Alessia Russo supplied all three goals as Arsenal beat Benfica 3–0 in the Women’s Champions League on 28 October. Her finishes arrived in the 39th, 66th and 79th minutes, with the last coming from the penalty spot. Arsenal therefore carried a narrow advantage into the interval before establishing a much more comfortable margin after it.
The ESPN shot count gives the result useful context. Arsenal attempted 31 shots and put 15 on target; Benfica managed five attempts, including two on target. That is a substantial difference in attacking volume, although the figures alone cannot tell us the difficulty of every chance or the quality of each defensive intervention.
Russo’s contribution also stretched across different phases of the match. The opening goal took 39 minutes to arrive, while the second and third prevented the contest remaining dependent on a single finish. For Benfica, the small number of efforts testing the goalkeeper makes attacking production part of the review alongside the three goals conceded.
Arsenal 3–0 Benfica
Match date: 2026-10-28 22:00 Asia/Jerusalem. Result and scoring timeline according to ESPN’s match record.
- Alessia Russo — 39' — Arsenal
- Alessia Russo — 66' — Arsenal
- Alessia Russo — 79' — Arsenal (penalty)
Archival cover photograph: Alessia Russo during Chelsea against Arsenal in September 2026; not an image of the current event. Photographer/creator: Katie Chan. Image source and metadata; CC BY-SA 4.0. The Wikimedia-supplied thumbnail is used without further modification. Image date as recorded by the source: 2026-09-27 17:57.
