Red Bull Salzburg 1-3 Benfica
Key numbers
- Possession 44% – 56%
- Shots 19 (6 on target) – 18 (6)
- Decisive moment: 32' Ángel Di María, FN xPts +0.9
Luka Sučić 57'
HT 0:2
Ángel Di María 32'
Rafa Silva 45+1'
Arthur Cabral 90+2'
Rafa Silva 45+1'
Arthur Cabral 90+2'
Benfica won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.72–2.96).
Player of the matchÁngel Di MaríaDecisive moment32' Ángel Di María+0.9
Player of the match
Ángel Di María Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.7 (Dominant)
Game state
Red Bull Salzburg ahead 0 min · level 32 min · Benfica ahead 58 min
- Arthur Cabral — off the bench 6 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
32'
Ángel Di María
Goal
+0.9
45+1'
Rafa Silva
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Ángel Di María +0.2
+0.6
57'
Luka Sučić
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Oscar Gloukh +0.1
+0.4
90+2'
Arthur Cabral
Goal · assist Fredrik Aursnes
+0.1
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Red Bull Salzburg, Benfica is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Red Bull SalzburgBenfica
44%Possession56%
1.72Expected goals (xG)2.96
0.09xG per shot0.16
19Shots18
6Shots on target6
32%Shots on target %33%
12Shots in box10
437Passes533
78%Pass accuracy80%
2Corners6
3Saves5
8Fouls8
4Yellow cards2
4Offsides2
Compared with usual
Red Bull Salzburg
5 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | |
| xG | 1.72 | 1.1 | |
| xG against | 2.96 | 1.7 | |
| Shots | 19 | 10.8 | |
| On target | 6 | 3.4 | |
| Shots faced | 18 | 17 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 44% | 43.4% | |
| Passes | 437 | 383.8 | |
| Pass accuracy | 78% | 77% | |
| Corners | 2 | 3.6 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 14.2 |
Benfica
5 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 0.8 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | |
| xG | 2.96 | 0.95 | |
| xG against | 1.72 | 2.8 | |
| Shots | 18 | 10.6 | |
| On target | 6 | 4.2 | |
| Shots faced | 19 | 15.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.16 | 0.09 | |
| Possession | 56% | 47.2% | |
| Passes | 533 | 445.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 80% | 81.2% | |
| Corners | 6 | 3.8 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 8.2 |
Timeline
- 10' Yellow Lucas Gourna-Douath
- 32' Goal Ángel Di María competition goal #1
- 34' VAR Ángel Di María
- 45+1' Goal Rafa Silva competition goal #2 assist Ángel Di María
- 45+4' Yellow Felipe Morato
- 46' Sub Casper Tengstedt → Petar Musa
- 51' Yellow Petar Ratkov
- 55' Sub Petar Ratkov → Fernando
- 55' Sub Nene Dorgeles → Sekou Koita
- 57' Goal Luka Sučić competition goal #1 assist Oscar Gloukh
- 68' Sub Orkun Kökçü → Gonçalo Guedes
- 72' Yellow Petar Musa
- 82' Yellow Dijon Kameri
- 82' Sub Oscar Gloukh → Dijon Kameri
- 90' Yellow Alexander Schlager
- 90+1' Sub João Mário → Arthur Cabral
- 90+2' Goal Arthur Cabral competition goal #1 assist Fredrik Aursnes
- 90+4' Sub Rafa Silva → Florentino Luís
- 90+5' Sub Mads Bidstrup → Roko Šimić
Category leaders
- Key passesLuka Sučić5
- Duels wonNicolás Otamendi12/14
- DribblesAmar Dedić5/6
- Defensive actionsLucas Gourna-Douath11
- ShotsRafa Silva6 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonStrahinja Pavlović3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.