# Benfica 0–1 FC Barcelona · Ratings and player of the match · 2024-25 Champions League | Sir Balone

> Ratings for every player in Benfica v FC Barcelona (0–1), Round of 16, 2024-25 Champions League. Player of the match: Wojciech Szczesny (68).

URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/benfica-fc-barcelona-2025-03-05/
Datos al: 2026-10-15
Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/).

§ Champions League · 2024-25 · Round of 16

## [Benfica](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/benfica-605/2024-25/) 0 – 1 [FC Barcelona](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/fc-barcelona-83/2024-25/)

- Cubarsí 22'
- Raphinha 61'

5 March 2025

### The match in data

A 1–0 win for FC Barcelona against Benfica on 5 March 2025, in the 2024-25 Champions League (Round of 16).

Player of the match: Wojciech Szczesny (FC Barcelona), rated 68, thanks above all to 1.50 goals prevented (8 shots on target worth 1.46; conceded 0) and 4 crosses claimed. Szczesny produced 3.9 times as much as a goalkeeper typically does, at no cost.

For Benfica, the highest-rated player was Anatoliy Trubin, with 68.

Pau Cubarsí was sent off at 22'.

68

Player of the match

### [Wojciech Szczesny](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/wojciech-szczesny-805/)

FC Barcelona · 90'

Produced **3.89×** and cost **0.00×** their position's average

Added

- 1.50 goals prevented (8 shots on target worth 1.46; conceded 0) 4.4×
- 4 crosses claimed 3.4×
- 13 recoveries 1.8×

### 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.

**Benfica**

| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Anatoliy Trubin](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/anatoliy-trubin-9938909/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 68 |
| [Samuel Dahl](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/samuel-dahl-37295874/) | Defender | 33 | 66 |
| [Álvaro Carreras](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alvaro-carreras-37537864/) | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| [António Silva](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/antonio-silva-37354828/) | Defender | 90 | 55 |
| [Andreas Schjelderup](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/andreas-schjelderup-37555815/) | Forward | 70 | 55 |
| [Andrea Belotti](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/andrea-belotti-129528/) | Forward | 20 | 55 |
| [Fredrik Aursnes](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/fredrik-aursnes-151551/) | Midfielder | 90 | 52 |
| [Orkun Kökçü](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/orkun-kokcu-4545376/) | Midfielder | 84 | 49 |
| [Kerem Aktürkoğlu](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/kerem-akturkoglu-534383/) | Forward | 90 | 47 |
| [Nicolás Otamendi](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nicolas-otamendi-1822/) | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| [Leandro Barreiro](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/leandro-barreiro-3862667/) | Midfielder | 70 | 46 |
| [Vangelis Pavlidis](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/vangelis-pavlidis-36265/) | Forward | 84 | 40 |
| [Tomás Araújo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tomas-araujo-24065379/) | Defender | 57 | 36 |
| [João Rego](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/joao-rego-37597775/) | Midfielder | 20 | 21 |
| [Arthur Cabral](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/arthur-cabral-223943/) | Forward | 6 | no rating |
| [Renato Sanches](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/renato-sanches-32387/) | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |

**FC Barcelona**

| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wojciech Szczesny](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/wojciech-szczesny-805/) ★ | Goalkeeper | 90 | 68 |
| [Raphinha](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/raphinha-160258/) | Forward | 90 | 61 |
| [Ronald Araujo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ronald-araujo-469717/) | Defender | 62 | 55 |
| [Dani Olmo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dani-olmo-74060/) | Midfielder | 28 | 55 |
| [Iñigo Martínez](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/inigo-martinez-185923/) | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| [Pau Cubarsí](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pau-cubarsi-37656790/) | Defender | 22 | 51 |
| [Frenkie de Jong](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/frenkie-de-jong-26536/) | Midfielder | 79 | 49 |
| [Pedri](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pedri-37288001/) | Midfielder | 90 | 47 |
| [Lamine Yamal](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/lamine-yamal-37656179/) | Forward | 56 | 46 |
| [Robert Lewandowski](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/robert-lewandowski-31000/) | Forward | 78 | 40 |
| [Ferran Torres](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ferran-torres-448389/) | Forward | 34 | 39 |
| [Jules Koundé](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jules-kounde-337394/) | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| [Alejandro Balde](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/alejandro-balde-37316480/) | Defender | 90 | 23 |
| [Gerard Martín](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/gerard-martin-37357510/) | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| [Marc Casadó](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/marc-casado-37584217/) | Midfielder | 11 | no rating |

### Did you know?

La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.

**Which Benfica player completed the most dribbles?**

Vangelis Pavlidis, with 4 completed dribbles. Next: Fredrik Aursnes 1, Kerem Aktürkoğlu 1.

Vangelis Pavlidis led Benfica's individual breakthroughs with 4 successful dribbles in the 0–1 loss against FC Barcelona. Pavlidis easily topped Fredrik Aursnes and Kerem Aktürkoğlu, who completed 1 each.

**Which FC Barcelona player won the most aerial duels?**

Robert Lewandowski, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Ronald Araujo 3, Jules Koundé 3.

In FC Barcelona's 0–1 victory over Benfica, Robert Lewandowski dominated direct play with 6 aerial duels won. Lewandowski doubled the tally of defenders Ronald Araujo and Jules Koundé, who each won 3.

### 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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