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Milan vs Benfica: match report

AC Milan hosted Benfica at San Siro on Wednesday 16 September 2026, in the Europa League (round 1). Jarred Gillett is the referee, averaging 3.7 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.0.

Result and scorers

Milan 0-2 Benfica. Goals: Dodi Lukébakio 16' for Benfica; Jakub Kaminski 53' for Benfica. Attendance: 68,393.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 11' Yellow card: Strahinja Pavlovic (Milan)
  • 16' Goal: Dodi Lukébakio (Benfica) 0-1
  • 26' Yellow card: Souffian El Karouani (Benfica)
  • 37' Yellow card: Jhon Durán (Benfica)
  • 53' Goal: Jakub Kaminski (Benfica) 0-2
  • 77' Yellow card: Daniel Banjaqui (Benfica)
  • 85' Yellow card: Leandro Barreiro (Benfica)
  • 90'+2' Yellow card: Vangelis Pavlidis (Benfica)
Match stats (contains the result)
60.5%Possession39.5%
17Shots11
4Shots on target4
10Corners1
14Fouls12
0Offsides3
2Saves4
1Yellow cards5
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Milan 3-4-2-1

Coach: Ruben Amorim

  1. 16 Mike Maignan GK
  2. 42 Filippo Terracciano DEF
  3. 5 Koni De Winter DEF
  4. 31 Strahinja Pavlović DEF
  5. 21 Samuel Chukwueze FWD
  6. 30 Ardon Jashari MID
  7. 80 Yunus Musah MID
  8. 33 Davide Bartesaghi MID
  9. 20 Omari Hutchinson FWD
  10. 70 Alphadjo Cissè MID
  11. 9 Gonçalo Ramos FWD

Bench

  • 34 Mario Gila DEF
  • 11 Christian Pulisic FWD
  • 56 Alexis Saelemaekers MID
  • 22 Diego Moreira FWD
  • 12 Adrien Rabiot MID
  • 96 Lorenzo Torriani GK
  • 23 Fikayo Tomori DEF
  • 46 Matteo Gabbia DEF
  • 14 Luka Modrić MID
  • 2 Pervis Estupinán MID
  • 8 Ruben Loftus-Cheek MID
  • 73 Francesco Camarda FWD

Benfica 4-2-3-1

Coach: Marco Silva

  1. 1 Anatoliy Trubin GK
  2. 58 Daniel Banjaqui DEF
  3. 3 Alessandro Circati DEF
  4. 44 Tomás Araújo DEF
  5. 34 Souffian El Karouani DEF
  6. 8 Fredrik Aursnes MID
  7. 36 João Palhinha MID
  8. 11 Dodi Lukébakio FWD
  9. 10 Georgiy Sudakov MID
  10. 13 Jakub Kamiński MID
  11. 22 Jhon Durán FWD

Bench

  • 18 Leandro Barreiro MID
  • 25 Gianluca Prestianni FWD
  • 21 Andreas Schjelderup FWD
  • 14 Vangelis Pavlidis FWD
  • 26 Samuel Dahl DEF
  • 24 Samuel Soares GK
  • 2 Clément Lenglet DEF
  • 5 Enzo Barrenechea MID
  • 16 Manu Silva MID
  • 27 Rafa Silva MID
  • 72 Anísio Cabral FWD
  • 30 Claudio Echeverri FWD
Previous meetings
  • Sunday 28 July 2019: AC Milan 0-1 Benfica
  • Wednesday 28 November 2007: Benfica 1-1 AC Milan
  • Tuesday 18 September 2007: AC Milan 2-1 Benfica