Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 30 September 2025
Result
Chelsea 1-0 Benfica
Champions League · Tuesday 30 September 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 1-0 Benfica: match report
Chelsea defeated Benfica 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 30 September 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
The only goal was an own goal by Richard Ríos in the 18th minute, credited to Chelsea.
Discipline: Chelsea received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Benfica received 6 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to M. Caicedo of Chelsea (7.5), ahead of Robert Sánchez (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 0 for Benfica.
Key events
- 18'Own goal · Richard Ríos
- 34'Yellow card · Enzo Barrenechea
- 45+1'Yellow card · Enzo Fernández
- 46'Yellow card · Facundo Buonanotte
- 49'Yellow card · Richard Ríos
- 62'Yellow card · João Pedro
- 63'Yellow card · Fredrik Aursnes
- 83'Yellow card · Nicolás Otamendi
- 88'Yellow card · Tomás Araújo
- 90+3'Yellow card · José Mourinho
- 90+6'Second yellow · João Pedro
Head-to-head
Team news
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Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robert Sánchez, Malo Gusto, Trevoh Chalobah, Benoît Badiashile, Marc Cucurella, Enzo Fernández, M. Caicedo, Pedro Neto, Facundo Buonanotte, Alejandro Garnacho, Tyrique George
Benfica line-up (4-3-3)
Anatoliy Trubin, Amar Dedic, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Richard Ríos, Enzo Barrenechea, Fredrik Aursnes, Dodi Lukébakio, Vangelis Pavlidis, Georgiy Sudakov