Real Madrid 2-1 Benfica — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Champions League, 25 Feb 2026

📅25/02/2026 · 🕒23:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Authentic Intelligence™ · Probability per market
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home Pick
57%
1.75
Draw
24%
3.64
Away
19%
3.83
Under/Over 2.5
Under
43%
2.07
Over
57%
1.72
Both Teams to Score
Yes
56%
1.67
No
44%
2.07
Total Goals
0-1
21%
2-3
45%
4-5
26%
6+
8%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
35%
1/2
2%
1/X
5%
X/1
18%
X/2
7%
X/X
14%
2/1
3%
2/2
11%
2/X
5%
STRENGTH — pattern support: Good → Great · fuller bar = deeper record. Informational.
Our Pick = the most likely outcome.
SIGNALS Team Signals — the why behind the numbers
iddaakolik predictions — not real match figures
HOME Real Madrid The Market 57%
Head to Head
AWAY Benfica The Market 26%
Strong Team Performanceagainst Market Expectation Great
2.34 xG Scorediddaakolik model prediction 1.24
0.88 xG Concedediddaakolik model prediction 1.56
Strong Attack Strength Great
Weak Defense Strength Great
55% Ball Possession 45%
17 Total Shots 9
7 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
450 · 84% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 338 · 80%
29 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 30
20 Crosses 16
2 Yellow Cards 2
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Real Madrid
1W-0D-2L
AWAY Benfica
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 3.00
1.20 xG 1.74
62% Ball Possession 38%
16 Total Shots 16
6 Shots on Target 8
6 Corners 4
551 Passes 291
90% Pass Accuracy 78%
28 Box Touches 35
14 Crosses 12
4 Yellow Cards 2
17.02.2026 Benfica Benfica 0-1 HT 0-0 Real Madrid Real Madrid ŞMP
28.01.2026 Benfica Benfica 4-2 HT 2-1 Real Madrid Real Madrid ŞMP
27.07.2012 Benfica Benfica 5-2 HT 2-2 Real Madrid Real Madrid HAZ
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Real Madrid
2 - 1
AWAY Benfica
0.98 xG 1.64
56% Ball Possession 44%
14 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 7
516 Passes 381
90% Pass Accuracy 86%
19 Box Touches 30
10 Crosses 20
2 Yellow Cards 2
REVIEW Real Madrid vs Benfica
IDDAAKOLIK POST-MATCH REVIEW

Real Madrid shaded a tight game against Benfica 2-1. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

Just as the model leaned, our model had Real Madrid as the likeliest winner at 57%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. The goals side of the card held up too — over 2.5 goals (57%), both teams to score (56%) came in.

The match data tells the story: Real Madrid had 56% of the ball to Benfica's 44%, shots finished 14-12, expected goals 0.98 to 1.64 — on chances, Benfica could feel hard done by.

For context: across their last 3 meetings in our records, Benfica led the recent series with 2 wins. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Real Madrid and 3.00 for Benfica.

Real Madrid vs Benfica Result & Final Score

Real Madrid 2 - 1 Benfica in the Champions League on 25/02/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

Real Madrid vs Benfica Prediction vs Result

Before kick-off our model rated a Real Madrid win the most likely single outcome at about 57%, with the full match-result split Real Madrid 57%, draw 24%, Benfica 19%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Real Madrid), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Real Madrid) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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