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Benfica vs Aarhus 3-1

  • Rafa Silva2'
  • L. Barreiro31'
  • V. Pavlidis (P)45+2'
  • S. Jorgensen36'
Kick-off
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 · 19:00 (UTC)
Referee
Marco Guida, Italy

Match timeline

  1. 84’SubstitutionBenfica crestBenficaJ. Kaminski ONRafa Silva OFF
  2. 84’SubstitutionBenfica crestBenficaF. Aursnes ONG. Sudakov OFF
  3. 83’Yellow cardAarhus crestAarhusS. Tchamche
  4. 81’SubstitutionAarhus crestAarhusM. Anderson ONJ. Bogere OFF
  5. 73’SubstitutionAarhus crestAarhusG. Links ONF. Emmery OFF
  6. 73’SubstitutionAarhus crestAarhusJ. Jonsson ONM. Knudsen OFF
  7. 72’SubstitutionBenfica crestBenficaA. Schjelderup ONG. Prestianni OFF
  8. 72’SubstitutionBenfica crestBenficaJ. Duran ONV. Pavlidis OFF
Show 9 earlier events
  1. 66’SubstitutionBenfica crestBenficaR. Rios ONL. Barreiro OFF
  2. 57’SubstitutionAarhus crestAarhusR. Carstensen ONC. Rosler OFF
  3. 57’SubstitutionAarhus crestAarhusS. Tchamche ONS. Jorgensen OFF
  4. 45+2’Penalty goalBenfica crestBenficaV. Pavlidis3 – 1
  5. 36’Goal!Aarhus crestAarhusS. JorgensenAssist: J. Andersen2 – 1
  6. 31’Goal!Benfica crestBenficaL. Barreiro2 – 0
  7. 24’Yellow cardBenfica crestBenficaT. Araujo
  8. 9’Yellow cardBenfica crestBenficaL. Barreiro
  9. 2’Goal!Benfica crestBenficaRafa Silva1 – 0
  10. 1’Kick-off

Key stats

Benfica crestBenficaAarhusAarhus crest
  • 70%Possession30%
  • 12Shots on Target1
  • 10Corners1
  • 9Fouls16
  • 1Offsides0
  • 2Yellow Cards1

Lineups

Confirmed selections

Benfica crestBenfica4 - 1 - 3 - 2

  1. 24Soares
  2. 6Bah
  3. 2Lenglet
  4. 44Araújo
  5. 26Dahl
  6. 18Barreiro
  7. 25Prestianni
  8. 5Barrenechea
  9. 10Sudakov
  10. 14Pavlidis
  11. 27Silva

Substitutions

  1. 66’↑20 Richard Ríos↓18 Leandro Barreiro
  2. 72’↑21 Andreas Schjelderup↓25 Gianluca Prestianni
  3. 72’↑22 Jhon Durán↓14 Vangelis Pavlidis
  4. 84’↑13 Jakub Kamiński↓27 Rafa Silva
  5. 84’↑8 Fredrik Aursnes↓10 Georgiy Sudakov

Unused substitutes 1 Anatoliy Trubin, 33 Gabriel Indio, 58 Daniel Banjaqui, 62 José Neto, 11 Dodi Lukebakio, 16 Manu Silva, 72 Anísio Cabral

Coach Marco Silva

Aarhus crestAarhus3 - 5 - 2

  1. 21Hedenstad
  2. 25Rösler
  3. 44Camara
  4. 19Kahl
  5. 26Andersen
  6. 8Jørgensen
  7. 10Arnstad
  8. 4Knudsen
  9. 39Emmery
  10. 31Bech
  11. 28Bogere

Substitutions

  1. 57’↑29 Rasmus Carstensen↓25 Colin Rösler
  2. 57’↑27 Stefen Tchamche↓8 Sebastian Jørgensen
  3. 73’↑11 Gift Links↓39 Frederik Emmery
  4. 73’↑16 Jens Jønsson↓4 Magnus Knudsen
  5. 81’↑23 Mikael Anderson↓28 James Bogere

Unused substitutes 1 Jesper Hansen, 42 Marius van der Raad, 14 Tobias Mølgaard, 33 Luka Callø, 45 Christian Storch, 7 Markus Solbakken, 13 Janni Serra

Coach Jakob Poulsen

Match facts

Competition
UEFA Europa League
Date
Thu, 20 Aug 2026
Kick-off
19:00 (UTC)
Referee
Marco Guida, Italy
Benfica coach
Marco Silva
Aarhus coach
Jakob Poulsen

League table

UEFA Europa League

#TeamPWDLGDPts
1Benfica crestBenfica4400+1012
2Bournemouth crestBournemouth4400+912
3Ferencvarosi TC crestFerencvarosi TC4400+812
4Union St. Gilloise crestUnion St. Gilloise4310+810
5Juventus crestJuventus4310+710

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Last 5 matches, all competitions

Benfica crest

Benfica

  1. W
  2. W
  3. D
  4. D
  5. W
Aarhus crest

Aarhus

  1. L
  2. W
  3. W
  4. L
  5. L

Head to head

Benfica crest
1Wins
0Draws
0Wins
Aarhus crest

3 goals1 goals

Last meeting

  • 2026UEFA Europa LeagueBenfica crestBenfica3 - 1Aarhus crestAarhus

1 meeting in the Cornerflick archive.

Team form comparison

Last 5 matches, all competitions

Benfica crestBenfica
W-D-L
3-2-0
Scored / match
4.2
Conceded / match
0.8
Aarhus crestAarhus
W-D-L
2-0-3
Scored / match
1.4
Conceded / match
2.2

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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.

Match record

Competition
UEFA Europa League
Kick-off
Match ID
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17 events

  1. 2’Goal!Benfica crestBenficaRafa Silva1 – 0
  2. 9’Yellow cardBenfica crestBenficaL. Barreiro
  3. 24’Yellow cardBenfica crestBenficaT. Araujo
  4. 31’Goal!Benfica crestBenficaL. Barreiro2 – 0
  5. 36’Goal!Aarhus crestAarhusS. JorgensenAssist: J. Andersen2 – 1
  6. 45+2’Penalty goalBenfica crestBenficaV. Pavlidis3 – 1
  7. 57’SubstitutionAarhus crestAarhusR. Carstensen ONC. Rosler OFF
  8. 57’SubstitutionAarhus crestAarhusS. Tchamche ONS. Jorgensen OFF
  9. 66’SubstitutionBenfica crestBenficaR. Rios ONL. Barreiro OFF
  10. 72’SubstitutionBenfica crestBenficaA. Schjelderup ONG. Prestianni OFF
  11. 72’SubstitutionBenfica crestBenficaJ. Duran ONV. Pavlidis OFF
  12. 73’SubstitutionAarhus crestAarhusG. Links ONF. Emmery OFF
  13. 73’SubstitutionAarhus crestAarhusJ. Jonsson ONM. Knudsen OFF
  14. 81’SubstitutionAarhus crestAarhusM. Anderson ONJ. Bogere OFF
  15. 83’Yellow cardAarhus crestAarhusS. Tchamche
  16. 84’SubstitutionBenfica crestBenficaJ. Kaminski ONRafa Silva OFF
  17. 84’SubstitutionBenfica crestBenficaF. Aursnes ONG. Sudakov OFF