Match Centre: Benfica vs St. Gallen
Pavlidis 11′Pavlidis 55′Pavlidis 65′Pavlidis 74′ (p)Lenglet 82′
Stanic 57′
Player of the match Vangelis Pavlidis 9.9
First leg
St. Gallen · Benfica 2–1Final aggregate
Benfica 6–2 St. Gallen
GolVolt rating 8.4GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
Turning point: 11' Pavlidis, 1:0The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 76% to 87% (Benfica).
How the match went
One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.
90' · 5:0Benfica 93%draw 4%St. Gallen 3%
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Pavlidis: 4 goals, plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 65′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 5.5 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Pavlidis: 4 goals, Pavlidis: two goals, Pavlidis: rated 9.9.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 9.9 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% A clash of big clubs. Stakes: 4.9 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances, 5 goals, 37 shots.Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 9.2 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 8.4more watchable than 84% of Europa League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
5 goals3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 11' Goal: Vangelis Pavlidisassist: Silva1:0
- 21' Jozo Stanicyellow card
- 33' SubstitutionRuiz for Gaal
- Half-time · 1:0
- 50' Chima Okorojiyellow card
- 55' Goal: Vangelis Pavlidisassist: Kamiński2:0
- 57' Jozo Stanicsecond yellow, sent off
- 57' 2 substitutionsFrokaj for BoukhalfaHunziker for Witzig
- 65' Goal: Vangelis Pavlidisassist: Bah3:0
- 66' SubstitutionRíos for Barreiro
- 71' 2 substitutionsKonietzke for GörtlerOwusu for Baldé
- 74' Goal: Vangelis Pavlidispenalty4:0
- 76' 2 substitutionsLukébakio for SilvaSchjelderup for Kamiński
- 77' 2 substitutionsDedić for BahDurán for Pavlidis
- 82' Goal: Clément Lengletassist: Lukébakio5:0
- Full-time · 5:0
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Benfica
St. Gallen
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Benfica
- 24 Samuel Soares GK —
- 17 Amar Dedić DEF on
- 44 Tomás Araújo DEF —
- 62 José Neto DEF —
- 11 Dodi Lukébakio MID on
- 16 Manu Silva MID —
- 20 Richard Ríos MID on
- 21 Andreas Schjelderup MID on
- 73 Miguel Figueiredo MID —
- 9 Franjo Ivanović ATT —
- 22 Jhon Durán ATT on
- 72 Anísio Cabral ATT —
St. Gallen
- 35 Bela Dumrath GK —
- 81 Yannick Bujard GK —
- 68 Mostafa Heydari DEF —
- 74 Joel Ruiz DEF on
- 20 Leon Frokaj MID on
- 23 Betim Fazliji MID —
- 63 Corsin Konietzke MID on
- 9 Andrin Hunziker ATT on
- 31 Diego Besio ATT —
- 47 Enoch Owusu ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisboa
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Benfica Vangelis Pavlidis
- 2. place · Benfica António Silva
- 3. place · Benfica Georgiy Sudakov
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Benfica · 2 out
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Fredrik Aursnes Injured
return date unknown · Unknown Injury
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Gianluca Prestianni Injured
return date unknown · Unknown Injury
St. Gallen · 7 out
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Behar Neziri Injured
since 22 Jul · return date unknown · 2 matches missed · Unknown Injury
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Colin Kleine-Bekel Injured
since 24 Sep 2024 · return date unknown · 81 matches missed · Fitness
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Cyrill May Injured
since 22 Apr · return date unknown · 12 matches missed · Knee Problems
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Malamine Efekele Injured
since 7 Apr · return date unknown · 14 matches missed · Thigh Problems
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Nevio Scherrer Injured
since 22 Jul · return date unknown · 2 matches missed · Unknown Injury
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Nino Weibel Injured
return date unknown · Knee Injury
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Stephan Ambrosius Injured
since 26 Apr · return date unknown · 12 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Tear
Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.