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 7 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 7 games · 16 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

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Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	7	21
2	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	7	16
3	Sporting Clube de Portugal	7	15
4	CD Santa Clara	7	15
5	FC Arouca	7	11
6	Sporting Clube de Braga	6	11
7	Académico de Viseu FC	7	11
8	CF Estrela da Amadora	7	10
9	Moreirense FC	7	8
10	Gil Vicente FC	6	8
11	CS Marítimo	7	8
12	FC Alverca	7	8
13	FC Famalicão	7	7
14	Vitória SC	7	5
15	CD Nacional	7	4
16	Rio Ave FC	7	4
17	Casa Pia AC	7	4
18	GD Estoril Praia	7	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 Famalicão	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	Vitória 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
11	Points	16
7	Played	7
3 / 2 / 2	W / D / L	5 / 1 / 1
10	Scored	22
7	Conceded	7
+3	GD	+15
1.57	PPG	2.29
43%	Win %	71%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

43% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

43% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

FC Arouca are 5th (11 pts). Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 2nd (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Arouca

0-15

–/1

16-30

1/3

31-45

2/1

46-60

3/–

61-75

–/1

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

0-15

4/1

16-30

1/–

31-45

2/1

46-60

8/3

61-75

3/1

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Arouca

Barbero	4 G
Jose Fontan	2 G
Dylan Nandin	2 G

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Vangelis Pavlidis	8 G	2 A
Gianluca Prestianni	5 G	3 A
Leandro Barreiro Martins	2 G	1 A
Rafa Silva	1 G	2 A
Jhon Duran	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — FC Arouca and Sport Lisboa e Benfica get this one started.
With this win, Sport Lisboa e Benfica is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

FC Arouca Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

FC Arouca Form

2026-03-14 FC Arouca 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2026-03-06 FC Famalicão 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 Vitória 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

1.25 FC Arouca xG

Expected Goals

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

2.24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Arouca23% Draw23% Sport Lisboa e Benfica54%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.49

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	27%	73%

Double Chance

FC Arouca or Draw

46%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

77%

FC Arouca or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Arouca18% Draw39% Sport Lisboa e Benfica43%

Actual: FC Arouca win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.4%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

7.7%

1 – 3

6.8%

0 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

5.7%

0 – 3

5.6%

2 – 1

5.2%

0 – 0

4.4%

2 – 3

4.3%

1 – 4

3.9%

1 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — FC Arouca

Handicap	FC Arouca covers	Push	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	6%	92%
-1.5	8%	—	92%
-1	8%	12%	80%
-0.5	20%	—	80%
+0.5	42%	—	58%
+1	42%	21%	37%
+1.5	63%	—	37%
+2	63%	18%	20%
+2.5	80%	—	20%

Clean Sheet

FC Arouca keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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.