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Milan — Benfica, 16 September 2026, 19:00 UTC : score 0:2

match finished UEFA Europa League · Matchday 1 Wednesday 16 September · 19:00 UTC
Milan Milan 34th · 0 pts WL
0 : 2 1st half 0:1
Benfica 2th · 3 pts WWWWD Benfica
venue to be confirmed · referee J. Gillett
Match predictionSafe

Milan under 2.5 goals

90%

Prediction landed. We predicted “Milan under 2.5 goals”, and the match finished 0:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off
Milan 30% draw 26% Benfica 44%
The model was right

The most likely outcome was Benfica win, and the match finished 0:2. Fans backed Benfica win — they got it right.

fans 54 votes
Milan 28% draw 17% Benfica 55%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
S. Pavlovic 11'
D. Lukebakio assist: J. Kaminski 0-1 16'
S. El Karouani 26'
J. Duran 37'
C. Pulisic for O. Hutchinson 46'
M. Gila for F. Terracciano 46'
J. Kaminski assist: S. El Karouani 0-2 53'
D. Moreira for A. Cisse 57'
A. Saelemaekers for D. Bartesaghi 57'
L. Barreiro for F. Aursnes 70'
G. Prestianni for G. Sudakov 70'
A. Rabiot for A. Jashari 73'
D. Banjaqui 77'
A. Schjelderup for J. Kaminski 80'
V. Pavlidis for J. Duran 80'
L. Barreiro 84'
S. Dahl for S. El Karouani 88'
V. Pavlidis 90+2'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Milan Milan 3-4-2-1 · Ruben Amorim 4-2-3-1 · Marco Silva Benfica Benfica
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
22 Jhon Durán
11 Dodi Lukebakio 10 Georgiy Sudakov 13 Jakub Kamiński
8 Fredrik Aursnes 36 João Palhinha
58 Daniel Banjaqui 3 Alessandro Circati 44 Tomás Araújo 34 Souffian El Karouani
1 Anatoliy Trubin
Milan bench
  1. 12Adrien Rabiot
  2. 56Alexis Saelemaekers
  3. 11Christian Pulišić
  4. 22Diego Moreira
  5. 23Fikayo Tomori
  6. 73Francesco Camarda
  7. 96Lorenzo Torriani
  8. 14Luka Modrić
  9. 34Mario Gila
  10. 46Matteo Gabbia
  11. 2Pervis Estupiñán
  12. 8Ruben Loftus-Cheek
Benfica bench
  1. 21Andreas Schjelderup
  2. 72Anísio Cabral
  3. 30Claudio Echeverri
  4. 2Clément Lenglet
  5. 5Enzo Barrenechea
  6. 25Gianluca Prestianni
  7. 18Leandro Barreiro
  8. 16Manu Silva
  9. 27Rafa Silva
  10. 26Samuel Dahl
  11. 24Samuel Soares
  12. 14Vangelis Pavlidis

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match
60%Possession40%
17Shots11
4Shots on target4
10Shots off target3
3Blocked shots4
9Shots inside box5
8Shots outside box6
120Attacks72
69Dangerous attacks23
10Corners1
0Offsides3
14Fouls12
1Yellow cards5
2Saves4
567Passes382
521Accurate passes324
0Free kicks0
0Throw-ins0
0Goal kicks0
0Penalties0
MilanMilanBenficaBenficaThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Milan and Benfica met on matchday 1 of the UEFA Europa League on 16 September. Final score — 0:2.

Milan sit 34th on 0 points after 2 matches (1 win, 0 draws, 1 loss). Benfica sit 2th on 3 points after 8 matches (6 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), unbeaten in 7 matches.

Season form

all competitions of the season
Milan Milan last five Benfica Benfica
WL form WWWWD
2 Matches 8
1 — 0 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 6 — 1 — 1
4 — 2 Scored — conceded 25 — 7
1.5 Points per game 2.38
2 Goals scored per game 3.13
1 Clean sheets 2
1 Failed to score 0
unbeaten in 1 Current streak unbeaten in 7

Milan at home: 1 match, 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 0—2, 0 points per match.

Benfica away: 4 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 7—4, 1.75 points per match.

League table

after the match
#TeamPWDLGoalsPts
2Bayer LeverkusenBayer Leverkusen22006—06
3BenficaBenfica22006—16
4BeşiktaşBeşiktaş22007—36
…
15Crystal PalaceCrystal Palace21016—33
16MilanMilan21014—23
17Jagiellonia BiałystokJagiellonia Białystok21014—33
Full UEFA Europa League table