Benfica 0–1 Barcelona — UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2024Wed, 5 Mar 2025, 20:00 UTC

Benfica

DLWWD

0–1Historical match

Barcelona

WWWWD

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Barcelona won 0–1.

Shots: 2610
Shots on target: 85
Expected goals: 1.751.19
Possession: 52%48%

Full time

What the match recorded

Barcelona beat Benfica 1–0. Recorded in this match (Benfica – Barcelona): shots 26–10, shots on target 8–5, expected goals 1.75–1.19, possession 52%–48%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

The teams have contrasting possession records

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Barcelona have recorded the higher season possession share.

45.1%PossessionBenfica · Barcelona● 60.7%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 15.6 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Benfica	Barcelona	Baseline
Possession	45.1%	60.7%	50.8%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

This match

Match statistics

Shots26 shots10 shotsBenfica 26 shots, Barcelona 10 shots
Shots on target8 shots5 shotsBenfica 8 shots, Barcelona 5 shots
Expected goals1.75 xG1.19 xGBenfica 1.75 xG, Barcelona 1.19 xG
Possession52%48%Benfica 52%, Barcelona 48%
Corners13 corners4 cornersBenfica 13 corners, Barcelona 4 corners
Fouls18 fouls5 foulsBenfica 18 fouls, Barcelona 5 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
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Benfica: 26 shots, 8 on target, 1.72 xG. Barcelona: 10 shots, 5 on target, 1.64 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Benfica 1.72 xG · Barcelona 1.64 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Benfica

1Draws

1Barcelona

21 Jan 2025Benfica — Barcelona · UEFA Champions League4–5

23 Nov 2021Barcelona — Benfica · UEFA Champions League0–0

29 Sept 2021Benfica — Barcelona · UEFA Champions League3–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Benfica favored in 2 of 11 directional metrics · Barcelona in 7 · 2 too close

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Window

Season

Benfica11 matchesBarcelona9 matches

1.82 goals/matchGoals scored11/9▲ 3.22 goals/match

1.45 goals/matchGoals allowed11/91.44 goals/match

2.12 xG/matchExpected goals11/9▲ 2.45 xG/match

14.9 shots/matchShots11/915.3 shots/match

6 shots/matchShots on target11/9▲ 6.78 shots/match

45.1%Possession11/9● 60.7%

5 corners/matchCorners11/95 corners/match

11.1 fouls/matchFouls11/99.44 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples11 / 9home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Thu, 6 Mar 2025, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4