Starting XI: Thibaut Courtois; Federico Valverde (c), Raul Asencio, Dean Huijsen, Alvaro Carreras; Arda Gular, Aurelien Tchouameni, Jude Bellingham; Franco Mastantuono, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr.
Starting XI: Thibaut Courtois; Federico Valverde (c), Raul Asencio, Dean Huijsen, Alvaro Carreras; Arda Gular, Aurelien Tchouameni, Jude Bellingham; Franco Mastantuono, Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Jr.
Bench: Andriy Lunin (gk), Fran Gonzalez (gk), Daniel Carvajal, David Alaba, Fran Garcia, Diego Aguado, Eduardo Camavinga, Dani Ceballos, Brahim Diaz, Jorge Cestero, Rodrygo, Gonzalo Garcia.
Starting XI: Anatoliy Trubin; Amar Dedic, Tomas Araujo, Nicolas Otamendi (c), Samuel Dahl; Leandro Barreiro, Fredrik Aursnes; Andreas Schjelderup, Gianluca Prestianni, Georgiy Sudakov; Vangelis Pavlidis.
Bench: Diogo Ferreira (gk), Antonio Silva, Daniel Banjaqui, Jose Neto, Goncalo Oliveira, Enzo Barrenechea, Manuel Silva, Diogo Prioste, Bruma, Franjo Ivanovic, Anisio Cabral, Rodrigo Rego.
Ahead of the match, Benfica strengthened their forward line by signing 32-year-old attacker Rafa Silva, who returned to the Estadio da Luz on a free transfer from Besiktas. Will the veteran make his Benfica debut tonight?
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Liverpool vs Qarabag FK (Anfield)
Barcelona vs Copenhagen (Camp Nou)
AS Monaco vs Juventus (Stade Louis II)
Ajax vs Olympiacos (Johan Cruyff Arena)
Paris Saint-Germain vs Newcastle United (Parc des Princes)
Borussia Dortmund vs Inter Milan (Signal Iduna Park)
Napoli vs Chelsea (Stadio Diego Armando Maradona)
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Tottenham Hotspur (Waldstadion)
Atletico Madrid vs Bodo/Glimt (Estadio Metropolitano)
Bayer Leverkusen vs Villarreal (BayArena)
Arsenal vs Kairat Almaty (Emirates Stadium)
Pafos FC vs Slavia Prague (Limassol Stadium)
Manchester City vs Galatasaray (Etihad Stadium)
Club Brugge vs Marseille (Jan Breydel Stadium)
Benfica vs Real Madrid (Estadio da Luz)
Union Saint-Gilloise vs Atalanta (Constant Vanden Stock Stadium)
PSV vs Bayern Munich (Philips Stadium)
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The UEFA Champions League match between Benfica and Real Madrid will be live-streamed on the SonyLIV app and website in India. The match will also be televised live on the Sony TEN 3 SD & HD TV channels in the country.
Fixture: SL Benfica vs Real Madrid
Series: UEFA Champions League 2025-26
Venue: Estadio da Luz, Lisbon
Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Time: 1:30 AM IST (January 29)
Hello, football fans! This is the start of our live blog covering Real Madrid’s final league phase match against Benfica. Stay tuned for pre-match updates and line-ups as they are released.