UEFA Champions League / 30 September 2025

Chelsea 1-0 Benfica

UEFA Champions League / League Stage - 2

1-0

Match Finished

Tue 30 Sept 2025 / 20:00 PT / Stamford Bridge

Was the result deserved?

The goals each side scored, next to the quality of the chances they created.

Chelsea1 scored / 0.93 expected

Benfica0 scored / 0.85 expected

Chelsea won a game the chances had level.

What is expected goals? Every chance is worth a fraction of a goal depending on how good it was. Added up, it describes the quality of what each side created - not what the score should have been.

How the match unfolded

Chelsea above the line, Benfica below. Goals are filled circles, cards are squares, substitutions are small dots.

What happened, minute by minute

Kick-off, every goal and card, half-time and full time with the score at each, in the order they happened. Chelsea on the left edge, Benfica on the right.

Kick-off
⚽
R. Rios
Own Goal / assist A. Garnacho
18'
🟨
E. Barrenechea
Yellow Card
34'
🟨
E. Fernandez
Yellow Card
45'
Half-time1–0
🟨
Facundo Buonanotte
Yellow Card
46'
🟨
R. Rios
Yellow Card
49'
⇄
OnEstêvão
OffFacundo Buonanotte
54'
⇄
OnJ. Gittens
OffA. Garnacho
61'
⇄
OnJoão Pedro
OffT. George
61'
🟨
João Pedro
Yellow Card
62'
🟨
F. Aursnes
Yellow Card
63'
⇄
OnTomás Araújo
OffAntónio Silva
73'
⇄
OnA. Schjelderup
OffD. Lukebakio
77'
⇄
OnL. Barreiro
OffR. Rios
77'
⇄
OnF. Ivanović
OffH. Sudakov
77'
⇄
OnJ. Acheampong
OffB. Badiashile
80'
⇄
OnR. James
OffM. Gusto
80'
🟨
N. Otamendi
Yellow Card
83'
🟨
Tomás Araújo
Yellow Card
88'
⇄
OnHenrique Araújo
OffF. Aursnes
89'
🟥
João Pedro
Red Card
90'
🟨
João Pedro
Yellow Card
90'
Full-time1–0