Match events
Minute by minute- 18'1–0 Own goal: Richard Ríos own goal Chelsea
- 34' Yellow card: Enzo Barrenechea Benfica
- 45+1' Yellow card: Enzo Fernández Chelsea
- Half-time 1–0
- 46' Yellow card: Facundo Buonanotte Chelsea
- 49' Yellow card: Richard Ríos Benfica
- 54' Substitution: EstêvãoOff: Facundo Buonanotte Chelsea
- 61' Substitution: João PedroOff: Tyrique George Chelsea
- 61' Substitution: Jamie GittensOff: Alejandro Garnacho Chelsea
- 62' Yellow card: João Pedro Chelsea
- 63' Yellow card: Fredrik Aursnes Benfica
- 73' Substitution: Tomás AraújoOff: António Silva Benfica
- 77' Substitution: Andreas SchjelderupOff: Dodi Lukébakio Benfica
- 77' Substitution: Franjo IvanovicOff: Georgiy Sudakov Benfica
- 77' Substitution: Leandro BarreiroOff: Richard Ríos Benfica
- 81' Substitution: Reece JamesOff: Malo Gusto Chelsea
- 81' Substitution: Josh AcheampongOff: Benoît Badiashile Chelsea
- 83' Yellow card: Nicolás Otamendi Benfica
- 88' Yellow card: Tomás Araújo Benfica
- 89' Substitution: Henrique AraújoOff: Fredrik Aursnes Benfica
- 90+6' Red card: João Pedro Chelsea
Line-ups
Confirmed
Chelsea4-2-3-14-3-3Benfica
- 1 Sánchez
- 3 Cucurella
- 581' Badiashile
- 23 Chalobah
- 2781' Gusto
- 25 Caicedo
- 8 Fernández
- 4961' Garnacho
- 4054' Buonanotte
- 7 Neto
- 3261' George
- 1 Trubin
- 26 Dahl
- 30 Otamendi
- 473' Silva
- 17 Dedic
- 889' Aursnes
- 5 Barrenechea
- 2077' Ríos
- 1077' Sudakov
- 14 Pavlidis
- 1177' Lukébakio
Chelsea bench
- 24Reece James81'
- 41Estêvão54'
- 34Josh Acheampong81'
- 11Jamie Gittens61'
- 20João Pedro61'
Benfica bench
- 39Henrique Araújo89'
- 9Franjo Ivanovic77'
- 18Leandro Barreiro77'
- 21Andreas Schjelderup77'
- 44Tomás Araújo73'