Ajax 0-2 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 25 November 2025
Result
Ajax 0-2 Benfica
Champions League · Tuesday 25 November 2025, 17:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Ajax 0-2 Benfica: match report
Ajax were beaten by Benfica 0-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 25 November 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Samuel Dahl opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Ajax did not score. Benfica scored through Samuel Dahl (6') and Leandro Barreiro (90').
Discipline: Ajax received 1 yellow card; Benfica received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Ajax were 82nd on 0 points from 4 and Benfica 13th on 10 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Ajax lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Youri Baas of Ajax (7.6), level with Anatoliy Trubin (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ajax win, 2 draws and 1 for Benfica.
Going into the match Ajax's last five read L-L-L-L and Benfica's L-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Samuel Dahl
- 69'Yellow card · Wout Weghorst
- 74'Yellow card · Samuel Dahl
- 90'Goal · Leandro Barreiro
Head-to-head
Team news
Ajax line-up (4-1-4-1)
Vitezslav Jaros, Youri Regeer, Josip Sutalo, Youri Baas, Owen Wijndal, Ko Itakura, Rayane Bounida, Davy Klaassen, Kenneth Taylor, Mika Godts, Wout Weghorst
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anatoliy Trubin, Amar Dedic, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Richard Ríos, Enzo Barrenechea, Fredrik Aursnes, Leandro Barreiro, Georgiy Sudakov, Vangelis Pavlidis