Monaco vs Benfica

UEFA Champions League - Knockout Round Play-offs 12 Feb 2025, 20:00
Monaco
Monaco
0–1
HT 0–0
FULL TIME
Benfica
Benfica
🏟 Stade Louis-II (Monaco) 👤 M. Mariani

Match report

Benfica edged past Monaco 1-0 in the UEFA Champions League - Knockout Round Play-offs on 12 February 2025. The game was goalless at the break before all 1 goals arrived after half-time.

Benfica had 23 shots to Monaco's 6.

Al Musrati was sent off in the 52th minute.

The match was played at Stade Louis-II (Monaco), with M. Mariani in charge.

Half-time 0-0 Possession 44% - 56% Shots 6 - 23 On target 3 - 6 Corners 2 - 7 Fouls 10 - 14 Red cards 1 Yellow cards 6
8
Player of the match
Radosław Majecki
Monaco · 5 saves
8 António Silva captained the side
8 Nicolás Otamendi 69 passes (81% accurate)
7 Vangelis Pavlidis 1 goal
7 Vanderson captained the side
First half vs second half
Benfica came out stronger after half-time, with 17 second-half shots against 6 before the break.
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 3–6 3–17
Shots On Goal 2–2 1–4
Ball Possession 61–39 —
Corners 2–1 0–6
Attacks 71–55 29–79
Match statistics
2 Corners 7
3 Substitution 5
100 Attacks 134
36 Dangerous Attacks 57
3 On Target 6
3 Off Target 17
6 Shots Total 23
3 Shots On Goal 6
2 Shots Off Goal 7
1 Shots Blocked 10
5 Shots Inside Box 16
1 Shots Outside Box 7
10 Fouls 14
2 Corners 7
0 Offsides 3
44% Ball Possession 56%
4 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
5 Saves 3
373 Passes Total 479
273 Passes Accurate 397
Line-ups 4-2-3-1  vs  4-3-3
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Monaco · 4-2-3-1
1 R. Majecki
2 Vanderson 5 T. Kehrer 22 M. Salisu 27 K. Diatta
6 D. Zakaria 8 M. Musrati
11 M. Akliouche 36 B. Embolo 10 A. Golovin
14 M. Biereth
Benfica · 4-3-3
1 A. Trubin
44 T. Araújo 4 A. Silva 30 N. Otamendi 3 Á. Carreras
8 F. Aursnes 61 F. Luís 10 O. Kökçü
17 K. Aktürkoğlu 14 V. Pavlidis 21 A. Schjelderup
Monaco
Coach
A. Hütter
Substitutes
  • 88 Soungoutou Magassa
  • 7 Eliesse Ben Seghir
  • 18 Takumi Minamino
  • 16 Philipp Köhn
  • 50 Yann Lienard
  • 20 Kassoum Ouattara
  • 12 Caio Henrique
  • 15 Lamine Camara
  • 37 Edan Diop
  • 28 Mamadou Coulibaly
  • 21 George Ilenikhena
  • 41 Lucas Michal
Benfica
Coach
Bruno Lage
Substitutes
  • 11 Ángel Di María
  • 18 Leandro Barreiro
  • 7 Zeki Amdouni
  • 19 Andrea Belotti
  • 9 Arthur Cabral
  • 24 Samuel Soares
  • 75 André Gomes
  • 26 Samuel Dahl
  • 71 Leandro Santos
  • 81 Adrian Bajrami
  • 25 Gianluca Prestianni
  • 60 Nuno Félix
Substitutions
  • 57' ↑ S. Magassa ↓ M. Biereth Monaco
  • 67' ↑ E. Ben Seghir ↓ A. Golovin Monaco
  • 67' ↑ Á. Di María ↓ Tomás Araújo Benfica
  • 67' ↑ L. Barreiro ↓ Florentino Benfica
  • 68' ↑ T. Minamino ↓ M. Akliouche Monaco
  • 78' ↑ A. Belotti ↓ V. Pavlidis Benfica
  • 78' ↑ Z. Amdouni ↓ A. Schjelderup Benfica
  • 86' ↑ Arthur Cabral ↓ Á. Di María Benfica
Cards
  • 52' Al Musrati Monaco
  • 16' A. Carreras Benfica
  • 41' Al Musrati Monaco
  • 52' Al Musrati Monaco
  • 56' Florentino Benfica
  • 79' Vanderson Monaco
  • 90+1' D. Zakaria Monaco
Head-to-head
Monaco 0 1 draws 2 Benfica
2025-02-18 Benfica vs Monaco 3 - 3
2025-02-12 Monaco vs Benfica 0 - 1
2024-11-27 Monaco vs Benfica 2 - 3
Recent form
Monaco D D W W W
Benfica W D D D D
Frequently asked questions
What was the final score in Monaco vs Benfica?
Monaco lost 0-1 against Benfica on 12 February 2025.
Who won Monaco vs Benfica?
Benfica won the match 1-0.
Where was Monaco vs Benfica played?
The match was played at Stade Louis-II (Monaco).
Who had more possession in Monaco vs Benfica?
Benfica had 56% of possession, compared to 44% for the other side.