Benfica 0-1 Real Sociedad
Key numbers
- Possession 38% – 62%
- Shots 10 (3 on target) – 12 (2)
- Decisive moment: 63' Brais Méndez, FN xPts +1.2
HT 0:0
Brais Méndez 63'
Real Sociedad won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.48–0.94).
Player of the matchBrais MéndezDecisive moment63' Brais Méndez+1.2
Player of the match
Brais Méndez Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.3 (Dominant)
Game state
Benfica ahead 0 min · level 63 min · Real Sociedad ahead 27 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
63'
Brais Méndez
Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Ander Barrenetxea +0.4
+1.2
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Benfica is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
BenficaReal Sociedad
38%Possession62%
0.48Expected goals (xG)0.94
0.05xG per shot0.08
10Shots12
3Shots on target2
30%Shots on target %17%
5Shots in box10
358Passes594
79%Pass accuracy87%
5Corners5
1Saves3
5Fouls15
1Yellow cards2
1Offsides1
Compared with usual
Real Sociedad
12 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 0.94 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 0.48 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 12 | 11.7 | |
| On target | 2 | 4 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 12.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 62% | 54.3% | |
| Passes | 594 | 462.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 81.3% | |
| Corners | 5 | 4.3 | |
| Fouls | 15 | 16.3 |
Timeline
- 46' Sub Petar Musa → Arthur Cabral
- 46' Sub João Mário → Orkun Kökçü
- 59' Sub David Jurásek → Juan Bernat
- 63' Goal Brais Méndez competition goal #3 assist Ander Barrenetxea
- 69' Sub David Neres → Tiago Gouveia
- 70' Sub Hamari Traore → Aritz Elustondo
- 71' Yellow Aritz Elustondo
- 75' Yellow Mikel Merino
- 76' Sub Ander Barrenetxea → Arsen Zakharyan
- 76' Sub Takefusa Kubo → Carlos Fernández
- 77' Yellow Juan Bernat
- 81' Sub Alexander Bah → Chiquinho
- 90+2' Sub Mikel Oyarzabal → Mohamed-Ali Cho
Category leaders
- Key passesJoão Neves2
- Duels wonMikel Merino13/18
- DribblesTakefusa Kubo7/9
- Defensive actionsAlexander Bah9
- ShotsTakefusa Kubo4 (on target 0)
- Fouls wonJoão Neves3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.