§ Champions League · 2025-26 · League Stage 2

Chelsea 1–0 Benfica

  • Ríos 18' (o.g.)
  • Pedro 90+6'

30 September 2025

The match in data

A 1–0 win for Chelsea against Benfica on 30 September 2025, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 2).

Player of the match: Benoît Badiashile (Chelsea), rated 71, thanks above all to 10 recoveries and 99 passes. Badiashile produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.

For Benfica, the highest-rated player was Nicolás Otamendi, with 53.

João Pedro was sent off at 90+6'.

71
Player of the match

Benoît Badiashile

Chelsea · 81'

Produced 1.25× and cost 0.32× their position's average

Added
  • 10 recoveries 2.9×
  • 99 passes 2.3×
  • 5 final-third passes 1.0×
Took away
  • 4 misplaced passes 0.7×
  • 2 duels lost 0.6×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Chelsea
PlayerPositionMinRating
Benoît Badiashile ★ Defender 81 71
Estêvão Forward 36 54
Marc Cucurella Defender 90 52
Trevoh Chalobah Defender 90 52
Facundo Buonanotte Midfielder 54 52
Moisés Caicedo Midfielder 90 51
Enzo Fernández Midfielder 90 46
Tyrique George Forward 61 44
Malo Gusto Defender 81 42
Jamie Gittens Forward 29 38
Pedro Neto Forward 90 37
Alejandro Garnacho Forward 61 27
João Pedro Forward 29 26
Robert Sánchez Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Josh Acheampong Defender 9 no rating
Reece James Defender 9 no rating
Benfica
PlayerPositionMinRating
Nicolás Otamendi Defender 90 53
Richard Ríos Midfielder 77 52
António Silva Defender 73 49
Enzo Barrenechea Midfielder 90 46
Samuel Dahl Defender 90 39
Dodi Lukébakio Forward 77 38
Vangelis Pavlidis Forward 90 37
Fredrik Aursnes Midfielder 90 36
Amar Dedić Defender 90 33
Georgiy Sudakov Midfielder 77 25
Anatoliy Trubin Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Tomás Araújo Defender 17 no rating
Andreas Schjelderup Forward 13 no rating
Franjo Ivanović Forward 13 no rating
Leandro Barreiro Midfielder 13 no rating
Henrique Araújo Forward 8 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.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.