Europa League / UEFA Cup · Group stage, matchday 5 · 2008/09

Benfica v Metalist, 18 December 2008

18 December 2008

Form before this match

  • Flag Benfica
    1. Loss · 18.09.2008 · Europa League, First round · 2008/09 · Napoli (away) 2–3

    2. Win · 02.10.2008 · Europa League, First round · 2008/09 · Napoli (home) 2–0

    3. Draw · 23.10.2008 · Europa League, Group stage · 2008/09 · Hertha (away) 1–1

    4. Loss · 06.11.2008 · Europa League, Group stage · 2008/09 · Galatasaray (home) 0–2

    5. Loss · 27.11.2008 · Europa League, Group stage · 2008/09 · Olympiacos (away) 1–5

  • Flag Metalist
    1. Loss · 18.09.2008 · Europa League, First round · 2008/09 · Beşiktaş (away) 0–1

    2. Win · 02.10.2008 · Europa League, First round · 2008/09 · Beşiktaş (home) 4–1

    3. Draw · 06.11.2008 · Europa League, Group stage · 2008/09 · Hertha (home) 0–0

    4. Win · 27.11.2008 · Europa League, Group stage · 2008/09 · Galatasaray (away) 1–0

    5. Win · 03.12.2008 · Europa League, Group stage · 2008/09 · Olympiacos (home) 1–0

Head-to-head before this match

The first-ever meeting of these clubs in European competitions.

Benfica against clubs from Ukraine

2 matches before this one

Metalist against clubs from Portugal

Metalist hadn't played clubs from Portugal before.