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

Benfica · Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Champions League predictions

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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · Ibrahim MazaBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 55'Yellow card · Edmond TapsobaBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 62'Yellow card · Dodi LukébakioBenfica
  • 65'Goal · Patrik SchickBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Nicolás OtamendiBenfica
  • 79'Yellow card · Malik TillmanBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Richard RíosBenfica

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Benfica 2, draws 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.

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