Champions League Matchday 4: Benfica vs Leverkusen facts
Thursday, October 30, 2025
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Previous meetings, club facts and key stats ahead of the UEFA Champions League Matchday 4 game.
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Benfica and Bayer Leverkusen are both bidding for their first wins in this season's UEFA Champions League as they face off in Lisbon on Matchday 4.
Last match
Benfica have won two of their six games against Leverkusen, losing only one. The teams' most recent meetings came in the 2014/15 group stage, where Leverkusen won 3-1 in Germany before a goalless draw in Lisbon.
A 0-1 loss at Bayern München on Matchday 4 last season made it two wins in Benfica's last 15 games against German teams (D3 L10) and five defeats in the last six (D1).
Leverkusen's most recent matches against a Portuguese team were two defeats against Porto in the 2022/23 group stage (0-2 a, 0-3 h), ending a four-game winning run and six-match unbeaten streak (W5 D1) against teams from Portugal.
This is Benfica's 45th European Cup campaign, behind only Real Madrid's 56. This is their 20th appearance in the Champions League proper and a 15th in the last 16 seasons.
In 2024/25 the Eagles were 16th in the league phase (W4 D1 L3), beating Monaco 4-3 in the knockout phase play-offs before a 1-4 aggregate last-16 loss to Barcelona.
Leverkusen are featuring in the Champions League proper for the 15th time – although only the fourth in nine seasons.
In 2024/25 a team coached by Xabi Alonso finished sixth in the league phase (W5 D1 L2) only to lose an all-German last-16 tie to Bayern München (0-3 a, 0-2 h).
Key stats
Benfica have lost their last five Champions League matches, going down 0-3 at Newcastle on Matchday 3.
The Lisbon club have won only one of their last eight home games in the group stage/league phase (D2 L5).
A 2-7 loss to holders Paris Saint-Germain on Matchday 3 was the first time Leverkusen had conceded seven goals at home in a European game.
That was only Leverkusen's third defeat in their last 19 group stage/league phase matches in European competition (W11 D5), drawing the first two in 2025/26.
Leverkusen are without a win in their last five Champions League matches (D2 L3).
None of the German club's last 26 European games have ended goalless.