Timeline
- 14' Rafa Silva
- 16' Aurélien Tchouaméni assist Federico Valverde
- 35' Richard Ríos Yellow Card
- 51' Nicolás Otamendi Yellow Card
- 57' Raúl Asencio Yellow Card
- 77' Franco Mastantuono for Raúl Asencio
- 77' David Alaba for Eduardo Camavinga
- 80' Vinícius Júnior assist Federico Valverde
- 84' Thiago Pitarch for Gonzalo García
- 84' César Palacios for Arda Güler
- 85' Enzo Barrenechea for Fredrik Aursnes
- 85' Franjo Ivanovic for Andreas Schjelderup
- 90'+1' Sidny Lopes Cabral for Leandro Barreiro
- 90'+1' Fran García for Álvaro Carreras
- 90'+6' César Palacios Yellow Card
Match stats
55.8%
Possession
44.2%
14
Shots
12
4
On target
4
16
Fouls
10
2
Yellow cards
2
0
Red cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Saves
2
516
Accurate passes
381
Lineups
Real Madrid
4-4-2
1
Courtois
18
Carreras
22
Rüdiger
17
Asencio
12
Alexander-Arnold
6
Camavinga
14
Tchouaméni
15
Güler
8
Valverde
7
Júnior
16
García
Benfica
4-2-3-1
1
Trubin
26
Dahl
30
Otamendi
44
Araújo
17
Dedic
8
Aursnes
18
Barreiro
21
Schjelderup
27
Silva
20
Ríos
14
Pavlidis
Real Madrid
4-4-2
- 1 Thibaut Courtois G
- 22 Antonio Rüdiger CD-L
- 17 Raúl Asencio ▼ CD-R
- 18 Álvaro Carreras ▼ LB
- 12 Trent Alexander-Arnold RB
- 14 Aurélien Tchouaméni CM-L
- 15 Arda Güler ▼ CM-R
- 6 Eduardo Camavinga ▼ LM
- 8 Federico Valverde RM
- 7 Vinícius Júnior CF-L
- 16 Gonzalo García ▼ CF-R
Came on
- 4 David Alaba ▲ SUB
- 30 Franco Mastantuono ▲ SUB
- 20 Fran García ▲ SUB
- 45 Thiago Pitarch ▲ SUB
- 38 César Palacios ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (7)
- 2 Dani Carvajal SUB
- 13 Andriy Lunin SUB
- 21 Brahim Díaz SUB
- 37 Manuel Ángel SUB
- 23 Ferland Mendy SUB
- 26 Fran González SUB
- 28 Jorge Cestero SUB
Benfica
4-2-3-1
- 1 Anatoliy Trubin G
- 30 Nicolás Otamendi CD-L
- 44 Tomás Araújo CD-R
- 26 Samuel Dahl LB
- 17 Amar Dedic RB
- 27 Rafa Silva AM
- 8 Fredrik Aursnes ▼ LM
- 18 Leandro Barreiro ▼ RM
- 14 Vangelis Pavlidis F
- 21 Andreas Schjelderup ▼ AM-L
- 20 Richard Ríos AM-R
Came on
- 5 Enzo Barrenechea ▲ SUB
- 9 Franjo Ivanovic ▲ SUB
- 15 Sidny Lopes Cabral ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (9)
- 16 Manu Silva SUB
- 50 Diogo Ferreira SUB
- 6 Alexander Bah SUB
- 11 Dodi Lukébakio SUB
- 10 Georgiy Sudakov SUB
- 62 José Neto SUB
- 72 Anísio Cabral SUB
- 4 António Silva SUB
- 24 Samuel Soares SUB
Commentary
- Match ends, Real Madrid 2, Benfica 1.
- 90'+10' Second Half ends, Real Madrid 2, Benfica 1.
- 90'+7' Richard Ríos (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+7' Foul by César Palacios (Real Madrid).
- 90'+6' Sidny Cabral (Benfica) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+6' Foul by Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid).
- 90'+6' César Palacios (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+6' Richard Ríos (Benfica) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+6' Foul by César Palacios (Real Madrid).
- 90'+5' Attempt blocked. Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.
- 90'+5' Corner, Real Madrid. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
- 90'+2' Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Recent form
Real Madrid
L
W
W
W
W
- W Rayo Vallecano 2-1 LALIGA
- W at Valencia 2-0 LALIGA
- W Real Sociedad 4-1 LALIGA
- W at Benfica 1-0 UEFA Champions League
- L at Osasuna 2-1 LALIGA
Benfica
W
L
W
W
D
- D at Tondela 0-0 Portuguese Liga
- W Alverca 2-1 Portuguese Liga
- W at Santa Clara 2-1 Portuguese Liga
- L Real Madrid 1-0 UEFA Champions League
- W AVS 3-0 Portuguese Liga
Head to head
Series tied 1-1
- 17 Feb 2026 Benfica 0–1 Real Madrid 2025-26 UEFA Champions League
- 28 Jan 2026 Benfica 4–2 Real Madrid 2025-26 UEFA Champions League
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