Sunday , 16 August 2026

Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs FC Arouca, Primeira Liga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

Primeira Liga · 2024-25
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
2 – 2
Full Time
FC Arouca
Sun 13 Apr 2025 · 17:00 UTC Estadio da Luz 61,581 HT 45' · FT 45'
Orkun Kokcu 60' 1–0
1–1 72' Guven Yalcin pen
Vangelis Pavlidis 80' 2–1
2–2 90+6' Weverson
Y 43' Pedro Santos
Alvaro Carreras 72' Y
Y 76' Nico Mantl
Y 82' Jose Fontan

Overview

Match Preview

Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs FC Arouca — Primeira Liga at Estadio da Luz.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FC Porto 2 6
2 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2 4
3 CD Santa Clara 2 4
4 CS Marítimo 1 3
5 FC Arouca 1 3
6 Gil Vicente FC 1 3
7 CF Estrela da Amadora 2 2
8 Moreirense FC 1 1
9 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1 1
10 Sporting Clube de Braga 1 1
11 Académico de Viseu FC 2 1
12 FC Famalicão 1 1
13 GD Estoril Praia 1 1
14 CD Nacional 1 1
15 FC Alverca 2 1
16 Casa Pia AC 1 0
17 Vitória SC 2 0
18 Rio Ave FC 2 0

Head-to-Head

9
1
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 10 games · Avg 3.3 goals FC Arouca
Last 5 meetings
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 2024-01-06 FC Arouca 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2023-01-31 FC Arouca 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Recent Form

Sport Lisboa e Benfica
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Apr FC Arouca H 2–2 D
06 Apr FC Porto A 4–1 W
02 Apr SC Farense H 3–2 W
28 Mar Gil Vicente FC A 3–0 W
16 Mar Rio Ave FC A 3–2 W
11 Mar FC Barcelona A 1–3 L
FC Arouca
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
13 Apr Sport Lisboa e Benfica A 2–2 D
05 Apr FC Famalicão H 1–2 L
29 Mar Sporting Clube de Braga A 1–2 L
16 Mar GD Estoril Praia H 1–1 D
08 Mar AVS A 1–0 W
01 Mar FC Porto H 0–2 L

Season Stats

Sport Lisboa e Benfica FC Arouca
#9 Position #5
1 Points 3
1 Played 1
0 / 1 / 0 W / D / L 1 / 0 / 0
2 Scored 1
2 Conceded 0
+0 GD +1
1.00 PPG 3.00
0% Win % 100%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season
100% Clean Sheets
FC Arouca this season

Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 9th (1 pts). FC Arouca are 5th (3 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Sport Lisboa e Benfica and FC Arouca is underway.
  • 5' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sport Lisboa e Benfica must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 15' 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 Alex Pinto suffering a number of foals already.
  • 20' The travelling FC Arouca supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 25' Antonio Silva is a natural defender and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sport Lisboa e Benfica tonight.
  • 30' It’s high time Vasco Seabra made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 35' It looks surprising Sport Lisboa e Benfica does not make any changes. Fredrik Aursnes has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 40' Pedro Santos has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 43' FC Arouca receives a card for a hard tackle on 43.
  • 48' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 53' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sport Lisboa e Benfica and FC Arouca are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 58' FC Arouca are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 60' The deadlock is broken! Orkun Kokcu gets on the scoresheet on 60 minutes.
  • 65' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Arouca is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 70' Sport Lisboa e Benfica currently sit 2 in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 72' A goal from the Turkey international Guven Yalcin! He fires home on 72 to make it 1-1!
  • 72' Alvaro Carreras catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 72.
  • 76' Nico Mantl was booked on 76.
  • 76' Andrea Belotti gets the nod from Sport Lisboa e Benfica. He replaces Angel di Maria and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 80' The Greece Vangelis Pavlidis breaks the deadlock on 80 minutes. 2-1!
  • 82' Jose Fontan catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 82.
  • 83' A tactical swap from FC Arouca — Weverson on, Amadou Dante off on 83 minutes.
  • 84' It is a substitution in FC Arouca team. Alfonso Trezza is replaced by Dylan Nandin on 84 minute.
  • 88' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica bench stirs into life. Vangelis Pavlidis is withdrawn and Leandro Barreiro Martins gets his opportunity.
  • 89' Another substitution for FC Arouca to replace Taichi Fukui by Loum Ndiaye on 89 minute.
  • 90' Another change for Sport Lisboa e Benfica made on 90 minute. Fredrik Aursnes leaves to be changed by Arthur Cabral.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 2-2 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bruno Nascimento

FC Arouca Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Vasco Seabra

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

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 2024-01-06 FC Arouca 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2023-01-31 FC Arouca 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2025-04-13 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 FC Arouca D 2025-04-06 FC Porto 1–4 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2025-04-02 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–2 SC Farense W 2025-03-28 Gil Vicente FC 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2025-03-16 Rio Ave FC 2–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2025-03-11 FC Barcelona 3–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L

FC Arouca Form

2025-04-13 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 FC Arouca D 2025-04-05 FC Arouca 1–2 FC Famalicão L 2025-03-29 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 FC Arouca L 2025-03-16 FC Arouca 1–1 GD Estoril Praia D 2025-03-08 AVS 0–1 FC Arouca W 2025-03-01 FC Arouca 0–2 FC Porto L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.34 FC Arouca xG
I would bet for: Sport Lisboa e Benfica or FC Arouca 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Sport Lisboa e Benfica42% Draw27% FC Arouca31%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes53% 0% No47%
Avg goals/match: 2.57
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 73%
27%
± 2.5 47%
53%
± 3.5 26%
74%
± 4.5 13%
87%

Double Chance

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw
69%
Draw or FC Arouca
58%
Sport Lisboa e Benfica or FC Arouca
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sport Lisboa e Benfica24% Draw48% FC Arouca28%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.5%
0 – 0
9.7%
0 – 1
9.2%
1 – 0
8.3%
1 – 2
8.1%
2 – 1
7.5%
0 – 2
6.7%
2 – 0
5.6%
2 – 2
Actual
1 – 3
3.7%
3 – 1
3.1%
0 – 3
3%

Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Handicap Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers Push FC Arouca covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 10% 86%
-1.5 14% — 86%
-1 14% 18% 67%
-0.5 33% — 67%
+0.5 62% — 38%
+1 62% 20% 18%
+1.5 82% — 18%
+2 82% 11% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet
27% ✓
FC Arouca keeps clean sheet
30% ✓

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