Filipović 17, 3-0 02/11/1983 R2 SL Benfica - Olympiacos FC Lisbon Diamantino 28, agg: 3-1 Manniche 76 19/10/1983 R2 Olympiacos FC - SL Benfica 1-0 Athens Anastopoulos 21 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Reinaldo 21, Jorge SL Benfica - Aris Thessaloniki 2-1 03/10/1979 R1 Lisbon Gomes 50; FC agg: 3-4 Semertzidis 80 Ballis 17, Pallas 21 Aris Thessaloniki FC - SL 19/09/1979 R1 3-1 Salonika (P), Zindros 58; Benfica Reinaldo 30 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 03/10/1973 R1 Olympiacos FC - SL Benfica Piraeus Nené 29 agg: 0-2 19/09/1973 R1 SL Benfica - Olympiacos FC 1-0 Lisbon Timula 53 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AEK Athens FC 3 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 4 11 11 SL Benfica 8 5 2 1 9 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 17 9 2 6 24 19 3 AEK Athens FC - SL Benfica Tuesday 2 October 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit OACA Spyros Louis, Athens Match background Having had their long European unbeaten run emphatically ended on matchday one, AEK Athens will look to make an immediate improvement as a Benfica side who are also seeking their first Group E points come to the Greek capital. • The Greek champions went down 3-0 at Ajax last time out, their first defeat in 15 European fixtures. Benfica fared little better at home to Bayern München, slipping to a 2-0 reverse, but may be buoyed by the knowledge they have already won in Greece this season. Previous meetings • Home sides held sway in the clubs' only past meetings, in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League group stage. AEK won 1-0 in Athens on 1 October 2009 – almost nine years to the day before this encounter – before a 2-1 Benfica success in Lisbon. • That defeat at AEK proved Benfica's only blemish in the section as they went on to finish first with 15 points; AEK, in contrast, were bottom with four points. Benfica eventually lost to Liverpool in the quarter-finals. Form guide AEK • AEK are in the group stage for the fifth time – and the first since 2006/07. Then they were unbeaten at home, picking up seven points in Athens and beating LOSC Lille and eventual champions AC Milan 1-0. • All four of the Athens club's previous UEFA Champions League group campaigns have ended at that stage. • Greek champions for the 12th time in 2017/18 – their first championship success since 1994 – AEK entered this season's UEFA Champions League in the third qualifying round, where they defeated Celtic 3-2 on aggregate (1-1 away, 2-1 home) to reach the play-offs. There they overcame Hungarian club Vidi 3-2 over two games (2-1 away, 1-1 home). • The home win against Celtic ended AEK's run of eight successive draws in European competition. • Last season AEK lost to CSKA Moskva in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round and moved into the UEFA Europa League, where they were ultimately eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv in the round of 32 despite avoiding defeat in all ten of their matches in the competition (W2 D8). • This season's qualifying successes made it 14 European games unbeaten for AEK (W4 D10) before the loss at Ajax. • At home, AEK are unbeaten in seven European matches, since a 2-0 loss against CSKA in last season's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round; their record since is W2 D5. • AEK have won two of their home games against Portuguese visitors, losing only the first. Benfica • Portuguese Liga runners-up in 2017/18, Benfica are in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the 14th time – and the ninth season in a row. • The Lisbon giants have reached seven European Cup finals, winning the trophy in 1961 and 1962. • Benfica kicked off this season in the third qualifying round with a 2-1 aggregate win against Fenerbahçe (1-0 home, 1-1 away). The first leg ended a run of seven successive European defeats – the Eagles failing to score in six of those, including the last five. Greece's PAOK were then defeated 5-2 over two legs in the play-offs (1-1 home, 4-1 away). • The PAOK win was Benfica's second consecutive success in Greece, a 2014 victory against the same opponents having ended a run of three successive defeats in Greece, where the Lisbon club's record is now W4 L5. • The matchday one loss to Bayern means the Eagles have won only three of their last 15 continental fixtures (D3 L9). • Before this season, Benfica had lost four successive European away games, and were without a win in five. Despite the PAOK victory, they have won only two of their last ten fixtures outside Portugal (D2 L6). • Benfica finished bottom of their section in 2017/18, losing all six games – the 20th time a club has gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without picking up a point. • The Eagles' next UEFA Champions League goal will be their 100th in the competition, group stage to final. • Benfica's eight successive UEFA Champions League defeats, and six consecutive games without scoring, are both Portuguese records. Links and trivia • Odisseas Vlachodimos was coached by current AEK boss Marinos Ouzounidis at Panathinaikos between 2016 and 2018. 4 AEK Athens FC - SL Benfica Tuesday 2 October 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit OACA Spyros Louis, Athens • Have played in Greece: Odisseas Vlachodimos (Panathinaikos 2016–18) Ljubomir Fejsa (Olympiacos 2011–13) • Have played in Portugal: Hélder Lopes (Mirandela 2008/09, Oliveira Douro 2009/10, Espinho 2010/11, Tondela 2011/12, Beira-Mar 2012/13, Paços Ferreira 2013–16) André Simões (Padroense 2008–11, Santa Clara 2011–13, Moreirense 2013–15) Rodrigo Galo (Gil Vicente 2008–11 & 2011/12 loan, Braga 2011/12, Académica 2012/13 loan, Paços Ferreira 2014/15) Alef (Braga 2015/16) • Rodrigo Galo's only league goal of 2017/18 was scored past Odisseas Vlachodimos in AEK's 3-0 defeat of Panathinaikos on 1 April.