Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs Maccabi Haifa FC, Champions League 2022-23 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs Maccabi Haifa FC — Champions League at Estadio da Luz.
- Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 games · 9 pts (2025/26)
- Maccabi Haifa FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Andreas Ekberg
- Referee Mehmet-Mohammed Culum
- Referee Pol van Boekel
- Referee Dennis Higler
- Referee Fredrik Klitte
- Referee Niklas Nyberg (Sweden)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern Munchen 8 21 3 Liverpool FC 8 18 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17 5 FC Barcelona 8 16 6 Chelsea FC 8 16 7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16 8 Manchester City FC 8 16 9 Real Madrid CF 8 15 10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15 11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14 12 Newcastle United FC 8 14 13 Juventus FC 8 13 14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13 15 Atalanta BC 8 13 16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12 17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11 18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11 19 Club Brugge KV 8 10 20 Galatasaray SK 8 10 21 AS Monaco FC 8 10 22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10 23 FK Bodo/Glimt 8 9 24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9 25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9 26 Paphos FC 8 9 27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9 28 PSV 8 8 29 Athletic Club 8 8 30 SSC Napoli 8 8 31 FC Kobenhavn 8 8 32 AFC Ajax 8 6 33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4 34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3 35 Villarreal CF 8 1 36 FK Kairat 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Sep Maccabi Haifa FC H 2–0 W 02 Sep FC Vizela H 2–1 W 30 Aug FC Pacos de Ferreira H 3–2 W 27 Aug Boavista FC A 3–0 W 23 Aug FK Dynamo Kyiv H 3–0 W 17 Aug FK Dynamo Kyiv A 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Sep Sport Lisboa e Benfica A 0–2 L 23 Aug FK Crvena Zvezda A 2–2 D 17 Aug FK Crvena Zvezda H 3–2 W 09 Aug Apollon FC Lemesos A 0–2 L 03 Aug Apollon FC Lemesos H 4–0 W 27 Jul PAE Olympiakos SFP A 4–0 W Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Sport Lisboa e Benfica is hosting Maccabi Haifa FC for another epic battle.
- 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 10' 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.
- 15' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 20' The travelling Maccabi Haifa FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 25' Sport Lisboa e Benfica started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
- 30' Maccabi Haifa FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 31' The whistle greets Ali Mohamed as he departs to be replaced by Mohammad Abu Fani.
- 32' The supporters are chanting for Mohammad Abu Fani. He replaces Ali Mohamed on 32 minute.
- 37' It looks like no one’s ball. Maccabi Haifa FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 42' Alexander Bah has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 45' Goncalo Ramos is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
- 46' It is a substitution in Sport Lisboa e Benfica team. Goncalo Ramos is replaced by Petar Musa on 46 minute.
- 50' Rafa Silva puts Sport Lisboa e Benfica on the lead.
- 54' What a strike from Alejandro Grimaldo! The score is 2-0.
- 55' GOAL! Alejandro Grimaldo scores on 55.
- 59' Neta Lavi was booked on 59.
- 64' The referee calls foul for Abdoulaye Seck. He receives a Yellow card.
- 65' Fredrik Aursnes has so much to prove this time. He replaces David Neres on 65 minute.
- 67' Maccabi Haifa FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Suf Podgoreanu is hanging Abdoulaye Seck on the field on 67 minute.
- 72' 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.
- 77' It’s high time Roger Schmidt made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 79' Diogo Goncalves has so much to prove this time. He replaces Rafa Silva on 79 minute.
- 80' The supporters are chanting for Sun Menachem. He replaces Suf Podgoreanu on 80 minute.
- 85' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 90' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- Full Time. Sport Lisboa e Benfica beats Maccabi Haifa FC
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Lineups
Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups
Starting XI
- 30
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7
David Neres ↓ Fredrik Aursnes 65'
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20
Joao Mario ↓ Chiquinho 79'
- 3
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27
Rafa Silva ↓ Diogo Goncalves 79'
- 99
- 13
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88
Goncalo Ramos ↓ Petar Musa 46'
- 6
- 61
- 66
Bench
- 2
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17
Diogo Goncalves ↑ 79'
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- 25
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22
Chiquinho ↑ 79'
- 77
- 18
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8
Fredrik Aursnes ↑ 65'
- 23
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33
Petar Musa ↑ 46'
- 55
- 39
Coach Roger SchmidtMaccabi Haifa FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
- 9
- 19
- 2
- 3
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30
Abdoulaye Seck ↓ Suf Podgoreanu 67'
- 6
- 44
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4
Ali Mohamed ↓ Mohammad Abu Fani 31'
- 8
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21
Din David ↓ Omer Atzili 46'
Bench
- 11
- 55
- 15
- 12
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16
Mohammad Abu Fani ↑ 31'
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13
Nikita Rukavytsya ↑ 79'
- 27
- 33
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17
Suf Podgoreanu ↑ 67'
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Omer Atzili ↑ 46'
- 90
- 36
Coach Barak Bakhar -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Alejandro Grimaldo 3 Rafa Silva 2 Petar Musa 2 Henrique Araujo 1 Tjaronn Chery 1 Joao Mario 1 Goncalo Ramos 1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form
2022-09-06 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 Maccabi Haifa FC W 2022-09-02 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 FC Vizela W 2022-08-30 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–2 FC Pacos de Ferreira W 2022-08-27 Boavista FC 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2022-08-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 FK Dynamo Kyiv W 2022-08-17 FK Dynamo Kyiv 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica WMaccabi Haifa FC Form
2022-09-06 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 Maccabi Haifa FC L 2022-08-23 FK Crvena Zvezda 2–2 Maccabi Haifa FC D 2022-08-17 Maccabi Haifa FC 3–2 FK Crvena Zvezda W 2022-08-09 Apollon FC Lemesos 2–0 Maccabi Haifa FC L 2022-08-03 Maccabi Haifa FC 4–0 Apollon FC Lemesos W 2022-07-27 PAE Olympiakos SFP 0–4 Maccabi Haifa FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.7 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.84 Maccabi Haifa FC xGI would bet for: Sport Lisboa e Benfica to win 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.54Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 46% 54% ± 3.5 25% 75% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw 82%Draw or Maccabi Haifa FC 43%Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Maccabi Haifa FC 75%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 12.5%1 – 1 12.1%2 – 0 Actual0 – 0 9.8%2 – 1 9.2%3 – 0 6.2%0 – 1 5.6%3 – 1 5.3%1 – 2 4.5%2 – 2 3.9%0 – 2 2.7%4 – 0 2.7%Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Handicap Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers Push Maccabi Haifa FC covers -2.5 14% — 86% -2 14% 18% 68% -1.5 32% — 68% -1 32% 24% 44% -0.5 56% — 44% +0.5 83% — 17% +1 83% 11% 6% +1.5 94% — 6% +2 94% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet 44% ✗Maccabi Haifa FC keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.