Benfica 4–5 FC Barcelona
- Pavlidis 2'
- Pavlidis 22'
- Pavlidis 30' (pen.)
- Araujo 68' (o.g.)
- Cabral 90+8'
- Lewandowski 13' (pen.)
- Raphinha 64'
- Lewandowski 78' (pen.)
- García 86'
- Raphinha 90+6'
21 January 2025
The match in data
FC Barcelona got the better of Benfica, 5–4, on 21 January 2025, in the 2024-25 Champions League (League Stage 7).
FC Barcelona came from behind: they were trailing 3–1 at 30'.
Player of the match: Ronald Araujo (FC Barcelona), rated 75, thanks above all to 10 final-third passes and 7 aerials won. Araujo produced 1.6 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 Kerem Aktürkoğlu, with 60.
Vangelis Pavlidis scored a hat-trick.
Robert Lewandowski scored twice.
Raphinha scored twice.
Arthur Cabral was sent off at 90+8'.
Ronald Araujo
FC Barcelona · 90'
Produced 1.65× and cost 0.40× their position's average
- 10 final-third passes 2.0×
- 7 aerials won 4.0×
- 109 passes 2.3×
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vangelis Pavlidis | Forward | 80 | 60 |
| Kerem Aktürkoğlu | Forward | 71 | 60 |
| Fredrik Aursnes | Midfielder | 61 | 50 |
| Florentino | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Álvaro Carreras | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Orkun Kökçü | Midfielder | 80 | 48 |
| Nicolás Otamendi | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Andreas Schjelderup | Forward | 71 | 45 |
| Leandro Barreiro | Midfielder | 29 | 31 |
| Tomás Araújo | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| António Silva | Defender | 90 | 28 |
| Anatoliy Trubin | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Alexander Bah | Defender | 19 | no rating |
| Ángel Di María | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Benjamín Rollheiser | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Zeki Amdouni | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Araujo ★ | Defender | 90 | 75 |
| Pedri | Midfielder | 90 | 72 |
| Pau Cubarsí | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Marc Casadó | Midfielder | 62 | 62 |
| Raphinha | Forward | 90 | 60 |
| Frenkie de Jong | Midfielder | 28 | 52 |
| Lamine Yamal | Forward | 89 | 48 |
| Gavi | Midfielder | 62 | 45 |
| Robert Lewandowski | Forward | 90 | 38 |
| Jules Koundé | Defender | 74 | 38 |
| Fermín López | Midfielder | 28 | 33 |
| Alejandro Balde | Defender | 74 | 30 |
| Wojciech Szczesny | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Eric García | Defender | 16 | no rating |
| Ferran Torres | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Gerard Martín | Defender | 1 | 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.