Benfica 0-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 5 November 2025
Result
Benfica 0-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Champions League · Wednesday 5 November 2025, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Benfica 0-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report
Benfica lost to Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 5 November 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Patrik Schick of Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the 65th minute.
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 11th on 10 points from 7 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 64th on 2 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Loïc Badé of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.1), ahead of Mark Flekken (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Benfica wins, 2 draws and 0 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-L-L-W-D and Bayer 04 Leverkusen's L-D-D.
Key events
- 41'Yellow card · Ibrahim Maza
- 55'Yellow card · Edmond Tapsoba
- 62'Yellow card · Dodi Lukébakio
- 65'Goal · Patrik Schick
- 78'Yellow card · Nicolás Otamendi
- 79'Yellow card · Malik Tillman
- 90+1'Yellow card · Richard Ríos
Head-to-head
Team news
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Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anatoliy Trubin, Fredrik Aursnes, Tomás Araújo, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Enzo Barrenechea, Richard Ríos, Dodi Lukébakio, Leandro Barreiro, Georgiy Sudakov, Vangelis Pavlidis
Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (3-4-2-1)
Mark Flekken, Jarell Quansah, Loïc Badé, Edmond Tapsoba, Arthur, Ibrahim Maza, Aleix García, Alejandro Grimaldo, Claudio Echeverri, Ernest Poku, Christian Kofane