Benfica 0–1 Real Madrid
- Mourinho 85'
- Junior 50'
17 February 2026
The match in data
Real Madrid beat Benfica 1–0 on 17 February 2026, in the 2025-26 Champions League (Knockout Round Play-offs).
Player of the match: Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid), rated 69, thanks above all to 24 final-third passes and 5 tackles. Huijsen produced 1.9 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.7 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Benfica, the highest-rated player was Nicolás Otamendi, with 75.
José Mourinho was sent off at 85'.
Dean Huijsen
Real Madrid · 90'
Produced 1.93× and cost 0.70× their position's average
- 24 final-third passes 4.0×
- 5 tackles 2.8×
- 98 passes 2.1×
- 11 misplaced passes 1.6×
- 4 duels lost 1.1×
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 | 75 |
| Samuel Dahl | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Andreas Schjelderup | Forward | 74 | 57 |
| Fredrik Aursnes | Midfielder | 80 | 52 |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | Forward | 90 | 50 |
| Leandro Barreiro | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Tomás Araújo | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Amar Dedić | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Rafa Silva | Forward | 74 | 28 |
| Gianluca Prestianni | Forward | 81 | 25 |
| Anatoliy Trubin | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Georgiy Sudakov | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Richard Ríos | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Sidny Cabral | Defender | 10 | no rating |
| Dodi Lukébakio | Forward | 9 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Huijsen ★ | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Federico Valverde | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Vinicius Junior | Forward | 90 | 64 |
| Antonio Rüdiger | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Aurélien Tchouaméni | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Trent Alexander-Arnold | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Arda Güler | Midfielder | 86 | 45 |
| Álvaro Carreras | Defender | 90 | 42 |
| Eduardo Camavinga | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Kylian Mbappé | Forward | 90 | 33 |
| Thibaut Courtois | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Thiago Pitarch | Midfielder | 10 | no rating |
| Brahim Díaz | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Daniel Carvajal | 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.