Barcelona 3-1 Benfica
Key numbers
- Possession 65% – 35%
- Shots 20 (6 on target) – 8 (2)
- Decisive moment: 27' Lamine Yamal, FN xPts +0.5
Raphinha 11'
Lamine Yamal 27'
Raphinha 42'
Lamine Yamal 27'
Raphinha 42'
HT 3:1
Nicolás Otamendi 13'
Barcelona won on the scoreboard and on xG (2.52–0.74).
Player of the matchRaphinhaDecisive moment27' Lamine Yamal+0.5
Player of the match
Raphinha Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 9.0 (Dominant)
Game state
Barcelona ahead 65 min · level 25 min · Benfica ahead 0 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.
11'
Raphinha
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Lamine Yamal +0.1
+0.4
13'
Nicolás Otamendi
Goal
+0.3
27'
Lamine Yamal
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Raphinha +0.2
+0.5
42'
Raphinha
Goal · assist Alejandro Balde
+0.2
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
BarcelonaBenfica
65%Possession35%
2.52Expected goals (xG)0.74
0.13xG per shot0.09
20Shots8
6Shots on target2
30%Shots on target %25%
13Shots in box5
650Passes338
89%Pass accuracy78%
1Corners6
1Saves3
4Fouls8
0Yellow cards1
3Offsides9
Compared with usual
Barcelona
39 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 3 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 2.52 | 2.1 | |
| xG against | 0.74 | 1 | |
| Shots | 20 | 16.7 | |
| On target | 6 | 6.9 | |
| Shots faced | 8 | 8.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.13 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 65% | 66.6% | |
| Passes | 650 | 611.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 89% | 87.8% | |
| Corners | 1 | 6.2 | |
| Fouls | 4 | 9.2 |
Benfica
11 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1.5 | |
| xG | 0.74 | 2.1 | |
| xG against | 2.52 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 8 | 14.9 | |
| On target | 2 | 6 | |
| Shots faced | 20 | 13.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.15 | |
| Possession | 35% | 45.2% | |
| Passes | 338 | 413.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 78% | 80.3% | |
| Corners | 6 | 5 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 11.1 |
Timeline
- 11' Goal Raphinha competition goal #10 assist Lamine Yamal
- 13' Goal Nicolás Otamendi competition goal #1
- 27' Goal Lamine Yamal competition goal #3 assist Raphinha
- 42' VAR Raphinha
- 42' Goal Raphinha competition goal #11 assist Alejandro Balde
- 48' Yellow António Silva
- 56' Sub Kerem Aktürkoğlu → Renato Sanches
- 56' Sub Andreas Schjelderup → Zeki Amdouni
- 70' Sub Dani Olmo → Gavi
- 70' Sub Robert Lewandowski → Ferran Torres
- 70' Sub Orkun Kökçü → Andrea Belotti
- 70' Sub Florentino Luís → Leandro Barreiro
- 81' Sub Frenkie de Jong → Marc Casadó
- 82' Sub Lamine Yamal → Fermín López
- 84' Sub Tomás Araújo → João Rêgo
- 87' Sub Iñigo Martínez → Eric García
Category leaders
- Key passesPedri3
- Duels wonAlejandro Balde8/13
- DribblesAlejandro Balde5/7
- Defensive actionsFlorentino Luís8
- ShotsLamine Yamal5 (on target 2)
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.