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- The Knockout draw of the 2025-2026 UEFA Champions League pitches Real Madrid vs. Benfica on 2026-02-25 (kick-off 20:00 GMT).
- Recent managerial H2H between Alvaro Arbeloa and José Mourinho over 2 matches, record stands at 1-1, with no draws.
- Real Madrid have 5 players sidelined: J. Bellingham (Hamstring Injury), D. Ceballos (Muscle Injury), Eder Militao (Hamstring Injury), D. Huijsen (Muscle Injury), Rodrygo (Red Card) and Benfica face 5 absences: N. Felix (Knee Injury), G. Prestianni (Suspended), F. Aursnes (Inactive), S. Soares (Injury), J. Veloso (Shoulder Injury).
- We're predicting Real Madrid to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-4-2, and Benfica are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
- The previous match saw Dean Huijsen lead Real Madrid with a 8.2 TheyScored rating, and A. Trubin top-rating for Benfica at 7.7.
- Both teams are coming from different results: Real Madrid fell 1-2 against Osasuna, while Benfica prevailed 3-0 over AVS.
- Real Madrid (4-0-1) and Benfica (3-1-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
- Very even book: across 2 encounters, it stands at 1-1 wins with 0 draws between Real Madrid and Benfica.
- 2-1 leads the pack at 21% of all our users' guesses, with 2-0 next on 12.4%.
- We're forecasting a stalemate, 2-2, as Real Madrid's 2.50 goals/game at home balance out Benfica's 1.57 away scoring.
First leg17 Feb 2026
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Most Guessed Score
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Events
| 14' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 16' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 34' | VAR- Arda Güler | Goal cancelled | |
| 35' | R. Rios | ||
HT 1 - 1 | |||
| 51' | N. Otamendi | ||
| 57' | R. Asencio | ||
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| 80' | 2 - 1 | ||
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| 90+1' | |||
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| 90+6' | C. Palacios | ||
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Real Madrid is going head to head with Benfica on 25/2/2026 20:00 GMT for the Eurocups UEFA Champions League. Our users most predicted score for this game is 2 - 1. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Real Madrid v Benfica H2H statistics!