Benfica 0–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Schick 65'
5 November 2025
The match in data
A 1–0 win for Bayer 04 Leverkusen against Benfica on 5 November 2025, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 4).
Player of the match: Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), rated 71, thanks above all to 9 final-third passes and 5 tackles. Grimaldo produced 1.4 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.4 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Benfica, the highest-rated player was Nicolás Otamendi, with 69.
Alejandro Grimaldo
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 90'
Produced 1.44× and cost 0.41× their position's average
- 9 final-third passes 1.6×
- 5 tackles 2.8×
- 7 duels won 1.5×
- 7 misplaced passes 1.0×
- 2 duels lost 0.5×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolás Otamendi | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Samuel Dahl | Defender | 69 | 67 |
| Enzo Barrenechea | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| Richard Ríos | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Georgiy Sudakov | Midfielder | 69 | 64 |
| Tomás Araújo | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Dodi Lukébakio | Forward | 90 | 51 |
| Gianluca Prestianni | Forward | 21 | 49 |
| Amar Dedić | Defender | 21 | 45 |
| Fredrik Aursnes | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | Forward | 90 | 32 |
| Leandro Barreiro | Midfielder | 69 | 31 |
| Andreas Schjelderup | Forward | 21 | 31 |
| Anatoliy Trubin | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loïc Badé | Defender | 90 | 80 |
| Patrik Schick | Forward | 33 | 80 |
| Alejandro Grimaldo ★ | Defender | 90 | 71 |
| Jarell Quansah | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Aleix García | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Ibrahim Maza | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Ernest Poku | Forward | 88 | 40 |
| Edmond Tapsoba | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| Christian Kofane | Forward | 57 | 38 |
| Malik Tillman | Midfielder | 33 | 38 |
| Claudio Echeverri | Midfielder | 57 | 32 |
| Arthur | Defender | 90 | 23 |
| Mark Flekken | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Eliesse Ben Seghir | Forward | 2 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.