UEFA Champions League Scores & Fixtures
Wednesday 28th January
UEFA Champions League Table
- Real Madrid, Position 3, Points 15
- Benfica, Position 29, Points 6
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 21 |
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| 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 18 |
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| 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 15 |
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| 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 15 |
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| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
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10 Sporting CP | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
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| 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 12 |
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| 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 12 |
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| 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 11 |
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17 Galatasaray | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
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18 Qarabağ | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 10 |
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| 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
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| 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 9 |
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| 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 9 |
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22 PSV | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 8 |
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| 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
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24 Olympiakos | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 8 |
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| 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 8 |
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26 Copenhagen | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 8 |
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27 Club Brugge | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -5 | 7 |
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28 Bodø / Glimt | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 6 |
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29 Benfica | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 6 |
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30 Pafos | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
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31 Union Saint-Gilloise | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 6 |
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32 Ajax | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 6 |
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| 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 4 |
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34 Slavia Prague | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 3 |
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| 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 1 |
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36 Kairat | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -14 | 1 |
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Key
- Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8: 8th Finals
- Position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24: Play-off
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Match Facts
Despite having a combined 792 European Cup/UEFA Champions League matches between them (508 for Real Madrid, 284 for Benfica), these teams have only met three times across the two competitions, and not since the 1964-65 quarter-finals.
Benfica have won two of the previous three meetings between themselves and Real Madrid (L1), while their one defeat came in the second leg of the 1964-65 quarter-finals (lost 2-1); a tie they still progressed from 6-3 on aggregate.
This will be just the second time that Benfica have hosted Real Madrid in European competition, after a 5-1 win for the Portuguese side in February 1965 (European Cup quarter-final first leg). Indeed, Benfica have accounted for half of the instances of Real Madrid conceding 5+ goals in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League match (2/4), having also beaten them 5-3 in the 1962 final.
Benfica have lost five of their seven UEFA Champions League games this season (W2), and failure to win here will guarantee their exit from the competition. Four of those defeats have been since José Mourinho returned to the fold, already the Portuguese manager’s joint-most losses in a single campaign along with 2004-05 and 2013-14 (reaching the semi-finals with Chelsea in those seasons).
Each of Real Madrid’s last four defeats in the UEFA Champions League have been against English sides (Arsenal x2, Liverpool and Manchester City). The Spanish side have only suffered three defeats across their last 26 matches against non-English opposition in the competition (W21 D2), winning all five in 2025-26.
Real Madrid have recorded the most direct attacks (28) and goals from direct attacks (4) of any team in the UEFA Champions League this season. Eight of those came against Monaco last time out (including one ending in a goal); their most in a match in the 2025-26 edition.
Benfica boss José Mourinho has never won in five attempts against Real Madrid in all competitions (D1 L4), making his former employers the side he has faced most without ever winning in his managerial career.
Kylian Mbappé has scored 58 percent of Real Madrid’s goals in the UEFA Champions League this season (11/19); the highest share by one player for los Blancos in a single European Cup/Champions League campaign in the club’s history.
If Benfica’s Nicolás Otamendi plays in this match it will be his 100th appearance in the UEFA Champions League. He would be just the third Argentinian to reach this milestone after Lionel Messi (163) and Ángel Di María (116).
Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham could become the first outfielder to make 50+ starts while aged under-23 in the UEFA Champions League (currently on 49), and just the second player overall, after goalkeeper Iker Casillas (55).
