Benfica 0-1 Barcelona
Key numbers
- Possession 52% – 48%
- Shots 26 (8 on target) – 10 (5)
- Decisive moment: 61' Raphinha, FN xPts +1.0
HT 0:0
Raphinha 61'
Benfica edged xG (1.75–1.19) but Barcelona took the win.
Player of the matchWojciech SzczęsnyDecisive moment61' Raphinha+1.0
Player of the match
Wojciech Szczęsny Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.6 (Dominant)
Game state
Benfica ahead 0 min · level 61 min · Barcelona ahead 29 min
- Barcelona: Red card 22' → ~68 min a player down
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.
22'
Pau Cubarsí
Red card
−0.6
61'
Raphinha
Goal
+1.0
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
BenficaBarcelona
52%Possession48%
1.75Expected goals (xG)1.19
0.07xG per shot0.12
26Shots10
8Shots on target5
31%Shots on target %50%
19Shots in box6
438Passes430
82%Pass accuracy83%
13Corners4
4Saves8
18Fouls5
4Yellow cards1
3Offsides1
Compared with usual
Benfica
10 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.5 | |
| xG | 1.75 | 2.2 | |
| xG against | 1.19 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 26 | 13.8 | high |
| On target | 8 | 5.8 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 13.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.16 | low |
| Possession | 52% | 44.5% | |
| Passes | 438 | 411.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 82% | 80.1% | |
| Corners | 13 | 4.2 | high |
| Fouls | 18 | 10.4 | high |
Barcelona
38 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 3.1 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 1.19 | 2.2 | |
| xG against | 1.75 | 1 | |
| Shots | 10 | 16.9 | |
| On target | 5 | 6.9 | |
| Shots faced | 26 | 8.1 | high |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 48% | 67.1% | |
| Passes | 430 | 616.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 87.9% | |
| Corners | 4 | 6.3 | |
| Fouls | 5 | 9.3 |
Timeline
- 22' Red Pau Cubarsí
- 28' Sub Dani Olmo → Ronald Araújo
- 45' Yellow Leandro Barreiro
- 45+2' Yellow Iñigo Martínez
- 45+5' Yellow António Silva
- 56' Sub Lamine Yamal → Ferran Torres
- 57' Sub Tomás Araújo → Samuel Dahl
- 61' Goal Raphinha competition goal #9
- 70' Sub Leandro Barreiro → Andrea Belotti
- 70' Sub Andreas Schjelderup → João Rêgo
- 73' Yellow Álvaro Carreras
- 78' Sub Robert Lewandowski → Gerard Martín
- 79' Sub Frenkie de Jong → Marc Casadó
- 84' Sub Vangelis Pavlidis → Arthur Cabral
- 84' Sub Orkun Kökçü → Renato Sanches
- 90+1' Yellow João Rêgo
Category leaders
- Key passesLeandro Barreiro3
- Duels wonNicolás Otamendi12/18
- DribblesVangelis Pavlidis4/4
- Defensive actionsRonald Araújo7
- ShotsOrkun Kökçü3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonPedri4
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.