Nice v Benfica result

Full-time · Nice 0–2 Benfica

UEFA Champions League · Wed, 06 Aug 2025 20:00 BST

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:24 UK · refreshed continuously

The model’s pre-match pick

Nice 0–2 Benfica — Benfica won this UEFA Champions League match. TACTIX’s pre-match model pick was Away win.

Free pick

Away win

This is one free selection. The model’s confidence rating, value against the bookmakers and every other market are part of Pro.

The record in this market: of the calls the model rated 70% or more on Away win in the last 90 days, 85.4% of 103 landed (95% range 77.4–91%); it had given them 76% on average. That is the market’s record, not a forecast for this pick. How accurate →

Match report, in numbers

The result

Benfica won 2–0 at Nice in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday 6 August. Benfica have scored in at least 15 consecutive matches in all competitions.

The goals

It was 0–0 at half-time. The goals — Benfica: Franjo Ivanović (53’, assisted by Fredrik Aursnes) and Florentino (88’, assisted by Samuel Dahl).

How it turned

Replaying TACTIX’s published pre-match model through the match’s two key moments (goals and red cards), the biggest swing came with Franjo Ivanović’s goal on 53 minutes.

The numbers

Expected goals (xG) had little between the sides: Nice 0.00, Benfica 0.00, from 12 shots to 13 (the provider’s expected goals for this match).

Discipline

M. Oliver showed four yellow cards — against 3.8 yellows a game across the last 8 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Nice: Abdulay Bah (30’), Tom Louchet (79’) and Antoine Mendy (85’); Benfica: Andreas Schjelderup (33’).

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Franjo Ivanović (Benfica) 7.4, Samuel Dahl (Benfica) 7.3 and Fredrik Aursnes (Benfica) 6.8 led the match.

What the model said

The model’s free pick, Benfica to win, landed — graded in the live track record like every other call.

Next up

Nice next travel to Stade Brestois 29 on 23 October 2026.

Benfica next travel to Omonia Nicosia on 22 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Nice: Stade Brestois 29 v Nice, Friday 23 October — the preview. Next for Benfica: Omonia Nicosia v Benfica, Thursday 22 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: Nice 0–2 Benfica · UEFA Champions League
Referee: M. Oliver
Model coverage: 246 markets priced for this fixture
Recent form: Nice 4W 0D 1L · Benfica 2W 1D 2L

Nice 0–2 Benfica (UEFA Champions League): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across 246 markets, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

2 / 1.88

Goals

against 1.25 / 1.5 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

5.38 / 4.57

Corners

against 4.5 / 4.57 · 1 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 7 matches

5.88 / 5.29

Shots on target

against 4.75 / 4.43 · 4 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 7 matches

1.63 / 3.86

Cards

against 2 / 2.14 · 3 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 7 matches

3.75 yellows

Referee · M. Oliver

1.5 home / 2.25 away

over 8 matches

246

Markets analysed

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 28 June 2025. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 28 June 2025. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Nice for / against	Line	Benfica for / against
Goals scored	2 for · 1.25 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.88 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5.38 for · 4.5 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	4.57 for · 4.57 against n 7 Last 5
Shots	15.25 for · 13.75 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	12.43 for · 11.43 against n 7 Last 5
Shots on target	5.88 for · 4.75 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	5.29 for · 4.43 against n 7 Last 5
Fouls committed	11.5 for · 11.38 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	13.86 for · 12.57 against n 7 Last 5
Cards shown	1.63 for · 2 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	3.86 for · 2.14 against n 7 Last 5

Referee: M. Oliver — 3.75 yellow cards a game, 0.13 red cards, 20.38 fouls over 8 matches (1.5 to the home side, 2.25 to the away side).

Home 1.5Away 2.25

Nice

Nice — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 June 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
A. Abdi n 8	58.8	2.1 5/3	1 4/1	—
S. Diop n 8	26.6	2.1 4/1	1.3 1/1	—
A. Mendy n 8	47.8	1.9 3/2	0.7 3/0	—
Mohamed Abdelmonem n 8	76	1.6 5/2	1 3/2	—
G. Laborde n 8	70.9	1.6 6/2	1 5/1	—

Nice — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 June 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
M. Sanson n 8	47.3	3.1 6/4	1 3/1
T. Moffi n 8	20.6	2.7 3/1	2.2 2/1
J. Boga n 8	51.9	2.4 6/4	1.3 3/3
M. Cho n 8	42.4	2.1 5/2	0.5 2/0
G. Laborde n 8	70.9	1.9 5/4	0.8 2/2

Nice — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 June 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
B. Bouanani n 8	54	0.2 1/0	0.6 2/1
M. Sanson n 8	47.3	0.7 2/1	0 0/0
E. Guessand n 8	55.9	0.4 2/0	0.2 1/0
A. Abdi n 8	58.8	0.6 3/0	0 0/0
J. Clauss n 8	89.4	0 0/0	0.5 3/1

Nice — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 June 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
A. Abdi n 8	58.8	3.6 6/5
T. Louchet n 8	26.1	3.4 6/2
H. Boudaoui n 8	79.4	2.7 8/6
P. Rosario n 8	61.8	2.6 7/5
A. Mendy n 8	47.8	1.9 4/3

Nice — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 June 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
M. Bulka n 8	90	3.5 7/3

Benfica

Benfica — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 June 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
João Pedro Seno Luís Rêgo n 8	10.6	6.4 4/1	0 0/0	—
A. Belotti n 8	24.5	4.1 7/2	4.1 7/2	—
Tiago Gouveia n 8	24.9	3.2 4/3	0 0/0	—
Renato Sanches n 8	39.1	2.3 5/3	3.2 5/3	—
Florentino n 8	83.4	2 8/4	1.1 3/2	—

Benfica — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 June 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Tiago Gouveia n 8	24.9	2.7 3/2	1.8 2/2
Zeki Amdouni n 8	46.3	2.2 5/2	1.2 2/2
A. Di Maria n 8	84.1	2.1 6/5	1.6 6/3
G. Prestianni n 8	25.3	1.8 4/0	0 0/0
A. Belotti n 8	24.5	1.8 3/1	0.9 2/0

Benfica — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 June 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Tiago Gouveia n 8	24.9	0.5 1/0	0.9 2/0
A. Di Maria n 8	84.1	0.8 5/1	0.1 1/0
O. Kökçü n 8	68.3	0.2 1/0	0.5 3/0
V. Pavlidis n 8	84	0.3 2/0	0.3 2/0
S. Dahl n 8	74.5	0 0/0	0.5 2/1

Benfica — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 June 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
João Pedro Seno Luís Rêgo n 8	10.6	6.4 3/1
Florentino n 8	83.4	4.6 8/8
Tomás Araújo n 8	76.5	3.8 8/7
Adrian Bajrami n 4	31.5	2.9 3/1
Zeki Amdouni n 8	46.3	2.4 4/3

Benfica — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 June 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
A. Trubin n 8	93.8	3.1 6/5
Samuel Soares n 8	91.5	1.6 4/3

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Nice		Benfica
47%	Possession	53%
12	Shots	13
2	Shots on target	6
7	Shots off target	3
3	Blocked shots	4
5	Shots inside the box	9
4	Corners	5
1	Offsides	3
9	Fouls	14
3	Yellow cards	1
0	Red cards	0
4	Saves	2
434	Passes	488
87%	Pass accuracy	86%

Nice player stats

Player	Min	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Y. Diouf	90	0	0	0	0	0	7.3
A. Mendy	90	0	0	0	2	Y	6.3
Abdulay Bah	90	0	0	0	0	Y	6.9
J. Clauss	90	1	1	0	0	0	6.3
H. Boudaoui	90	3	0	2	3	0	7.6
M. Bard	90	2	0	0	1	0	6.3
T. Moffi	89	2	1	2	0	0	6.2
B. Bouanani	79	1	0	2	0	0	6.3
I. Jansson	79	0	0	0	1	0	6.3
Dante	45	0	0	0	1	0	7
M. Sanson	28	0	0	1	0	0	6.6
T. Louchet sub	63	0	0	1	1	Y	6.2
K. Peprah Oppong sub	45	0	0	0	1	0	6.2
S. Diop sub	12	0	0	0	1	0	6.6
J. Boga sub	12	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
Bernard Nguene sub	2	0	0	0	1	0	–

Benfica player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
A. Trubin	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.9
A. Dedić	90	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7.3
António Silva	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.2
N. Otamendi	90	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7.5
S. Dahl	90	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	7.3
F. Aursnes	90	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	6.9
R. Rios	90	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	6.9
E. Barrenechea	77	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	7.7
F. Ivanović	77	1	0	4	2	0	3	0	8
V. Pavlidis	77	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	5.2
A. Schjelderup	66	0	0	0	0	2	2	Y	7.9
G. Prestianni sub	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.5
L. Barreiro sub	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.6
Florentino sub	14	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	7.9
Henrique Araújo sub	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind Nice v Benfica — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

NiceWWWLW

Last 5: 4W 0D 1L · 2.4 scored / 0.8 conceded per game

BenficaLDWWL

Last 5: 2W 1D 2L · 2.2 scored / 1.8 conceded per game

League standing · 2025/26

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

NiceNot in this league table

Benfica#24 pos9 pts8 pl-2 GD

Goals per game

Nice scored2.4

Benfica scored1.25

Nice conceded0.8

Benfica conceded1.5

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Frequently asked questions

What was the model’s pick for Nice v Benfica?: TACTIX’s free model pick for Nice v Benfica was Away win.
What is the recent form of Nice and Benfica?: Recent form — Nice 4W 0D 1L; Benfica 2W 1D 2L.

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