FC Arouca vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Sat 14 Mar 2026 · 20:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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FC Arouca vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Primeira Liga .

FC Arouca 11 games · 20 pts (2026/27)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 11 games · 28 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee

3 games this season 🟨 5.0/game ⚽ 17.7 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	11	33
2	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	11	28
3	Sporting Clube de Portugal	11	24
4	CD Santa Clara	11	21
5	FC Arouca	11	20
6	Academico de Viseu FC	11	20
7	Gil Vicente FC	11	18
8	Sporting Clube de Braga	11	17
9	Moreirense FC	11	14
10	FC Famalicao	11	13
11	FC Alverca	11	12
12	CF Estrela da Amadora	11	10
13	CD Nacional	11	10
14	Vitoria SC	11	9
15	CS Maritimo	10	8
16	Casa Pia AC	11	8
17	Rio Ave FC	11	7
18	GD Estoril Praia	10	2

Head-to-Head

FC Arouca 10 games · Avg 3.3 goals Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Last 5 meetings

2026-03-14 FC Arouca 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2025-10-25 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 5–0 FC Arouca 2025-04-13 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 FC Arouca 2024-12-01 FC Arouca 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2024-05-12 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 5–0 FC Arouca

Recent Form

FC Arouca

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Mar	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	1–2	L
06 Mar	FC Famalicao	A	0–1	L
27 Feb	FC Porto	A	1–3	L
21 Feb	CD Nacional	H	3–0	W
14 Feb	Casa Pia AC	A	2–3	L
07 Feb	Vitoria SC	H	3–2	W

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Mar	FC Arouca	A	2–1	W
08 Mar	FC Porto	H	2–2	D
02 Mar	Gil Vicente FC	A	2–1	W
25 Feb	Real Madrid CF	A	1–2	L
21 Feb	AVS	H	3–0	W
17 Feb	Real Madrid CF	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

FC Arouca		Sport Lisboa e Benfica
#5	Position	#2
20	Points	28
11	Played	11
6 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	9 / 1 / 1
13	Scored	30
8	Conceded	10
+5	GD	+20
1.82	PPG	2.55
55%	Win %	82%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

55% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

45% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

FC Arouca are 5th (20 pts). Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 2nd (28 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Arouca

0-15

1/1

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/1

46-60

3/–

61-75

1/1

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

0-15

4/1

16-30

3/–

31-45

2/2

46-60

9/4

61-75

6/1

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Arouca

Barbero	5 G
Jose Fontan	2 G
Dylan Nandin	2 G

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Vangelis Pavlidis	11 G	3 A
Gianluca Prestianni	7 G	4 A
Leandro Barreiro Martins	2 G	1 A
Rafa Silva	1 G	2 A
Jhon Duran	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. FC Arouca is hosting Sport Lisboa e Benfica for another epic battle.
The points are shared — FC Arouca 1-2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Honours even.

Lineups

FC Arouca Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Rafa Silva	5
Joao Mario	3
Orkun Kokcu	3
Darwin Nunez	2
Petar Musa	2
Angel di Maria	2
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt	2
Roman Yaremchuk	2

Head to Head

FC Arouca Form

2026-03-14 FC Arouca 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2026-03-06 FC Famalicao 1–0 FC Arouca L 2026-02-27 FC Porto 3–1 FC Arouca L 2026-02-21 FC Arouca 3–0 CD Nacional W 2026-02-14 Casa Pia AC 3–2 FC Arouca L 2026-02-07 FC Arouca 3–2 Vitoria SC W

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2026-03-14 FC Arouca 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2026-03-08 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 FC Porto D 2026-03-02 Gil Vicente FC 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2026-02-25 Real Madrid CF 2–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2026-02-21 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 AVS W 2026-02-17 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 0–1 Real Madrid CF L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.12 FC Arouca xG

Expected Goals

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

1.86 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Arouca24% Draw26% Sport Lisboa e Benfica50%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.98

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

FC Arouca or Draw

50%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

76%

FC Arouca or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Arouca18% Draw43% Sport Lisboa e Benfica39%

Actual: FC Arouca win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.4%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

8.7%

0 – 2

8.7%

0 – 0

6.8%

1 – 3

5.9%

2 – 1

5.7%

2 – 2

5.3%

0 – 3

5.3%

1 – 0

4.8%

2 – 3

3.4%

2 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — FC Arouca

Handicap	FC Arouca covers	Push	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	6%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	13%	78%
-0.5	22%	—	78%
+0.5	47%	—	53%
+1	47%	22%	31%
+1.5	69%	—	31%
+2	69%	16%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

Clean Sheet

FC Arouca keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

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