📅 21/01/25🕒 20:00🏟️ Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica🧑⚖️ D. Makkelie
Late Winner90+6'RaphinhaScorerV. Pavlidis3 goalsBiggest Swing+2.53 xT90+6' Raphinha
Benfica 4-5 Barcelona — xTears 27.09 (21/01/25)
Barcelona came back to win 4-5 against Benfica on 21 January 2025 in the Champions League. Total damage: 27.09 xTears.
The real swing for Barcelona arrived through R. Lewandowski 13' penalty (+1.56 xT) and R. Araújo 68' own goal (+1.73 xT), the sequence that changed who owned the match.
The match changed hands after the first blow, and Barcelona's comeback ended up outweighing the opening phase. V. Pavlidis bagged a hat-trick and bent the whole match around it. The knife twist arrived right at the death: late winner (Raphinha at 90+6'). The whistle kept getting involved under D. Makkelie, with 1 VAR call.
How It Unfolded
Timeline
-5'
Red card
Arthur Cabral - Benfica
2'
Goal
V. Pavlidis - Benfica
Assist: Álvaro Fernández
12'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
Alejandro Balde - Barcelona
13'
Penalty
R. Lewandowski - Barcelona
22'
Goal
V. Pavlidis - Benfica
30'
Penalty
V. Pavlidis - Benfica
64'
Goal
Raphinha - Barcelona
68'
Own goal
R. Araújo - Benfica
78'
Penalty
R. Lewandowski - Barcelona
86'
Goal
Eric García - Barcelona
Assist: Pedri
90+6'
Goal
Raphinha - Barcelona
Assist: Ferran Torres
Absolute chaos
🧨
19.33
90+6'
Goal
+2.53 xT
Raphinha - Barcelona
Assist: Ferran Torres
30'
Penalty
+1.85 xT
V. Pavlidis - Benfica
86'
Goal
+1.84 xT
Eric García - Barcelona
Assist: Pedri
68'
Own goal
+1.73 xT
R. Araújo - Benfica
Late drama
🔥
7.84
90+6'
Goal
+2.53 xT
Raphinha - Barcelona
Assist: Ferran Torres
86'
Goal
+1.84 xT
Eric García - Barcelona
Assist: Pedri
90+4'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
F. de Jong - Barcelona
90+8'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
Fermín - Barcelona
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
7.77
30'
Penalty
+1.85 xT
V. Pavlidis - Benfica
78'
Penalty
+1.73 xT
R. Lewandowski - Barcelona
13'
Penalty
+1.56 xT
R. Lewandowski - Barcelona
-5'
Red card
+1.36 xT
Arthur Cabral - Benfica
All-out war
🟥
6.29
-5'
Red card
+1.36 xT
Arthur Cabral - Benfica
90+4'
Yellow card
+1.14 xT
F. de Jong - Barcelona
90+8'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
Fermín - Barcelona
66'
Yellow card
+0.99 xT
J. Koundé - Barcelona
Cruelty
😈
4.26
90+6'
Goal
+2.53 xT
Raphinha - Barcelona
Assist: Ferran Torres
68'
Own goal
+1.73 xT
R. Araújo - Benfica
Crushed hope
💔
2.53
90+6'
Goal
+2.53 xT
Raphinha - Barcelona
Assist: Ferran Torres