Benfica 0-1 Real Madrid: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 17 February 2026
Result
Benfica 0-1 Real Madrid
Champions League · Tuesday 17 February 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Benfica 0-1 Real Madrid: match report
Benfica lost to Real Madrid 0-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 17 February 2026. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid in the 50th minute.
Discipline: Benfica received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 7th on 19 points from 12 and Real Madrid 14th on 15 points from 8. 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 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Anatoliy Trubin of Benfica (7.8), ahead of Dean Huijsen (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 0 draws and 0 for Real Madrid.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-L-W-W-L and Real Madrid's L-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 50'Goal · Vinicius Junior
- 51'Yellow card · Vinicius Junior
- 78'Yellow card · José Mourinho
- 78'Yellow card · Gianluca Prestianni
- 85'Yellow card · José Mourinho
- 85'Second yellow · José Mourinho
- 87'Yellow card · Kylian Mbappé
- 90+2'Yellow card
- 90+2'Yellow card · Georgiy Sudakov
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anatoliy Trubin, Amar Dedic, Tomás Araújo, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Leandro Barreiro, Fredrik Aursnes, Gianluca Prestianni, Rafa Silva, Andreas Schjelderup, Vangelis Pavlidis
Real Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Thibaut Courtois, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Antonio Rüdiger, Dean Huijsen, Álvaro Carreras, Federico Valverde, Arda Güler, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Eduardo Camavinga, Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius Junior