FC Bayern München 1–0 Benfica — UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2024Wed, 6 Nov 2024, 20:00 UTC

FC Bayern München

WLL

1–0Historical match

Benfica

WWL

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

Match at a glance

FC Bayern München won 1–0.

Shots: 241
Shots on target: 100
Expected goals: 1.450.08
Possession: 74%26%

Full time

What the match recorded

FC Bayern München beat Benfica 1–0. Recorded in this match (FC Bayern München – Benfica): shots 24–1, shots on target 10–0, expected goals 1.45–0.08, possession 74%–26%. 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.

Benfica show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

Benfica's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

20.3 shots/match ▲ShotsFC Bayern München · Benfica11.5 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	FC Bayern München	Benfica	Baseline
Shots	20.3 shots/match	11.5 shots/match	12.8 shots/match
Shots against	5.5 shots/match	14.3 shots/match	13.5 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

The teams have contrasting possession records

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FC Bayern München have recorded the higher season possession share.

68.5% ●PossessionFC Bayern München · Benfica46.8%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 21.8 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	FC Bayern München	Benfica	Baseline
Possession	68.5%	46.8%	50%

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

This match

Match statistics

Shots24 shots1 shotFC Bayern München 24 shots, Benfica 1 shot
Shots on target10 shots0 shotsFC Bayern München 10 shots, Benfica 0 shots
Expected goals1.45 xG0.08 xGFC Bayern München 1.45 xG, Benfica 0.08 xG
Possession74%26%FC Bayern München 74%, Benfica 26%
Corners10 corners0 cornersFC Bayern München 10 corners, Benfica 0 corners
Fouls8 fouls8 foulsFC Bayern München 8 fouls, Benfica 8 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
goal
penalty
size = xG

FC Bayern München: 24 shots, 10 on target, 1.49 xG. Benfica: 1 shots, 0 on target, 0.10 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: FC Bayern München 1.49 xG · Benfica 0.10 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2FC Bayern München

0Draws

0Benfica

2 Nov 2021FC Bayern München — Benfica · UEFA Champions League5–2

20 Oct 2021Benfica — FC Bayern München · UEFA Champions League0–4

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: FC Bayern München favored in 0 of 11 directional metrics · Benfica in 0 · 11 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

FC Bayern München4 matchesBenfica4 matches

2.75 goals/match ▲Goals scored4/41.75 goals/match

1.75 goals/matchGoals allowed4/4▲ 1.25 goals/match

2.57 xG/match ▲Expected goals4/41.87 xG/match

20.3 shots/match ▲Shots4/411.5 shots/match

9.75 shots/match ▲Shots on target4/45.25 shots/match

68.5% ●Possession4/446.8%

9.5 corners/match ●Corners4/42.75 corners/match

9.5 fouls/matchFouls4/49.5 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples4 / 4home / away teams

Recent samples4 / 4last-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, 7 Nov 2024, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4