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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Maurice Dufrasne - Liege Thursday 10 December 2020 18.55CET (18.55 local time) R. Standard de Liège Group D - Matchday 6 SL Benfica Last updated 26/02/2021 11:04CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 13 Match-by-match lineups 17 Match officials 19 Legend 21 1 R. Standard de Liège - SL Benfica Thursday 10 December 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SL Benfica - R. Standard de Pizzi 49 (P), 76, 29/10/2020 GS 3-0 Lisbon Liège Waldschmidt 66 (P) Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA R. Standard de Liège 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 SL Benfica 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 R. Standard de Liège - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers André Pereira 45+2; 28/11/2019 GS Vitória SC - R. Standard de Liège 1-1 Guimaraes Lestienne 40 (P) R. Standard de Liège - Vitória Hanin 66 (og), Mpoku 19/09/2019 GS 2-0 Liege SC 90+1 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Mbokani 79; Aguiar 26/02/2009 R3 R. Standard de Liège - SC Braga Liege agg: 1-4 88 Renteria 17, Leone 18/02/2009 R3 SC Braga - R. Standard de Liège 3-0 Braga 27, Aguiar 84 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 26/09/1995 R1 R. Standard de Liège - Vitória SC Liege agg: 1-3 Gilmar 21, 89, Neto 12/09/1995 R1 Vitória SC - R. Standard de Liège 3-1 Guimaraes 68; Schepens 33 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pereira 48, Pacheco 2-2 17/03/1982 QF FC Porto - R. Standard de Liège Porto 71; Lecloux 45, van agg: 2-4 der Smissen 68 Englebert 30, 03/03/1982 QF R. Standard de Liège - FC Porto 2-0 Liege Azevedo Mendes 66 (og) European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers R. Standard de Liège - Sporting 3-0 Paeschen 47, Houf 12/11/1958 R1 Liege Clube de Portugal agg: 6-2 67, Mallants 74 2 R. Standard de Liège - SL Benfica Thursday 10 December 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege European Champions Clubs' Cup Bolzée 23 (og), Sporting Clube de Portugal - R. Mendes 80; 29/10/1958 R1 2-3 Lisbon Standard de Liège Paeschen 10, Jadot 69, Mallants 70 SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mbemba 18, Bruno 27/11/2013 GS RSC Anderlecht - SL Benfica 2-3 Brussels 77; Matić 34, Mbemba 52 (og), Rodrigo 90 17/09/2013 GS SL Benfica - RSC Anderlecht 2-0 Lisbon Djuričić 4, Luisão 30 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Simão 5 (P), Zahovič 02/12/2004 GS KSK Beveren - SL Benfica 0-3 Beveren 21, 59 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Dindane 34, 59, 24/08/2004 QR3 RSC Anderlecht - SL Benfica Brussels agg: 3-1 Ještrović 73 (P) 10/08/2004 QR3 SL Benfica - RSC Anderlecht 1-0 Lisbon Zahovič 13 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 15/10/2003 R1 SL Benfica - RAA Louviéroise Porto Fehér 58 agg: 2-1 Odemwingie 15; 24/09/2003 R1 RAA Louviéroise - SL Benfica 1-1 Charleroi Simão 53 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers João Pinto 25, 2-1 26/09/1995 R1 SL Benfica - K. Lierse SK Lisbon Kenedy 60; Van agg: 5-2 Kerckhoven 34 Huysmans 39 (P); Valdo 27 (P), Santos 12/09/1995 R1 K. Lierse SK - SL Benfica 1-3 Lier Cipriano 52, Paulo Bento 62 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/1994 GS RSC Anderlecht - SL Benfica 1-1 Brussels Rutjes 48; Edílson 83 Caniggia 27, 41, 28/09/1994 GS SL Benfica - RSC Anderlecht 3-1 Lisbon Tavares 72; Degryse 86 3 R. Standard de Liège - SL Benfica Thursday 10 December 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 09/11/1988 R2 SL Benfica - RC Liégeois Lisbon Valdo 58; Veyt 20 agg: 2-3 Varga 58, Malbasa 26/10/1988 R2 RC Liégeois - SL Benfica 2-1 Rocourt 68; Chalana 46 (P) European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 16/03/1988 QF RSC Anderlecht - SL Benfica Brussels Gudjohnsen 63 agg: 1-2 Magnusson 16, 02/03/1988 QF SL Benfica - RSC Anderlecht 2-0 Lisbon Carlos 19 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 18/05/1983 F SL Benfica - RSC Anderlecht Lisbon Shéu 32; Lozano 38 agg: 1-2 04/05/1983 F RSC Anderlecht - SL Benfica 1-0 Brussels Brylle Larsen 30 1-2 Van Der Gijp 7; 03/11/1982 R2 KSC Lokeren OV - SL Benfica Lokeren agg: 1-4 Filipović 57, 64 Nené 20, Jesus 20/10/1982 R2 SL Benfica - KSC Lokeren OV 2-0 Lisbon Coelho 64 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA R. Standard de Liège 5 3 2 0 6 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 11 4 4 3 15 15 SL Benfica 9 8 1 0 9 4 2 3 2 0 1 1 20 12 4 4 32 17 4 R. Standard de Liège - SL Benfica Thursday 10 December 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Match background With the issue of qualification from Group D already settled, Standard Liège and Benfica are playing for final placings as they meet in Belgium on Matchday 6. • Standard were eliminated after losing 3-2 at Rangers last time out and prop up the group on three points, the same number as Lech Poznań. Benfica, who are eight points better off and sealed qualification for the round of 32 with a 4-0 home win against the Polish side, stretching their record unbeaten run at home in the competition to 25 matches, must better Rangers' result away to Lech on Matchday 6 to top the group. Previous meetings • In the teams' first encounter, on Matchday 2, Benfica maintained their unbeaten home record in the UEFA Europa League by overcoming Standard 3-0 in Lisbon, Pizzi and Luca Waldschmidt both scoring from the penalty spot before the former added a third from open play. • Standard are unbeaten at home to Portuguese visitors (W3 D2), conceding just once in those five matches. The most recent game took place in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage when they beat Vitória SC 2-0. • This is Benfica's 21st match against a Belgian side. They have won 12 of the previous 20, but all four defeats have been in Belgium, including the first leg of the 1982/83 UEFA Cup final against Anderlecht, which they lost 1-0, ultimately going down 2-1 on aggregate. They did, however, defeat the Brussels club on their most recent visit to the country, prevailing 3-2 with a last-minute winner in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League group stage. Form guide Standard • Standard were placed fifth in the 2019/20 Belgian First Division A when it was called to a halt in March. Knocked out of last season's UEFA Europa League at the group stage, they came through three qualifying rounds this season under new coach Philippe Montanier – all at home, against Bala Town (2-0), Vojvodina (2-1 aet) and Fehérvár (3-1) – to secure an eighth appearance in the competition proper. • The Liège club have competed in the UEFA Europa League group stage in six previous campaigns, but have only once made further progress, at the first attempt in 2011/12, when they reached the round of 16. They were also quarter-finalists in the inaugural 2009/10 season after switching over mid-campaign from the UEFA Champions League. Last season they finished third in Group F with eight points, behind Arsenal and Eintracht Frankfurt. • Standard had their 15-match unbeaten European home run (W10 D5) ended on Matchday 1 by Rangers (0-2). They have nevertheless won six of their last eight home games in the UEFA Europa League group stage (D1 L1), including Matchday 4's 2-1 success against Lech. Benfica • Runners-up to Porto in the 2019/20 Portuguese Liga and Taça de Portugal, Benfica's bid to make it 11 successive appearances in the UEFA Champions League proper foundered on entry in this season's third qualifying round when, under newly reappointed head coach Jorge Jesus, they lost 2-1 at PAOK. They are therefore competing in the UEFA Europa League group stage for the first time since the competition's inaugural 2009/10 season, when they topped their section and went on to reach the quarter-finals. • Despite their extended absence from this juncture of the competition, Benfica have played more matches in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase than any other club (40) and were runners-up in both 2012/13 (to Chelsea) and 2013/14 (to Sevilla) under current coach Jorge Jesus.