UEFA Champions League 2025-26
KNOCK-OUT PHASE PLAY-OFFS, 1ST LEG

WDL Head-to-head: European meetings only

FEB 17			Form	League position
Galatasaray TUR	2-3-1 	20th (10pts)
Juventus ITA		13th (13pts)
Rams Park

Monaco FRA	First meeting	21st (10pts)
PSG FRA			11th (14pts)
Stade Louis II

Benfica POR	3-0-1	24th (9pts)
Real Madrid ESP		9th (15pts)
Estádio da Luz

Dortmund GER	1-1-0	17th (11pts)
Atalanta ITA		15th (13pts)
Westfalenstadion

FEB 18
Qarabag AZE	First meeting	22nd (10pts)
Newcastle ENG		12th (14pts)
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium

Olympiacos GRE	2-0-1	18th (11pts)
Leverkusen GER		16th (12pts)
Karaiskakis Stadium

Bodø/Glimt NOR	0-0-2	23rd (9pts)
Inter ITA		10th (15pts)
Aspmyra Stadion

Club Brugge BEL	3-2-3	19th (10pts)
Atletico ESP		14th (13pts)
Jan Breydel Stadium

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THRILLING ENCOUNTER: Benfica
face Real Madrid just three weeks after
pulsating clash, in which Portuguese side
secured final qualifying berth with dramatic
98th-minute goal. In December, José Mourinho
became only fifth coach to take charge of
150 matches in Europe’s elite
club competition

Matches in Champions League
Carlo Ancelotti	Win ratio %: 56.9	218	5 titles
Alex Ferguson	53.7			190	2
Pep Guardiola	62.6			187	3
Arsene Wenger	46.1			178	0
Jose Mourinho	52.6			152	2
Diego Simeone	50.0			120	0

MASTER VS APPRENTICE
Álvaro Arbeloa has endured
testing start to his Real Madrid tenure, 
with challenging double-header against
Mourinho set to shape tone
of Spanish giants’ season

Benfica: Home record in Champions League
W36
D16
L24

FRENCH CONNECTION: Rivals Monaco and PSG
are set for feisty clash – Parisians’ defeated Brest at
this stage in 2025, en route to maiden European title

All-time head-to-head record
Matches: 116
Monaco 49
Draw 29
PSG 38

Recent meetings
2025 Monaco - PSG	Ligue 1			1-0
2025 PSG - Monaco	Ligue 1			4-1
2025 PSG - Monaco	Trophée des Champions	1-0
2024 Monaco - PSG	Ligue 1			2-4
2024 Monaco - PSG	Ligue 1			0-0
2023 PSG - Monaco	Ligue 1			5-2

Maghnes
Akliouche
Creative talent
for Monaco
attracting
interest from
European
clubs

José
Mourinho.
Coach at
Bernabéu
2010-13,
winning
three
trophies

Source: UEFA
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