CA Boca Juniors vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Club World Cup 2025 GROUP STAGE

Refresh

FIFA Club World Cup · 2025

CA Boca Juniors

2 – 2

Full Time

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Mon 16 Jun 2025 · 22:00 UTC Hard Rock Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Ander Herrera 45' R

Carlos Palacios 66' Y

Y 68' Alvaro Carreras

R 72' Andrea Belotti

Y 83' Vangelis Pavlidis

Ayrton Costa 85' Y

Jorge Figal 88' R

Overview

Match Preview

CA Boca Juniors vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Club World Cup at Hard Rock Stadium.

CA Boca Juniors 3 games · 2 pts (2025/25)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3 games · 7 pts (2025/25)

Match Details

Referee Cesar Ramos

4 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 10.5 goals/game 🟥 3 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	SE Palmeiras	3	5
2	Internacional CF Miami	3	5
3	FC Porto	3	2
4	Al Ahly SC	3	2
5	Paris Saint-Germain FC	3	6
6	Botafogo FR	3	6
7	Club Atlético de Madrid	3	6
8	Seattle Sounders FC	3	0
9	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	3	7
10	FC Bayern München	3	6
11	CA Boca Juniors	3	2
12	Auckland City FC	3	1
13	CR Flamengo	3	7
14	Chelsea FC	3	6
15	Esperance de Tunis	3	3
16	Los Angeles FC	3	1
17	FC Internazionale Milano	3	7
18	CF Monterrey	3	5
19	CA River Plate	3	4
20	Urawa Red Diamonds	3	0
21	Borussia Dortmund	3	7
22	Fluminense FC	3	5
23	Mamelodi Sundowns FC	3	4
24	Ulsan HD FC	3	0
25	Manchester City FC	3	9
26	Juventus FC	3	6
27	Al Ain FC	3	3
28	Wydad AC	3	0
29	Real Madrid CF	3	7
30	Al Hilal	3	5
31	FC Red Bull Salzburg	3	4
32	CF Pachuca	3	0

Head-to-Head

CA Boca Juniors 1 games · Avg 4.0 goals Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Last 5 meetings

2025-06-16 CA Boca Juniors 2–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Recent Form

CA Boca Juniors

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Jun	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	2–2	D
26 Feb	Club Alianza Lima	H	4–5	L
19 Feb	Club Alianza Lima	A	0–1	L
14 Dec	CA Independiente	H	0–0	D
09 Dec	CA Newell's Old Boys	A	1–0	W
02 Dec	Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata	H	1–0	W

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Jun	CA Boca Juniors	A	2–2	D
17 May	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	1–1	D
10 May	Sporting Clube de Portugal	H	1–1	D
03 May	GD Estoril Praia	A	2–1	W
27 Apr	AVS	H	6–0	W
19 Apr	Vitória SC	A	3–0	W

Season Stats

CA Boca Juniors		Sport Lisboa e Benfica
#11	Position	#9
2	Points	7
3	Played	3
0 / 2 / 1	W / D / L	2 / 1 / 0
4	Scored	9
5	Conceded	2
-1	GD	+7
0.67	PPG	2.33
0%	Win %	67%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)

100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
CA Boca Juniors this season

50% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

CA Boca Juniors are 11th (2 pts). Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 9th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

CA Boca Juniors

0-15

–/–

16-30

2/2

31-45

–/1

46-60

–/1

61-75

1/–

76+

–/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

0-15

1/–

16-30

–/2

31-45

2/–

46-60

1/–

61-75

1/1

76+

5/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

CA Boca Juniors

Miguel Merentiel	2 G
Rodrigo Battaglia	1 G

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Angel di Maria	4 G
Leandro Barreiro Martins	2 G
Nicolas Otamendi	1 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. CA Boca Juniors host Sport Lisboa e Benfica — let the battle begin!
5' Sport Lisboa e Benfica looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Nicolas Otamendi scoring 1 goals.
10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Kevin Zenon is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
15' The home supporters are growing impatient. CA Boca Juniors must find a spark to ignite this game.
20' The crowd applauds Ander Herrera as he leaves the pitch. Tomas Belmonte steps in for CA Boca Juniors.
21' Magnificent from Miguel Merentiel! That is 38 goals in 147 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
26' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His CA Boca Juniors side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
27' Against the run of play, Rodrigo Battaglia has scored! This game has turned on its head.
32' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Carlos Palacios suffering a number of foals already.
37' It looks surprising Sport Lisboa e Benfica does not make any changes. Anatolii Trubin has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
42' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
45' The referee has no hesitation. Ander Herrera is booked for CA Boca Juniors — card on 45.
46' Andrea Belotti has so much to prove this time. He replaces Samuel Dahl on 46 minute.
48' Brilliant from the ! Angel di Maria makes it 2-1 with a superb finish on 45.
53' CA Boca Juniors are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
58' Time for substitution for CA Boca Juniors. Alan Velasco is replaced by Milton Gimenez.
61' A tactical swap from Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu on, Bruma off on 61 minutes.
62' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes a substitution. Renato Sanches departs to be replaced by Orkun Kokcu.
66' A change in the CA Boca Juniors ranks — Miguel Merentiel exits the field as Exequiel Zeballos enters on 66.
66' Controversy at the stadium! Carlos Palacios argues furiously but the card stands.
68' It’s a booking for Sport Lisboa e Benfica player. Alvaro Carreras gets a card.
72' It’s gonna be a card for Andrea Belotti.
77' A change in the Sport Lisboa e Benfica ranks — Angel di Maria exits the field as Gianluca Prestianni enters on 77.
82' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sport Lisboa e Benfica needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
83' Vangelis Pavlidis picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
84' Against the run of play, Nicolas Otamendi has scored! This game has turned on its head.
85' Poor challenge from Ayrton Costa. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
88' The referee calls foul for Jorge Figal. He receives a card.
90' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes a substitution. Florentino departs to be replaced by Leandro Barreiro Martins.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — CA Boca Juniors 2-2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

Lineups

CA Boca Juniors Lineups

Starting XI

21
Ander Herrera ↓ Tomas Belmonte 20'
5
Rodrigo Battaglia
17
Luis Advincula
4
Jorge Figal
25
Agustin Marchesin
16
Miguel Merentiel ↓ Exequiel Zeballos 66'
20
Alan Velasco ↓ Milton Gimenez 58'
23
Lautaro Blanco
22
Kevin Zenon
8
Carlos Palacios ↓ William Alarcon 66'
32
Ayrton Costa

Bench

Coach Miguel Russo

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

30
Nicolas Otamendi
11
Angel di Maria ↓ Gianluca Prestianni 77'
85
Renato Sanches ↓ Orkun Kokcu 62'
27
Bruma ↓ Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu 61'
14
Vangelis Pavlidis
8
Fredrik Aursnes
61
Florentino ↓ Leandro Barreiro Martins 90'
1
Anatolii Trubin
3
Alvaro Carreras
4
Antonio Silva
26
Samuel Dahl ↓ Andrea Belotti 46'

Bench

Coach Bruno Nascimento

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Angel di Maria	1
Rodrigo Battaglia	1
Miguel Merentiel	1
Nicolas Otamendi	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.25 CA Boca Juniors xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.64 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

CA Boca Juniors23% Draw21% Sport Lisboa e Benfica56%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.89

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

CA Boca Juniors or Draw

44%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

77%

CA Boca Juniors or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

CA Boca Juniors15% Draw36% Sport Lisboa e Benfica49%

Actual: CA Boca Juniors win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 2

8.7%

1 – 1

7.5%

1 – 3

7.5%

0 – 2

7.3%

0 – 3

6.2%

2 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

5.2%

1 – 4

2 – 3

4.7%

2 – 1

4.2%

0 – 4

0 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — CA Boca Juniors

Handicap	CA Boca Juniors covers	Push	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	4%	94%
-1.5	6%	—	94%
-1	6%	9%	84%
-0.5	16%	—	84%
+0.5	34%	—	66%
+1	34%	20%	45%
+1.5	55%	—	45%
+2	55%	19%	27%
+2.5	73%	—	27%

Clean Sheet

CA Boca Juniors keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

CA Boca Juniors vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Club World Cup 2025 GROUP STAGE

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

CA Boca Juniors Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

CA Boca Juniors Form

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — CA Boca Juniors

Clean Sheet