Ajax vs Benfica Official Highlights

UEFA Champions League -- Round of 16

UEFA Champions League — Round of 16

08:00 PMMarch 15, 2022

Regular Season

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HT: (0 – 0)

📍 Johan Cruijff Arena (Amsterdam)👤 Referee: Carlos del Cerro

How did Ajax and Benfica perform?

Home Voted: 0

Away Voted: 0

World Class25%

Solid0%

Bang Average25%

Lucky0%

Shocking50%

World Class25%

Solid0%

Bang Average25%

Lucky0%

Shocking50%

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Ajax and Benfica Match Stats

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BALL POSSESSION

69%31%

ATTACK

16

Total shots

4

2

Shots on target

1

11

Shots off target

3

3

Blocked shots

0

11

Shots inside box

4

5

Shots outside box

0

10

Corner kicks

4

4

Offsides

2

119

Dangerous attacks

25

PASSING

596

Total passes

278

503 (84%)

Accurate passes

180 (65%)

DISCIPLINE

13

Fouls

11

3

Yellow cards

1

0

Goalkeeper saves

2

Ajax and Benfica Lineups

Ajax

4-2-3-1

24G

André Onana

5.7

12D

Noussair Mazraoui

7.6

2D

Jurriën Timber 83′ 🔺90+6′

6.3

21D

Lisandro Martínez

7.5

17D

Daley Blind 90+4′

7

8M

Ryan Gravenberch 90+4′

7.2

4M

Edson Álvarez 🔺81′

7.7

11M

Antony

6.9

23M

Steven Berghuis 🔺81′

7.3

10M

Dusan Tadic

6.9

22F

Sébastien Haller

6.9

Substitutes

51G

Charlie Setford

–

33G

Przemyslaw Tyton

–

15D

Devyne Rensch

–

3D

Perr Schuurs

–

31D

Nicolás Tagliafico

–

30F

Mohammed Daramy

–

25M

Kenneth Taylor

–

19M

Zakaria Labyad

–

20M

Mohammed Kudus 🔻90+6′

–

6M

Davy Klaassen 🔻81′

6.5

18F

Brian Brobbey 🔻81′

6.3

9F

Danilo

–

Coach of Ajax

👔 E. ten Hag

Benfica

4-2-3-1

99G

Odysseas Vlachodimos

7.2

2D

Gilberto 🔺90+1′

7.3

30D

Nicolás Otamendi

6.9

5D

Jan Vertonghen

7.2

3D

Alejandro Grimaldo

8.2

49M

Adel Taarabt 🔺46′

6.2

28M

Julian Weigl

6.9

27M

Rafa Silva

5.9

88M

Gonçalo Ramos 67′ 🔺90+1′

6.7

7M

Everton 🔺72′

6.2

9F

Darwin Núñez ⚽77′ 🔺81′

7.2

Substitutes

77G

Helton Leite

–

91D

Felipe Morato

–

34D

André Almeida

–

17M

Diogo Gonçalves 🔻81′

6.5

11M

Soualiho Meïté 🔻46′

6.6

22M

Valentino Lazaro 🔻90+1′

–

31M

Gil Dias

–

20M

João Mário

–

23M

Nemanja Radonjic

–

55M

Paulo Bernardo 🔻90+1′

–

39F

Henrique Araújo

–

15F

Roman Yaremchuk 🔻72′

6.7

Coach of Benfica

👔 Nelson Veríssimo

Ajax and Benfica Head to Head

0WINS

0DRAWS

1WINS

Over 1.5 Goals100%

Over 2.5 Goals0%

Both Teams Scored0%

Past H2H Matches & Results

25 Nov 2025 Ajax 0-2 Benfica

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League Standings

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	6	6	0	0	17-1	16	18
2	Bayern Munich	6	5	0	1	18-7	11	15
3	PSG	6	4	1	1	19-8	11	13
4	Manchester City	6	4	1	1	12-6	6	13
5	Atalanta	6	4	1	1	8-6	2	13
6	Inter	6	4	0	2	12-4	8	12
7	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	13-7	6	12
8	Atl. Madrid	6	4	0	2	15-12	3	12
9	Liverpool	6	4	0	2	11-8	3	12
10	Dortmund	6	3	2	1	19-13	6	11
11	Tottenham	6	3	2	1	13-7	6	11
12	Newcastle	6	3	1	2	13-6	7	10
13	Chelsea	6	3	1	2	13-8	5	10
14	Sporting CP	6	3	1	2	12-8	4	10
15	Barcelona	6	3	1	2	14-11	3	10
16	Marseille	6	3	0	3	11-8	3	9
17	Juventus	6	2	3	1	12-10	2	9
18	Galatasaray	6	3	0	3	8-8	0	9
19	Monaco	6	2	3	1	7-8	-1	9
20	Bayer Leverkusen	6	2	3	1	10-12	-2	9
21	PSV	6	2	2	2	15-11	4	8
22	Qarabag	6	2	1	3	10-13	-3	7
23	Napoli	6	2	1	3	6-11	-5	7
24	FC Copenhagen	6	2	1	3	10-16	-6	7
25	Benfica	6	2	0	4	6-8	-2	6
26	Pafos	6	1	3	2	4-9	-5	6
27	Royale Union SG	6	2	0	4	7-15	-8	6
28	Ath Bilbao	6	1	2	3	4-9	-5	5
29	Olympiacos Piraeus	6	1	2	3	6-13	-7	5
30	Eintracht Frankfurt	6	1	1	4	8-16	-8	4
31	Club Brugge KV	6	1	1	4	8-16	-8	4
32	Bodo/Glimt	6	0	3	3	9-13	-4	3
33	Slavia Prague	6	0	3	3	2-11	-9	3
34	Ajax	6	1	0	5	5-18	-13	3
35	Villarreal	6	0	1	5	4-13	-9	1
36	Kairat Almaty	6	0	1	5	4-15	-11	1

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Bayern Munich	3	3	0	0	10-2	8	9
2	Arsenal	3	3	0	0	9-1	8	9
3	Chelsea	3	3	0	0	9-1	8	9
4	Tottenham	3	3	0	0	8-0	8	9
5	Atl. Madrid	3	3	0	0	10-3	7	9
6	Sporting CP	3	3	0	0	9-2	7	9
7	Dortmund	3	2	1	0	10-3	7	7
8	Napoli	3	2	1	0	4-1	3	7
9	Atalanta	3	2	1	0	4-2	2	7
10	PSG	3	2	0	1	10-5	5	6
11	Barcelona	3	2	0	1	9-4	5	6
12	Newcastle	3	2	0	1	6-2	4	6
13	Marseille	3	2	0	1	6-2	4	6
14	Inter	3	2	0	1	5-2	3	6
15	Manchester City	3	2	0	1	6-3	3	6
16	Galatasaray	3	2	0	1	4-2	2	6
17	Real Madrid	3	2	0	1	4-3	1	6
18	Liverpool	3	2	0	1	5-6	-1	6
19	Juventus	3	1	2	0	7-5	2	5
20	Monaco	3	1	2	0	3-2	1	5
21	Qarabag	3	1	1	1	6-6	0	4
22	Ath Bilbao	3	1	1	1	3-3	0	4
23	Club Brugge KV	3	1	1	1	7-7	0	4
24	FC Copenhagen	3	1	1	1	7-8	-1	4
25	Pafos	3	1	1	1	4-7	-3	4
26	PSV	3	1	0	2	9-8	1	3
27	Benfica	3	1	0	2	4-4	0	3
28	Eintracht Frankfurt	3	1	0	2	6-9	-3	3
29	Olympiacos Piraeus	3	0	2	1	4-5	-1	2
30	Slavia Prague	3	0	2	1	2-5	-3	2
31	Bayer Leverkusen	3	0	2	1	5-10	-5	2
32	Bodo/Glimt	3	0	1	2	4-6	-2	1
33	Villarreal	3	0	1	2	4-7	-3	1
34	Kairat Almaty	3	0	1	2	0-6	-6	1
35	Ajax	3	0	0	3	0-7	-7	0
36	Royale Union SG	3	0	0	3	2-11	-9	0

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	3	3	0	0	8-0	8	9
2	PSG	3	2	1	0	9-3	6	7
3	Manchester City	3	2	1	0	6-3	3	7
4	Bayer Leverkusen	3	2	1	0	5-2	3	7
5	Inter	3	2	0	1	7-2	5	6
6	Real Madrid	3	2	0	1	9-4	5	6
7	Liverpool	3	2	0	1	6-2	4	6
8	Bayern Munich	3	2	0	1	8-5	3	6
9	Royale Union SG	3	2	0	1	5-4	1	6
10	Atalanta	3	2	0	1	4-4	0	6
11	PSV	3	1	2	0	6-3	3	5
12	Newcastle	3	1	1	1	7-4	3	4
13	Juventus	3	1	1	1	5-5	0	4
14	Dortmund	3	1	1	1	9-10	-1	4
15	Monaco	3	1	1	1	4-6	-2	4
16	Barcelona	3	1	1	1	5-7	-2	4
17	Marseille	3	1	0	2	5-6	-1	3
18	Galatasaray	3	1	0	2	4-6	-2	3
19	Benfica	3	1	0	2	2-4	-2	3
20	Qarabag	3	1	0	2	4-7	-3	3
21	Atl. Madrid	3	1	0	2	5-9	-4	3
22	FC Copenhagen	3	1	0	2	3-8	-5	3
23	Ajax	3	1	0	2	5-11	-6	3
24	Olympiacos Piraeus	3	1	0	2	2-8	-6	3
25	Pafos	3	0	2	1	0-2	-2	2
26	Bodo/Glimt	3	0	2	1	5-7	-2	2
27	Tottenham	3	0	2	1	5-7	-2	2
28	Chelsea	3	0	1	2	4-7	-3	1
29	Sporting CP	3	0	1	2	3-6	-3	1
30	Ath Bilbao	3	0	1	2	1-6	-5	1
31	Eintracht Frankfurt	3	0	1	2	2-7	-5	1
32	Slavia Prague	3	0	1	2	0-6	-6	1
33	Kairat Almaty	3	0	0	3	4-9	-5	0
34	Villarreal	3	0	0	3	0-6	-6	0
35	Napoli	3	0	0	3	2-10	-8	0
36	Club Brugge KV	3	0	0	3	1-9	-8	0

Qualification/Relegation

Promotion – Champions League (Play Offs: 1/8-finals)

Promotion – Champions League (Play Offs: 1/16-finals)

Ajax vs Benfica Video Highlights & Match Recap – 2022-03-15

The atmosphere at Johan Cruijff Arena (Amsterdam) was electric as Ajax hosted Benfica in a crucial UEFA Champions League — Round of 16 tie on March 15, 2022. Both sides entered the pitch with clear intentions, resulting in a fascinating clash of styles.

It wasn’t just about physicality; the mental aspect of the game was evident. Key duels in wide areas and the transition play defined the rhythm of the match. Ultimately, the team that showed more composure in critical moments walked away with the advantage.

Current League Standings

Before kick-off, Ajax occupied 34th spot, having accumulated 3 points. Their journey so far consists of 1 victories, 0 stalemates, and 5 defeats.

On the other side, Benfica stood at 25th with 6 points. With 2 wins this season, they arrived looking to add another three points to their tally.

Head-to-Head Analysis

Looking back at the previous 1 encounters between these clubs in UEFA Champions League — Round of 16, the stats paint an interesting picture. The home side, Ajax, has triumphed 0 times.

Conversely, Benfica has managed to secure victory on 1 occasions, while 0 matches have ended in a draw. Fans have seen goals in 0 of these games, with high-scoring affairs (Over 2.5) happening 0 times.

Team Form & Performance

A look at the momentum both teams brought into this fixture:

Recent Matches of Ajax

Qarabag 2-4 Ajax (UEFA Champions League, Dec 10, 2025)
Ajax 0-2 Benfica (UEFA Champions League, Nov 25, 2025)
Ajax 0-3 Galatasaray (UEFA Champions League, Nov 05, 2025)

Recent Matches of Benfica

Benfica 2-0 Napoli (UEFA Champions League, Dec 10, 2025)
Ajax 0-2 Benfica (UEFA Champions League, Nov 25, 2025)

Match Analysis Replay

Don’t miss the post-match breakdown of Ajax vs Benfica. Watch the tactical shifts and key goals from this UEFA Champions League — Round of 16 showdown.

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