Real Madrid 2-1 Benfica: result and report

Real Madrid 2-1 Benfica

Champions League · Wednesday 25 February 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Real Madrid · Benfica · Champions League predictions

Real Madrid beat Benfica 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 25 February 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Rafa Silva opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Aurélien Tchouaméni (16') and Vinicius Junior (80'). Benfica scored through Rafa Silva (14').

Discipline: Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 10th on 18 points from 9 and Benfica 8th on 19 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Federico Valverde of Real Madrid (8.2), ahead of Rafa Silva (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Madrid win, 0 draws and 1 for Benfica.

Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Benfica's L-W-L-W-W.