It's time for episode two of the Inter - Benfica Quarter-finals battle

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 19.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (80018 seats)

There's no exiting this stadium without a winner tonight as it's the second leg of the Champions League Quarter-finals meeting between Inter and Benfica. Game on!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Inter and Benfica.

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Inter form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Liverpool.

33 points is a decent return from 16 Serie A games here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for Inter. The data says 11 wins, 0 draws and 5 losses. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in this competition.

The Inter fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza: A 0-1 defeat against Monza. The gifted forward Lukaku bettered all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.61 out of 10. Lukaku hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

In the game before, a strong away win at Benfica. A Champions League game.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Inter as they are travelling to their away game against Empoli in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.

Inter have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza with 27 goals in 16 league matches. From these home matches, Inter have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Benfica form and stats

Benfica's mission in Champions League last season failed in the quarter-finals against Liverpool.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 11 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Liga Portugal. Total Champions League statistics for Benfica: 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Benfica play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Chaves. Benfica were so close to getting something from the game against Chaves, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime. Midfielder Aursnes was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.61. Aursnes hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 78 successful passes (of 85 total).

The fixture before was the Champions League-duel against Inter, a home defeat (0-2).

A new game in only four days for Benfica, the Liga Portugal home match versus Estoril. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Benfica's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 14 league matches away. Benfica are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {5 away goals} have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

Benfica - Inter 0-2 was the outcome when this pair of squads last met, also in this season.

Top Goalscorers

BenficaJ. Naval da Costa Eduardo
J. Naval da Costa Eduardo
17 goals
InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
14 goals

Inter missing players

Benfica missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Inter Benfica
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
13 8   Won W   9 17
6 0   Drew D   2 3
6 4   Lost L   2 5
28 12   Scored S   23 50
15 6   Conceded C   8 19
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
48% 25%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 84%
24% 17%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 48%
8% 8%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 24%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 12%
32% 17%   BTTS BTTS   23% 36%
48% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   62% 48%
28% 33%   Failed to Score F T   15% 16%
 
6.7 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   7.5 6.7
3.6 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 3.6
2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.6
4 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
15.8 14.8   Shots (avg) S (   14.3 14.8
4.9 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.8 6
23% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 33%
 
10.1 9.4   Shots against (avg) S A   9.8 8.6
3.1 2.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 2.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 30 24 3 3 66 21 15 11 2 2 33 13 15 13 1 1 33 8 45 75
2 Lazio 30 18 7 5 49 20 15 9 3 3 25 13 15 9 4 2 24 7 29 61
3 Roma 29 16 5 8 39 26 14 9 1 4 20 9 15 7 4 4 19 17 13 53
4 Milan 30 15 8 7 49 37 14 9 3 2 28 17 16 6 5 5 21 20 12 53
5 Inter 30 16 3 11 48 34 16 11 0 5 27 9 14 5 3 6 21 25 14 51
6 Atalanta 29 14 6 9 47 34 14 6 3 5 24 18 15 8 3 4 23 16 13 48
7 Juventus 29 18 5 6 47 24 15 11 3 1 34 12 14 7 2 5 13 12 23 44
8 Bologna 30 12 8 10 39 37 16 7 6 3 21 11 14 5 2 7 18 26 2 44
9 Fiorentina 29 11 8 10 34 32 15 6 5 4 20 20 14 5 3 6 14 12 2 41
10 Udinese 29 9 12 8 39 36 14 4 8 2 24 17 15 5 4 6 15 19 3 39
11 Torino 29 10 8 11 30 35 14 5 4 5 11 13 15 5 4 6 19 22 -5 38
12 Monza 30 10 8 12 35 41 15 5 4 6 19 18 15 5 4 6 16 23 -6 38
13 Sassuolo 29 10 7 12 37 43 14 6 3 5 18 16 15 4 4 7 19 27 -6 37
14 Empoli 30 7 11 12 25 37 14 5 4 5 13 15 16 2 7 7 12 22 -12 32
15 Salernitana 29 6 11 12 33 49 15 4 5 6 20 21 14 2 6 6 13 28 -16 29
16 Lecce 29 6 9 14 25 35 14 2 6 6 14 19 15 4 3 8 11 16 -10 27
17 Spezia 30 5 11 14 25 48 16 3 8 5 16 24 14 2 3 9 9 24 -23 26
18 Hellas Verona 30 5 8 17 24 43 15 5 2 8 17 23 15 0 6 9 7 20 -19 23
19 Cremonese 30 3 10 17 27 54 15 2 3 10 9 25 15 1 7 7 18 29 -27 19
20 Sampdoria 29 3 6 20 18 50 15 1 4 10 8 22 14 2 2 10 10 28 -32 15
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benfica 28 23 2 3 68 17 14 12 1 1 43 12 14 11 1 2 25 5 51 71
2 Porto 28 21 4 3 60 19 14 12 0 2 38 10 14 9 4 1 22 9 41 67
3 Sporting Braga 27 20 2 5 60 24 13 9 2 2 27 7 14 11 0 3 33 17 36 62
4 Sporting CP 27 18 3 6 56 26 13 11 0 2 35 7 14 7 3 4 21 19 30 57
5 Arouca 27 12 8 7 31 32 14 8 2 4 20 16 13 4 6 3 11 16 -1 44
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 28 12 5 11 27 33 14 8 3 3 14 10 14 4 2 8 13 23 -6 41
7 Famalicao 28 12 3 13 30 35 14 8 1 5 15 11 14 4 2 8 15 24 -5 39
8 Vizela 27 11 5 11 31 28 13 5 2 6 15 14 14 6 3 5 16 14 3 38
9 Casa Pia 27 11 5 11 26 31 14 6 3 5 15 13 13 5 2 6 11 18 -5 38
10 Chaves 28 9 9 10 28 33 14 4 5 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 12 16 -5 36
11 Rio Ave 27 9 7 11 27 31 13 7 1 5 14 10 14 2 6 6 13 21 -4 34
12 Boavista 27 9 6 12 32 45 14 6 5 3 18 18 13 3 1 9 14 27 -13 33
13 Gil Vicente 27 8 7 12 26 32 14 4 6 4 11 11 13 4 1 8 15 21 -6 31
14 Portimonense 28 9 3 16 21 35 14 5 3 6 12 14 14 4 0 10 9 21 -14 30
15 Estoril 28 7 4 17 23 44 14 4 2 8 12 23 14 3 2 9 11 21 -21 25
16 Maritimo 28 6 4 18 24 51 14 5 2 7 17 19 14 1 2 11 7 32 -27 22
17 Pacos de Ferreira 28 4 5 19 21 49 14 2 2 10 10 26 14 2 3 9 11 23 -28 17
18 Santa Clara 28 3 6 19 18 44 14 2 4 8 13 26 14 1 2 11 5 18 -26 15

Inter:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benfica 28 23 2 3 68 17 14 12 1 1 43 12 14 11 1 2 25 5 51 71
2 Porto 28 21 4 3 60 19 14 12 0 2 38 10 14 9 4 1 22 9 41 67
3 Sporting Braga 27 20 2 5 60 24 13 9 2 2 27 7 14 11 0 3 33 17 36 62
4 Sporting CP 27 18 3 6 56 26 13 11 0 2 35 7 14 7 3 4 21 19 30 57
5 Arouca 27 12 8 7 31 32 14 8 2 4 20 16 13 4 6 3 11 16 -1 44
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 28 12 5 11 27 33 14 8 3 3 14 10 14 4 2 8 13 23 -6 41
7 Famalicao 28 12 3 13 30 35 14 8 1 5 15 11 14 4 2 8 15 24 -5 39
8 Vizela 27 11 5 11 31 28 13 5 2 6 15 14 14 6 3 5 16 14 3 38
9 Casa Pia 27 11 5 11 26 31 14 6 3 5 15 13 13 5 2 6 11 18 -5 38
10 Chaves 28 9 9 10 28 33 14 4 5 5 16 17 14 5 4 5 12 16 -5 36
11 Rio Ave 27 9 7 11 27 31 13 7 1 5 14 10 14 2 6 6 13 21 -4 34
12 Boavista 27 9 6 12 32 45 14 6 5 3 18 18 13 3 1 9 14 27 -13 33
13 Gil Vicente 27 8 7 12 26 32 14 4 6 4 11 11 13 4 1 8 15 21 -6 31
14 Portimonense 28 9 3 16 21 35 14 5 3 6 12 14 14 4 0 10 9 21 -14 30
15 Estoril 28 7 4 17 23 44 14 4 2 8 12 23 14 3 2 9 11 21 -21 25
16 Maritimo 28 6 4 18 24 51 14 5 2 7 17 19 14 1 2 11 7 32 -27 22
17 Pacos de Ferreira 28 4 5 19 21 49 14 2 2 10 10 26 14 2 3 9 11 23 -28 17
18 Santa Clara 28 3 6 19 18 44 14 2 4 8 13 26 14 1 2 11 5 18 -26 15

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.