Juventus 2-0 Benfica: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 21 January 2026

Result

Juventus 2-0 Benfica

Champions League · Wednesday 21 January 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Juventus · Benfica · Champions League predictions

Juventus 2-0 Benfica: match report

Juventus defeated Benfica 2-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 21 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.

Khéphren Thuram opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Juventus's goals came from Khéphren Thuram (55') and Weston McKennie (64'). Benfica did not score.

Discipline: Juventus received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Juventus were 28th on 9 points from 6 and Benfica 6th on 16 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Juventus lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fredrik Aursnes of Benfica (7.7), level with Weston McKennie (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Juventus wins, 2 draws and 3 for Benfica.

Going into the match Juventus's last five read W-W-D-L-D and Benfica's W-W-L-L-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Yellow card · Manuel LocatelliJuventus
  • 55'Goal · Khéphren ThuramJuventus · 1-0
  • 64'Goal · Weston McKennieJuventus · 2-0
  • 81'Missed penalty · Vangelis PavlidisBenfica
  • 88'Yellow card · Lloyd KellyJuventus

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Juventus 0, draws 2, Benfica 3.

Team news

Unavailable

Juventus line-up (4-2-3-1)

Michele Di Gregorio, Pierre Kalulu, Bremer, Lloyd Kelly, Andrea Cambiaso, Manuel Locatelli, Khéphren Thuram, Weston McKennie, Fabio Miretti, Kenan Yıldız, Jonathan David

Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)

Anatoliy Trubin, Amar Dedic, Tomás Araújo, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Leandro Barreiro, Fredrik Aursnes, Gianluca Prestianni, Georgiy Sudakov, Andreas Schjelderup, Vangelis Pavlidis