Real Madrid 2–1 Benfica
- Tchouaméni 16'
- Junior 80'
- Silva 14'
25 February 2026
The match in data
A 2–1 win for Real Madrid against Benfica on 25 February 2026, in the 2025-26 Champions League (Knockout Round Play-offs).
Real Madrid came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 14'.
Player of the match: Álvaro Carreras (Real Madrid), rated 71, thanks above all to 4 tackles and 6 final-third passes. Carreras produced 1.0 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.2 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 70.
Álvaro Carreras
Real Madrid · 90'
Produced 1.02× and cost 0.25× their position's average
- 4 tackles 2.3×
- 6 final-third passes 1.1×
- 6 duels won 1.3×
- 2 duels lost 0.5×
- 3 misplaced passes 0.4×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Álvaro Carreras ★ | Defender | 90 | 71 |
| Antonio Rüdiger | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Federico Valverde | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Eduardo Camavinga | Midfielder | 77 | 63 |
| Vinicius Junior | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Gonzalo García | Forward | 84 | 55 |
| Aurélien Tchouaméni | Midfielder | 90 | 51 |
| Arda Güler | Midfielder | 84 | 41 |
| Raúl Asencio | Defender | 77 | 35 |
| Trent Alexander-Arnold | Defender | 90 | 33 |
| Thibaut Courtois | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| David Alaba | Defender | 13 | no rating |
| Franco Mastantuono | Forward | 13 | no rating |
| Fran García | Defender | 9 | no rating |
| César Palacios | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Thiago Pitarch | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolás Otamendi | Defender | 90 | 70 |
| Rafa Silva | Forward | 90 | 66 |
| Tomás Araújo | Defender | 90 | 65 |
| Andreas Schjelderup | Forward | 85 | 54 |
| Fredrik Aursnes | Midfielder | 85 | 52 |
| Samuel Dahl | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Richard Ríos | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Vangelis Pavlidis | Forward | 90 | 37 |
| Leandro Barreiro | Midfielder | 90 | 31 |
| Amar Dedić | Defender | 90 | 29 |
| Anatoliy Trubin | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Sidny Cabral | Defender | 9 | no rating |
| Enzo Barrenechea | Midfielder | 5 | no rating |
| Franjo Ivanović | Forward | 5 | 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.