📅 28/01/26🕒 20:00🏟️ Estádio da Luz🧑⚖️ Davide Massa, Italy
ScorerA. Schjelderup2 goalsBiggest Swing+2.06 xT90+2' Raúl AsencioCards11
Benfica 4-2 Real Madrid — xTears 26.97 (28/01/26)
Benfica came back to win 4-2 against Real Madrid on 28 January 2026 in the Champions League. Total damage: 26.97 xTears.
The real swing for Benfica arrived through A. Schjelderup 36' goal (+1.24 xT) and V. Pavlidis 45' penalty (+1.77 xT), the sequence that changed who owned the match.
The match changed hands after the first blow, and Benfica's comeback ended up outweighing the opening phase. It got worse for the side already chasing shadows: red card (Raúl Asencio at 90+2', while chasing it) and red card (Rodrygo at 90+6', while chasing it). The match lost its cool with 9 yellows and 2 reds. Raúl Asencio eventually walked for a second booking. The whistle kept getting involved under Davide Massa, Italy, with 1 VAR call.
How It Unfolded
Timeline
17'
Penalty overturned by VAR
G. Prestianni - Benfica
30'
Goal
Kylian Mbappé - Real Madrid
Assist: Raúl Asencio
36'
Goal
A. Schjelderup - Benfica
Assist: V. Pavlidis
45'
Penalty
V. Pavlidis - Benfica
54'
Goal
A. Schjelderup - Benfica
Assist: V. Pavlidis
58'
Goal
Kylian Mbappé - Real Madrid
Assist: A. Güler
90'
Goal
A. Trubin - Benfica
Assist: F. Aursnes
90+2'
Red card
Raúl Asencio - Real Madrid
90+6'
Red card
Rodrygo - Real Madrid
Absolute chaos
🧨
15.58
90+2'
Red card
+2.06 xT
Raúl Asencio - Real Madrid
90+6'
Red card
+2.06 xT
Rodrygo - Real Madrid
45'
Penalty
+1.77 xT
V. Pavlidis - Benfica
90'
Goal
+1.50 xT
A. Trubin - Benfica
Assist: F. Aursnes
All-out war
🟥
13.31
90+2'
Red card
+2.06 xT
Raúl Asencio - Real Madrid
90+6'
Red card
+2.06 xT
Rodrygo - Real Madrid
90+2'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
Raúl Asencio - Real Madrid
90+6'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
Rodrygo - Real Madrid
Late drama
🔥
12.03
90+2'
Red card
+2.06 xT
Raúl Asencio - Real Madrid
90+6'
Red card
+2.06 xT
Rodrygo - Real Madrid
90'
Goal
+1.50 xT
A. Trubin - Benfica
Assist: F. Aursnes
90+2'
Yellow card
+1.22 xT
Raúl Asencio - Real Madrid
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
7.07
90+2'
Red card
+2.06 xT
Raúl Asencio - Real Madrid
90+6'
Red card
+2.06 xT
Rodrygo - Real Madrid
45'
Penalty
+1.77 xT
V. Pavlidis - Benfica
17'
Penalty overturned by VAR
+1.18 xT
G. Prestianni - Benfica
Cruelty
😈
4.12
90+2'
Red card
+2.06 xT
Raúl Asencio - Real Madrid
90+6'
Red card
+2.06 xT
Rodrygo - Real Madrid
Crushed hope
💔
1.18
17'
Penalty overturned by VAR
+1.18 xT
G. Prestianni - Benfica