Benfica 4-2 Real Madrid: result and report

Benfica 4-2 Real Madrid

Champions League · Wednesday 28 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Benfica · Real Madrid · Champions League predictions

Benfica won against Real Madrid 4-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 28 January 2026. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Kylian Mbappé opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Benfica's goals came from Andreas Schjelderup (36'), Vangelis Pavlidis (45+5', penalty), Andreas Schjelderup (54') and Anatoliy Trubin (90+8'). Real Madrid scored through Kylian Mbappé (30') and Kylian Mbappé (58').

Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 5 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 7th on 16 points from 11 and Real Madrid 8th on 15 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Vangelis Pavlidis of Benfica (8.7), level with Andreas Schjelderup (8.7).

Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Real Madrid's W-L-W-L-W.