Chelsea 1:0 Benfica: UEFA Champions League Match Result

UEFA Champions League

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1:0

Finished

Kick-off was 30 Sep, 20:00 BST

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Venue: Stamford Bridge City: London

In the UEFA Champions League game on 30 September 2025, Chelsea beat Benfica 1:0. Match numbers: corners 3:5, fouls 13:14.

Key numbers

Possession, % 56.00 – 44

Shots on target 3 – 3

Shots off target 4 – 4

Expected goals 0.93 – 0.86

⚽ 18' Richard Ríos — Own goal 🟨 34' Enzo Barrenechea — Yellow card 🟨 45+1' Enzo Fernández — Yellow card 🟨 46' Facundo Buonanotte — Yellow card 🟨 49' Richard Ríos — Yellow card ⇄ 54' Facundo Buonanotte — Substitution ⇄ 61' Alejandro Garnacho — Substitution ⇄ 61' Tyrique George — Substitution 🟨 62' João Pedro — Yellow card 🟨 63' Fredrik Aursnes — Yellow card ⇄ 73' António Silva — Substitution ⇄ 77' Richard Ríos — Substitution ⇄ 77' Georgiy Sudakov — Substitution ⇄ 77' Dodi Lukebakio — Substitution ⇄ 81' Benoît Badiashile — Substitution ⇄ 81' Malo Gusto — Substitution 🟨 83' Nicolás Otamendi — Yellow card 🟨 88' Pedro Neto — Yellow card ⇄ 90' Fredrik Aursnes — Substitution 🟨 90+6' João Pedro — Yellow card 🟥 90+6' João Pedro — Red card

Match events

18' Chelsea Own goal Richard Ríos
34' Benfica Yellow card Enzo Barrenechea
45+1' Chelsea Yellow card Enzo Fernández
46' Chelsea Yellow card Facundo Buonanotte
49' Benfica Yellow card Richard Ríos
54' Chelsea Substitution Facundo Buonanotte off: Estêvão Willian
61' Chelsea Substitution Alejandro Garnacho off: Jamie Gittens
61' Chelsea Substitution Tyrique George off: João Pedro
62' Chelsea Yellow card João Pedro
63' Benfica Yellow card Fredrik Aursnes
73' Benfica Substitution António Silva off: Tomás Araújo
77' Benfica Substitution Richard Ríos off: Leandro Barreiro
77' Benfica Substitution Georgiy Sudakov off: Franjo Ivanović
77' Benfica Substitution Dodi Lukebakio off: Andreas Schjelderup
81' Chelsea Substitution Benoît Badiashile off: Josh Acheampong
81' Chelsea Substitution Malo Gusto off: Reece James
83' Benfica Yellow card Nicolás Otamendi
88' Chelsea Yellow card Pedro Neto
90' Benfica Substitution Fredrik Aursnes off: Henrique Araújo
90+6' Chelsea Yellow card João Pedro
90+6' Chelsea Red card João Pedro

Statistics

56.00 Possession, % 44

3 Shots on target 3

4 Shots off target 4

0.93 Expected goals 0.86

1 Big chances 1

3 Corners 5

13 Fouls 14

14 Free kicks 13

1 Offsides 2

2 Yellow cards 5

1 Red cards 0

3 Goal kicks 8

19 Throw-ins 20

All statistics

8/1650% Aerial duels 8/1650%

87 Backward passes 59

1 Blocked shots 2

21 Clearances 22

3/1421% Crosses 3/1030%

7/1450% Dribbles 10/2148%

0.98 Expected assists 0.72

60 Failed passes 71

3 Goalkeeper saves 3

10 Interceptions 11

7 Key passes 7

21/3462% Long passes 9/3426%

79 Passes into the final third 58

276 Passes in the opposition half 180

250 Passes in own half 230

0.38 Shot accuracy 0.33

3 Shots from outside the box 2

5 Shots inside the box 7

18/3158% Tackles 12/1675%

512 Total passes 400

Line-ups

Chelsea

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Robert Lynch Sánchez	1
3	Marc Cucurella Saseta	3
5	Benoît Badiashile	5
23	Trevoh Chalobah	23
27	Malo Gusto	27
7	Pedro Lomba Neto	7
8	Enzo Jeremías Fernández	8
25	Moisés Isaac Caicedo Corozo	25
40	Facundo Buonanotte	40
49	Alejandro Garnacho Ferreyra	49
32	Tyrique Aaron Delali Yusuff George	32

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Filip Jörgensen	1
50	Max Merrick	50
21	J. Hato	21
24	Reece Lewis James	24
34	Joshua Kofi Acheampong	34
45	R. Lavia	45
46	R. Walsh	46
20	João Pedro Junqueira de Jesus	20
38	Mark Guihou	38
41	Estevan	41
43	Jamie Jermaine Bynoe-Gittens	43

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Benfica

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Anatoliy Trubin	1
4	António João Pereira de Albuquerque Tavares	4
17	Amar Dedić	17
26	Samuel Dahl	26
30	Nicolás Otamendi	30
5	Enzo Barrenechea	5
8	Fredrik Aursnes	8
20	Richard Ríos	20
10	Heorhii Sudakov	10
11	Dodi Lukebakio	11
14	Vangelis Pavlidis	14

Substitutes
#	Player	number
24	Samuel Soares	24
50	Diogo Ferreira	50
3	Rafael Obrador Burguera	3
44	Tomás Lemos Araújo	44
64	J. Oliveira	64
18	Leandro Barreiro Martins	18
68	João Miguel Fins Veloso	68
84	João Pedro Seno Luís Rêgo	84
86	Diogo Prioste	86
9	Franjo Ivanović	9
21	Andreas Schjelderup	21
39	Henrique Pereira Araújo	39