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FC Porto vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Primeira Liga 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2020-21
FC Porto
1 – 1
Full Time
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Fri 15 Jan 2021 · 21:00 UTC Estadio Do Dragao HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 50' Pizzi
Pepe 51' Y
Y 54' Nuno Tavares
Jesus Manuel Corona 64' Y
Mehdi Taremi 71' Y
Moussa Marega 73' Y
Mehdi Taremi 73' R
Y 78' Chiquinho
Y 84' Jan Vertonghen
Agustin Marchesin 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

FC Porto vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Primeira Liga at Estadio Do Dragao.

Match Details

  • Referee Luis Godinho
  • Referee Rui Teixeira
  • Referee Rui Costa
  • Referee Valter Rufo
  • Referee Ricardo Baixinho
  • Referee Goncalo Freire
  • Referee
13 games this season 🟨 1.4/game ⚽ 5.2 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Porto 34 88
2 Sporting Clube de Portugal 34 82
3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 34 80
4 Sporting Clube de Braga 34 59
5 FC Famalicão 34 56
6 Gil Vicente FC 34 50
7 Moreirense FC 34 43
8 FC Arouca 34 42
9 Vitória SC 34 42
10 GD Estoril Praia 34 39
11 FC Alverca 34 39
12 Rio Ave FC 34 36
13 CD Santa Clara 34 36
14 CD Nacional 34 34
15 CF Estrela da Amadora 34 30
16 Casa Pia AC 34 30
17 CD Tondela 34 28
18 AVS 34 21

Head-to-Head

6
4
6
FC Porto 16 games · Avg 2.8 goals Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Last 5 meetings
2021-01-15 FC Porto 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2020-02-08 FC Porto 3–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2019-08-24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 0–2 FC Porto 2019-03-02 FC Porto 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2018-10-07 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–0 FC Porto

Recent Form

FC Porto
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Jan Sport Lisboa e Benfica H 1–1 D
08 Jan FC Famalicão A 4–1 W
03 Jan Moreirense FC H 3–0 W
29 Dec Vitória SC A 3–2 W
20 Dec CD Nacional H 2–0 W
09 Dec PAE Olympiakos SFP A 2–0 W
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Jan FC Porto A 1–1 D
08 Jan CD Tondela H 2–0 W
04 Jan CD Santa Clara A 1–1 D
29 Dec Portimonense SC H 2–1 W
20 Dec Gil Vicente FC A 2–0 W
10 Dec Royal Standard de Liege A 2–2 D

Season Stats

FC Porto Sport Lisboa e Benfica
#1 Position #3
88 Points 80
34 Played 34
28 / 4 / 2 W / D / L 23 / 11 / 0
66 Scored 74
18 Conceded 25
+48 GD +49
2.59 PPG 2.35
82% Win % 68%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
62% Clean Sheets
FC Porto this season
41% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

FC Porto are 1st (88 pts). Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 3rd (80 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Porto
0-15
1/–
16-30
1/1
31-45
3/–
46-60
2/2
61-75
2/–
76+
1/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
0-15
6/–
16-30
4/1
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/1
61-75
1/2
76+
4/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' FC Porto have kicked off against Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 10' The travelling Sport Lisboa e Benfica supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 15' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 17' Sport Lisboa e Benfica is taking the lead after the goal scored by Alejandro Grimaldo on 17.
  • 22' With 0 assists to his name this season, Mateus Uribe is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
  • 25' The Iran Mehdi Taremi breaks the deadlock on 25 minutes. 1-1!
  • 30' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 35' Sport Lisboa e Benfica come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 40' Sport Lisboa e Benfica looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
  • 45' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 50' Pizzi is having his name booked by the referee on 50.
  • 51' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Pepe.
  • 54' That is a Yellow card for Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Nuno Tavares will be fuming at that decision.
  • 59' FC Porto currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 64' Jesus Manuel Corona is having his name booked by the referee on 64.
  • 69' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Pizzi made 467 appearances and scored 64 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 71' Poor challenge from Mehdi Taremi. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 73' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Moussa Marega.
  • 77' Another change for Sport Lisboa e Benfica made on 77 minute. Pizzi leaves to be changed by Chiquinho.
  • 78' Chiquinho has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 78.
  • 82' Diogo Leite gets the nod from FC Porto. He replaces Zaidu Sanusi and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 83' Everton has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alejandro Grimaldo on 83 minute.
  • 84' Sport Lisboa e Benfica player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 89' Sport Lisboa e Benfica is showing some good football. However, Sport Lisboa e Benfica are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 90' The referee calls foul for Agustin Marchesin. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 90' It is a substitution in Sport Lisboa e Benfica team. Rafa Silva is replaced by Gian-Luca Waldschmidt on 90 minute.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-1.

Lineups

FC Porto Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sergio Conceicao

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jorge Jesus

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Mehdi Taremi 3
Angel di Maria 3
Rafa Silva 3
Vangelis Pavlidis 3
Mateus Uribe 2
Galeno 2
Pepe 2
Fabio Vieira 2

Head to Head

2021-01-15 FC Porto 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2020-02-08 FC Porto 3–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2019-08-24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 0–2 FC Porto 2019-03-02 FC Porto 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2018-10-07 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–0 FC Porto

FC Porto Form

2021-01-15 FC Porto 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2021-01-08 FC Famalicão 1–4 FC Porto W 2021-01-03 FC Porto 3–0 Moreirense FC W 2020-12-29 Vitória SC 2–3 FC Porto W 2020-12-20 FC Porto 2–0 CD Nacional W 2020-12-09 PAE Olympiakos SFP 0–2 FC Porto W

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2021-01-15 FC Porto 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2021-01-08 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 CD Tondela W 2021-01-04 CD Santa Clara 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2020-12-29 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 Portimonense SC W 2020-12-20 Gil Vicente FC 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2020-12-10 Royal Standard de Liege 2–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.35 FC Porto xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.94 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
FC Porto46% Draw29% Sport Lisboa e Benfica25%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes46% 0% No54%
Avg goals/match: 2.29
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 88%
12%
± 1.5 67%
33%
± 2.5 40%
60%
± 3.5 20%
80%
± 4.5 9%
91%

Double Chance

FC Porto or Draw
75%
Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica
54%
FC Porto or Sport Lisboa e Benfica
71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Porto31% Draw51% Sport Lisboa e Benfica18%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
1 – 0
12.5%
0 – 0
12.3%
2 – 0
8.9%
2 – 1
8.4%
0 – 1
8.3%
1 – 2
5.8%
0 – 2
4.3%
2 – 2
4.1%
3 – 0
3.9%
3 – 1
3.8%
3 – 2
1.9%

Asian Handicap — FC Porto

Handicap FC Porto covers Push Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 14% 79%
-1.5 21% — 79%
-1 21% 23% 55%
-0.5 45% — 55%
+0.5 75% — 25%
+1 75% 16% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 7% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

FC Porto keeps clean sheet
40% ✓
Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet
27% ✓

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