FC Bayern München 5-1 Benfica: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 27 November 2018

Result

FC Bayern München 5-1 Benfica

Champions League · Tuesday 27 November 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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FC Bayern München 5-1 Benfica: match report

FC Bayern München won against Benfica 5-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 27 November 2018. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Arjen Robben opened the scoring in the 13th minute. FC Bayern München's goals came from Arjen Robben (13'), Arjen Robben (30'), Robert Lewandowski (36'), Robert Lewandowski (51') and Franck Ribéry (76'). Benfica scored through Gedson Fernandes (46').

Discipline: FC Bayern München received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game FC Bayern München were 11th on 10 points from 4 and Benfica 4th on 12 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

FC Bayern München lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Benfica in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Robert Lewandowski of FC Bayern München (8.7), ahead of Joshua Kimmich (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 FC Bayern München win, 2 draws and 0 for Benfica.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Arjen RobbenFC Bayern München · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Arjen RobbenFC Bayern München
  • 30'Goal · Arjen RobbenFC Bayern München · 2-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Franck RibéryFC Bayern München
  • 36'Goal · Robert LewandowskiFC Bayern München · 3-0
  • 46'Goal · Gedson FernandesBenfica · 3-1
  • 51'Goal · Robert LewandowskiFC Bayern München · 4-1
  • 76'Goal · Franck RibéryFC Bayern München · 5-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Alfa SemedoBenfica

Head-to-head

3 meetings: FC Bayern München 1, draws 2, Benfica 0.

Team news

FC Bayern München line-up (4-1-4-1)

Manuel Neuer, Tore André Flo, Niklas Süle, Jérôme Boateng, David Alaba, Joshua Kimmich, Arjen Robben, Thomas Müller, Leon Goretzka, Franck Ribéry, Robert Lewandowski

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Germán Conti, Rúben Dias, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, Ljubomir Fejsa, Gabriel Pires, Rafa Silva, Jonas, Franco Cervi