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Benfica v Aarhus 3-1 · UEFA Europa League

UEFA Europa League
Benfica
FT

3-1

  • Rafa Silva2'
  • L. Barreiro31'
  • V. Pavlidis (P)45+2'
  • S. Jorgensen36'
Aarhus
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What happened

Written from the recorded events — no interpretation added

Benfica beat Aarhus 3-1 in the UEFA Europa League.

Rafa Silva 2', L. Barreiro 31' and V. Pavlidis 45+2' scored for Benfica, S. Jorgensen 36' for Aarhus.

Benfica had 70% of the ball to Aarhus's 30%.

The referee showed 3 yellow cards and no reds.

Key stats

Possession

70%30%

Shots on Target

121

Corners

101

Fouls

916

Match timeline

  1. 84’SubstitutionRafa Silva · On: J. Kaminski
  2. 84’SubstitutionG. Sudakov · On: F. Aursnes
  3. 83’Yellow cardS. Tchamche
  4. 81’SubstitutionJ. Bogere · On: M. Anderson
  5. 73’SubstitutionF. Emmery · On: G. Links
  6. 73’SubstitutionM. Knudsen · On: J. Jonsson
  7. 72’SubstitutionG. Prestianni · On: A. Schjelderup
  8. 72’SubstitutionV. Pavlidis · On: J. Duran
  9. 66’SubstitutionL. Barreiro · On: R. Rios
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Team stats comparison

BenficaAarhus
  • 70Possession30
  • 12Shots on Target1
  • 10Corners1
  • 1Offsides0
  • 9Fouls16
  • 2Yellow Cards1

Match info

Competition
UEFA Europa League
Referee
Marco Guida, Italy
Benfica coach
Marco Silva
Aarhus coach
Jakob Poulsen

Match record

Competition
UEFA Europa League
Kick-off
Match ID
cornerflick:match:benfica-vs-aarhus-europa-league-2026-08-20

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Lineups

Confirmed selections

Benfica4-1-3-2

Starting XI

  • 24Samuel SoaresGK
  • 6Alexander BahDF
  • 2Clément LengletDF
  • 44Tomás AraújoDF
  • 26Samuel DahlDF
  • 18Leandro BarreiroMF
  • 25Gianluca PrestianniMF
  • 5Enzo BarrenecheaMF
  • 10Georgiy SudakovMF
  • 14Vangelis PavlidisFW
  • 27Rafa Silva ⚽ ↓MF

Bench

  • 1Anatoliy Trubin
  • 33Gabriel Indio
  • 58Daniel Banjaqui
  • 62José Neto
  • 8Fredrik Aursnes
  • 11Dodi Lukebakio
  • 13Jakub Kamiński
  • 16Manu Silva
  • 20Richard Ríos
  • 21Andreas Schjelderup
  • 22Jhon Durán
  • 72Anísio Cabral

Coach · Marco Silva

24. Samuel Soares (GK)24Soares6. Alexander Bah (DF)6Bah2. Clément Lenglet (DF)2Lenglet44. Tomás Araújo (DF)44Araújo26. Samuel Dahl (DF)26Dahl18. Leandro Barreiro (MF)18Barreiro25. Gianluca Prestianni (MF)25Prestianni5. Enzo Barrenechea (MF)5Barrenechea10. Georgiy Sudakov (MF)10Sudakov14. Vangelis Pavlidis (FW)14Pavlidis27. Rafa Silva (MF)27Silva21. Mads Hedenstad (GK)21Hedenstad25. Colin Rösler (DF)25Rösler44. Mouhammade Camara (DF)44Camara19. Eric Kahl (DF)19Kahl26. Jacob Andersen (MF)26Andersen8. Sebastian Jørgensen (MF)8Jørgensen10. Kristian Arnstad (FW)10Arnstad4. Magnus Knudsen (MF)4Knudsen39. Frederik Emmery (FW)39Emmery31. Tobias Bech (FW)31Bech28. James Bogere (FW)28Bogere
  • Benfica
  • Aarhus

Aarhus3-5-2

Starting XI

  • 21Mads HedenstadGK
  • 25Colin RöslerDF
  • 44Mouhammade CamaraDF
  • 19Eric KahlDF
  • 26Jacob AndersenMF
  • 8Sebastian JørgensenMF
  • 10Kristian ArnstadFW
  • 4Magnus KnudsenMF
  • 39Frederik EmmeryFW
  • 31Tobias BechFW
  • 28James BogereFW

Bench

  • 1Jesper Hansen
  • 42Marius van der Raad
  • 14Tobias Mølgaard
  • 33Luka Callø
  • 45Christian Storch
  • 7Markus Solbakken
  • 11Gift Links
  • 16Jens Jønsson
  • 23Mikael Anderson
  • 29Rasmus Carstensen
  • 13Janni Serra
  • 27Stefen Tchamche

Coach · Jakob Poulsen

Head to head

1Wins
0Draws
0Wins

Previous meeting

  • 2026 · UEFA Europa LeagueBenfica3 - 1Aarhus

Meetings held in the Cornerflick archive.

UEFA Europa League table

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Full timeline

17 events

  1. 2’Rafa SilvaBenfica1–0
  2. 9’Yellow cardL. Barreiro
  3. 24’Yellow cardT. Araujo
  4. 31’L. BarreiroBenfica2–0
  5. 36’S. JorgensenAarhus · assist J. Andersen2–1
  6. 45+2’V. PavlidisBenfica3–1
  7. 57’SubstitutionC. Rosler · On: R. Carstensen
  8. 57’SubstitutionS. Jorgensen · On: S. Tchamche
  9. 66’SubstitutionL. Barreiro · On: R. Rios
  10. 72’SubstitutionG. Prestianni · On: A. Schjelderup
  11. 72’SubstitutionV. Pavlidis · On: J. Duran
  12. 73’SubstitutionF. Emmery · On: G. Links
  13. 73’SubstitutionM. Knudsen · On: J. Jonsson
  14. 81’SubstitutionJ. Bogere · On: M. Anderson
  15. 83’Yellow cardS. Tchamche
  16. 84’SubstitutionRafa Silva · On: J. Kaminski
  17. 84’SubstitutionG. Sudakov · On: F. Aursnes

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