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 66, thanks above all to 9 final-third passes and 5 tackles. Grimaldo produced 1.3 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 64.
Alejandro Grimaldo
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 90'
Produced 1.27× and cost 0.38× 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: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolás Otamendi | Defender | 90 | 64 |
| Georgiy Sudakov | Midfielder | 69 | 63 |
| Richard Ríos | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Samuel Dahl | Defender | 69 | 61 |
| Enzo Barrenechea | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Tomás Araújo | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Dodi Lukébakio | Forward | 90 | 53 |
| Fredrik Aursnes | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Amar Dedić | Defender | 21 | 39 |
| Gianluca Prestianni | Forward | 21 | 39 |
| Andreas Schjelderup | Forward | 21 | 37 |
| Anatoliy Trubin | Goalkeeper | 90 | 34 |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | Forward | 90 | 31 |
| Leandro Barreiro | Midfielder | 69 | 31 |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrik Schick | Forward | 33 | 77 |
| Loïc Badé | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Alejandro Grimaldo ★ | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Mark Flekken | Goalkeeper | 90 | 58 |
| Ibrahim Maza | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Ernest Poku | Forward | 88 | 42 |
| Jarell Quansah | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Aleix García | Midfielder | 90 | 38 |
| Edmond Tapsoba | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Malik Tillman | Midfielder | 33 | 36 |
| Christian Kofane | Forward | 57 | 33 |
| Claudio Echeverri | Midfielder | 57 | 29 |
| Arthur | Defender | 90 | 20 |
| Eliesse Ben Seghir | Forward | 2 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
A 2025-26 Champions League match. With these numbers, how did it end?
Benfica 0–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The side that created more danger did not win.
Benfica tripled Bayer 04 Leverkusen's xG with 1.88 to 0.64 and logged 21 shots. Clinical execution decided the fixture in favor of the visitors at 0–1.
Which Bayer 04 Leverkusen player made the most tackles?
Alejandro Grimaldo, with 5 tackles. Next: Loïc Badé 3, Edmond Tapsoba 3.
Alejandro Grimaldo paced Bayer 04 Leverkusen's defensive effort with 5 tackles in Lisbon, ahead of the 3 recorded by Loïc Badé and Edmond Tapsoba.
Which Benfica player won the most aerial duels?
Nicolás Otamendi, with 4 aerial duels won. Next: Enzo Barrenechea 2, Richard Ríos 2.
Nicolás Otamendi led Benfica in the air, winning 4 aerial duels. Enzo Barrenechea and Richard Ríos followed with 2 each.
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.
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