Benfica 1–3 Feyenoord — UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2024Wed, 23 Oct 2024, 19:00 UTC

Benfica

1–3Historical match

Feyenoord

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

Match at a glance

Feyenoord won 1–3.

Shots: 1614
Shots on target: 86
Expected goals: 1.681.01
Possession: 63%37%

Full time

What the match recorded

Feyenoord beat Benfica 3–1. Recorded in this match (Benfica – Feyenoord): shots 16–14, shots on target 8–6, expected goals 1.68–1.01, possession 63%–37%. 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.

Feyenoord show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

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

15 shots/match ▲ShotsBenfica · Feyenoord11 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

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

Window: season

Metric	Benfica	Feyenoord	Baseline
Shots	15 shots/match	11 shots/match	13 shots/match
Shots against	11 shots/match	13.7 shots/match	13.3 shots/match

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

The teams have contrasting possession records

weak

Benfica have recorded the higher season possession share.

53.7% ●PossessionBenfica · Feyenoord40.7%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 13.0 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Benfica	Feyenoord	Baseline
Possession	53.7%	40.7%	50.6%

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

This match

Match statistics

Shots16 shots14 shotsBenfica 16 shots, Feyenoord 14 shots
Shots on target8 shots6 shotsBenfica 8 shots, Feyenoord 6 shots
Expected goals1.68 xG1.01 xGBenfica 1.68 xG, Feyenoord 1.01 xG
Possession63%37%Benfica 63%, Feyenoord 37%
Corners6 corners4 cornersBenfica 6 corners, Feyenoord 4 corners
Fouls13 fouls10 foulsBenfica 13 fouls, Feyenoord 10 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

Benfica: 16 shots, 8 on target, 1.69 xG. Feyenoord: 14 shots, 6 on target, 1.00 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 1.69 xG · Feyenoord 1.00 xG.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Benfica favored in 0 of 11 directional metrics · Feyenoord in 0 · 11 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Benfica3 matchesFeyenoord3 matches

2.33 goals/match ▲Goals scored3/32 goals/match

1.33 goals/match ▲Goals allowed3/32.33 goals/match

2.47 xG/match ▲Expected goals3/31.22 xG/match

15 shots/match ▲Shots3/311 shots/match

7 shots/match ▲Shots on target3/33.67 shots/match

53.7% ●Possession3/340.7%

3.67 corners/match ●Corners3/33.33 corners/match

10 fouls/matchFouls3/39.67 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples3 / 3home / away teams

Recent samples3 / 3last-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: Wed, 23 Oct 2024, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4