UEFA Champions League 25/26, Qualification Round 3 · 12 Aug 2025

Benfica 2–0 Nice

Picked for matchday: Standout: Kerem Aktürkoğlu scored 93.4 · Breakout watch: Abdulai Juma Bah

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Benfica favourites at 76%.

Benfica won and made the better chances: 2.5 xG to 0.9.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Kerem Aktürkoğlu, 93.4 in 11′.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Kerem Aktürkoğlu Forward	11	0	0	–	93.4
Andreas Schjelderup Midfielder	64	1	1	0.71	69.6
Fredrik Aursnes Midfielder	84	1	1	0.21	67.1
Leandro Barreiro Midfielder	27	0	0	–	61.8
Gianluca Prestianni Midfielder	26	0	0	0.05	61.1
Nicolás Otamendi Defender	90	0	0	0.32	57.7
Enzo Barrenechea Midfielder	63	0	0	0.09	53.0
Richard Ríos Midfielder	90	0	0	0.07	51.6
Anatoliy Trubin Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	51.1
Henrique Araújo Forward	9	0	0	0.19	50.8
Florentino Luís Midfielder	27	0	0	–	49.9
Samuel Dahl Defender	90	0	0	–	48.0
Vangelis Pavlidis Forward	81	0	0	0.46	47.4
António Silva Defender	90	0	0	0.11	46.8
Amar Dedić Defender	90	0	0	0.05	46.5
Franjo Ivanović Forward	63	0	0	0.24	40.9

Player	Min	xG	Score
Sofiane Diop Midfielder	30	–	79.2
Jonathan Clauss Midfielder	73	0.15	67.5
Bernard Nguene Forward	8	0.03	59.8
Isak Jansson Forward	73	0.18	57.6
Melvin Bard Defender	90	0.25	55.9
Abdulai Juma Bah Defender	90	–	55.5
Kojo Peprah Oppong Defender	90	–	54.5
Jérémie Boga Forward	17	–	54.4
Antoine Mendy Defender	90	–	50.4
Gabin Bernardeau Forward	17	–	46.8
Terem Moffi Forward	82	0.08	46.8
Badredine Bouanani Midfielder	73	0.13	46.5
Djibril Coulibaly Midfielder	60	0.07	45.3
Yehvann Diouf Goalkeeper	90	–	43.4
Tom Louchet Midfielder	90	–	41.9
Hamza Koutoune Defender	17	–	33.8