UEFA Europa League · League Stage - 1

AC Milan v Benfica

AC Milan 0 – 2 Benfica Full time

Kick-off: Wed 16 Sep 2026, 20:00 UK time
Venue: San Siro/Giuseppe Meazza, Milano
Referee: Jarred Gillett, Australia

Goals

16' D. Lukebakio (Benfica), assist J. Kaminski
53' J. Kaminski (Benfica), assist S. El Karouani

Cards

11' S. Pavlovic (AC Milan), yellow card
26' S. El Karouani (Benfica), yellow card
37' J. Duran (Benfica), yellow card
77' D. Banjaqui (Benfica), yellow card
84' L. Barreiro (Benfica), yellow card
90+2' V. Pavlidis (Benfica), yellow card

Line-ups

AC Milan (3-4-2-1)

Coach: Ruben Amorim

16 Mike Maignan
42 Filippo Terracciano
5 Koni De Winter
31 Strahinja Pavlović
21 Samuel Chukwueze
30 Ardon Jashari
80 Yunus Musah
33 Davide Bartesaghi
20 Omari Hutchinson
70 Alphadjo Cissè
9 Gonçalo Ramos

Substitutes: Mario Gila, Christian Pulišić, Diego Moreira, Alexis Saelemaekers, Adrien Rabiot, Lorenzo Torriani, Fikayo Tomori, Matteo Gabbia, Pervis Estupiñán, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Luka Modrić, Francesco Camarda

Benfica (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Marco Silva

1 Anatoliy Trubin
58 Daniel Banjaqui
3 Alessandro Circati
44 Tomás Araújo
34 Souffian El Karouani
8 Fredrik Aursnes
36 João Palhinha
11 Dodi Lukebakio
10 Georgiy Sudakov
13 Jakub Kamiński
22 Jhon Durán

Substitutes: Leandro Barreiro, Gianluca Prestianni, Andreas Schjelderup, Vangelis Pavlidis, Samuel Dahl, Samuel Soares, Clément Lenglet, Enzo Barrenechea, Manu Silva, Rafa Silva, Claudio Echeverri, Anísio Cabral

Key statistics

Statistic	AC Milan	Benfica
Expected goals	0.96	0.64
Possession	60%	40%
Total Shots	17	11
Shots on target	4	4
Shots off target	10	3
Blocked Shots	3	4
Corners	10	1
Offsides	0	3
Fouls	14	12
Saves	2	4
Yellow Cards	1	5
Red Cards	-	-
Passes	567	382
Accurate passes	521	324

Top-rated player

Anatoliy Trubin (Benfica), rating 8.6

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