Chelsea vs Benfica · Champions League
Chelsea
1-0-1
1 – 0
FT
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Benfica
0-0-2
Stamford Bridge · London · England
Benfica lost 1-0 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge (crowd 38,636). Chelsea went 1-0 up at the 18-minute mark thanks to a Richard Ríos own goal. A red card went to João Pedro in added time at the end Eight players went into the book. The ball split 56% to 44% and the shots 8 to 9. From 8 shots, Chelsea found the target 3 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Champions League UEFA
- Campaign
- 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, League Phase
- Ground
- Stamford Bridge · London · England
- Crowd
- 38,636
- Referee
- Daniel Siebert
- Chelsea form
- LWWLD
- Benfica form
- LWWWD
On TV
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- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Benfica | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
13Fouls14
2Yellow Cards5
1Red Cards0
1Offsides2
3Corner Kicks5
3Saves3
56.1%Possession43.9%
8Shots9
3On Goal3
40%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
453Accurate Passes331
514Passes402
90%Pass Completion %80%
3Accurate Crosses3
14Crosses11
20%Cross %30%
34Long Balls34
22Accurate Long Balls10
60%Long Balls %30%
1Blocked Shots2
18Effective Tackles13
29Tackles17
60%Tackle %80%
9Interceptions11
20Effective Clearances22
20Clearances22
Timeline
Full time · 1-0
🟥João Pedro
90'+6'
89'
🔁Henrique Araújoreplacing Fredrik Aursnes
88'
🟨Tomás Araújo
83'
🟨Nicolás Otamendi
🔁Josh Acheampongreplacing Benoît Badiashile
81'
🔁Reece Jamesreplacing Malo Gusto
81'
77'
🔁Leandro Barreiroreplacing Richard Ríos
77'
🔁Franjo Ivanovicreplacing Georgiy Sudakov
77'
🔁Andreas Schjelderupreplacing Dodi Lukébakio
73'
🔁Tomás Araújoreplacing António Silva
63'
🟨Fredrik Aursnes
🟨João Pedro
62'
🔁Jamie Gittensreplacing Alejandro Garnacho
61'
🔁João Pedroreplacing Tyrique George
61'
🔁Estêvãoreplacing Facundo Buonanotte
54'
49'
🟨Richard Ríos
🟨Facundo Buonanotte
46'
Half-time · 1-0
🟨Enzo Fernández
45'+1'
34'
🟨Enzo Barrenechea
⚽Richard RíosOwn goal
18'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Chelsea4-2-3-1
32↓George
49↓Garnacho
40🟨↓Buonanotte
7Neto
25Caicedo
8🟨Fernández
3Cucurella
5↓Badiashile
27↓Gusto
23Chalobah
1Sánchez
Bench
- 24Reece Jameson for Malo Gusto, 81'
- 50Max Merrick
- 41Estêvãoon for Facundo Buonanotte, 54'
- 34Josh Acheampongon for Benoît Badiashile, 81'
- 45Romeo Lavia
- 21Jorrel Hato
- 11Jamie Gittenson for Alejandro Garnacho, 61'
- 20João Pedroon for Tyrique George, 61' 🟥
- 46Reggie Walsh
- 12Filip Jørgensen
- 38Marc Guiu
Benfica4-3-3
20🟨↓Ríos
11↓Lukébakio
14Pavlidis
8🟨↓Aursnes
10↓Sudakov
5🟨Barrenechea
26Dahl
30🟨Otamendi
17Dedic
4↓Silva
1Trubin
Bench
- 50Diogo Ferreira
- 68João Veloso
- 86Diogo Prioste
- 39Henrique Araújoon for Fredrik Aursnes, 89'
- 3Rafael Obrador
- 84João Rêgo
- 9Franjo Ivanovicon for Georgiy Sudakov, 77'
- 18Leandro Barreiroon for Richard Ríos, 77'
- 21Andreas Schjelderupon for Dodi Lukébakio, 77'
- 44Tomás Araújoon for António Silva, 73' 🟨
- 64Gonçalo Oliveira
- 24Samuel Soares
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paris Saint-Germain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 9 |
| 2 |  Aston Villa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 9 |
| 3 |  Liverpool | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 9 |
| 4 |  Real Madrid | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 9 |
| 5 |  Real Betis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 9 |
| 6 |  VfB Stuttgart | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
| 7 |  Arsenal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
| 8 |  Barcelona | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
| 9 |  Como | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
| 10 |  Manchester City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| 11 |  Club Brugge | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| 12 |  Sporting CP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| 13 |  Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| 14 |  Bayern Munich | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +5 | 5 |
| 15 |  AS Roma | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| 16 |  Atlético Madrid | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| 17 |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| 18 |  PSV Eindhoven | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 |  Villarreal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 |  Internazionale | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 21 |  Manchester United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 22 |  Napoli | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 23 |  Galatasaray | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 24 |  LASK Linz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 25 |  Sabah FK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 26 |  Feyenoord Rotterdam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
| 27 |  Lens | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
| 28 |  Bodo/Glimt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 29 |  AEK Athens | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 30 |  RB Leipzig | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 31 |  Fenerbahce | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -6 | 2 |
| 32 |  Slavia Prague | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 33 |  Viking FK | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 34 |  FC Porto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 35 |  Lille | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 36 |  Slovan Bratislava | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -12 | 0 |
Meetings
4Chelsea wins
0Level
0Benfica wins
Last times they met
FT
Benfica
1–4
Chelsea · 2025 FIFA Club World Cup
FT
Benfica
1–2
Chelsea · 2012/13 UEFA Europa League
FT
Chelsea
2–1
Benfica · 2011-12 UEFA Champions League
FT
Benfica
0–1
Chelsea · 2011-12 UEFA Champions League
Form
Last games: Chelsea
D2-2L3-1L2-1W2-1L3-1
Last games: Benfica
D1-1L3-2W3-0D1-1W2-1
