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Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs Royal Standard de Liège, Europe 2020-21 GROUP STAGE

UEFA Europa League · 2020-21
Sport Lisboa e Benfica
3 – 0
Full Time
Royal Standard de Liège
Thu 29 Oct 2020 · 20:00 UTC Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica HT 45+2' · FT 45+4'
Diogo Goncalves 43' Y
Y 48' Arnaud Bodart
Y 65' Collins Fai

Overview

Match Preview

Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs Royal Standard de Liège — Europe at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

Match Details

  • Referee Francois Letexier
  • Referee Cyril Mugnier
  • Referee Mehdi Rahmouni
  • Referee Pignard Jeremie
13 games this season 🟨 4.1/game ⚽ 8.0 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Olympique Lyonnais 8 21
2 Aston Villa FC 8 21
3 FC Midtjylland 8 19
4 Real Betis Balompie 8 17
5 FC Porto 8 17
6 Sporting Clube de Braga 8 17
7 SC Freiburg 8 17
8 AS Roma 8 16
9 KRC Genk 8 16
10 Bologna FC 1909 8 15
11 VfB Stuttgart 8 15
12 Ferencvárosi TC 8 15
13 Nottingham Forest FC 8 14
14 FC Viktoria Plzen 8 14
15 FK Crvena Zvezda 8 14
16 RC Celta de Vigo 8 13
17 PAOK Thessaloniki FC 8 12
18 Lille OSC 8 12
19 Fenerbahçe SK 8 12
20 Panathinaikos AO 8 12
21 Celtic FC 8 11
22 PFK Ludogorets 1945 Razgrad 8 10
23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 10
24 SK Brann 8 9
25 BSC Young Boys 8 9
26 SK Sturm Graz 8 7
27 FCSB Bukarest 8 7
28 Go Ahead Eagles 8 7
29 Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 6
30 FC Basel 1893 8 6
31 FC Red Bull Salzburg 8 6
32 Rangers FC 8 4
33 OGC Nice 8 3
34 FC Utrecht 8 1
35 Malmo FF 8 1
36 Maccabi Tel Aviv FC 8 1

Head-to-Head

1
1
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2 games · Avg 3.5 goals Royal Standard de Liège
Last 5 meetings
2020-10-29 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 Royal Standard de Liège

Recent Form

Sport Lisboa e Benfica
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
29 Oct Royal Standard de Liège H 3–0 W
26 Oct Os Belenenses Futebol H 2–0 W
22 Oct KKS Lech Poznań A 4–2 W
18 Oct Rio Ave FC A 3–0 W
04 Oct SC Farense H 3–2 W
26 Sep Moreirense FC H 2–0 W
Royal Standard de Liège
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
29 Oct Sport Lisboa e Benfica A 0–3 L
25 Oct K. Sint-Truidense VV A 0–2 L
22 Oct Rangers FC H 0–2 L
17 Oct Club Brugge KV H 1–1 D
04 Oct Sporting du Pays de Charleroi A 2–1 W
01 Oct MOL Fehervar FC H 3–1 W

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
100% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Jakub Kaminski 1 G 1 A
Dodi Lukebakio 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The game is set. Sport Lisboa e Benfica kicks off things out of here…
  • 5' Sport Lisboa e Benfica are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Royal Standard de Liege's shape.
  • 10' The energy levels are beginning to show. Jorge Jesus might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 15' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Royal Standard de Liege are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 20' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sport Lisboa e Benfica that had 469 games and scored 826 goals.
  • 30' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 35' Over 35 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 40' The 33-year-old Konstantinos Laifis has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 43' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Diogo Goncalves on 43 minutes.
  • 46' Rafa Silva is ready to make an impact after coming on for Pedrinho at the 46 minute mark.
  • 48' Arnaud Bodart has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 48.
  • 49' Pizzi makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Sport Lisboa e Benfica are in front.
  • 54' Sport Lisboa e Benfica started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 54.
  • 59' 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 Jan Vertonghen suffering a number of foals already.
  • 64' It looks surprising Royal Standard de Liege does not make any changes. Everton has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 65' A moment of madness from Collins Fai on 65 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Royal Standard de Liege will be frustrated.
  • 66' The Germany Gian-Luca Waldschmidt breaks the deadlock on 66 minutes. 2-0!
  • 68' Sport Lisboa e Benfica ring the changes. Gian-Luca Waldschmidt has done his job and it is now time for Adel Taarabt to step up.
  • 70' Obbi Oulare makes way for Aleksandar Boljevic at the 70 minute mark. A tactical switch from Royal Standard de Liege.
  • 72' A change in the Sport Lisboa e Benfica ranks — Darwin Nunez exits the field as Haris Seferovic enters on 72.
  • 75' The Royal Standard de Liege manager makes a substitution. Gojko Cimirot departs to be replaced by Joachim Carcela.
  • 76' GOAL! Pizzi fires home to make it 3-0!
  • 76' Royal Standard de Liege ring the changes. Zinho Vanheusden has done his job and it is now time for Konstantinos Laifis to step up.
  • 80' Another change for Sport Lisboa e Benfica made on 80 minute. Pizzi leaves to be changed by Goncalo Ramos.
  • 81' Royal Standard de Liege manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Felipe Avenatti is hanging Selim Amallah on the field on 81 minute.
  • 86' It’s high time Jorge Jesus made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 3-0 the final result. Royal Standard de Liege will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jorge Jesus

Royal Standard de Liège Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Philippe Montanier

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Pizzi 3
Abdoul Fessal Tapsoba 2
Everton 1
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt 1
Nicolas Raskin 1

Head to Head

2020-10-29 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 Royal Standard de Liège

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2020-10-29 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 Royal Standard de Liège W 2020-10-26 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 Os Belenenses Futebol W 2020-10-22 KKS Lech Poznań 2–4 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2020-10-18 Rio Ave FC 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2020-10-04 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–2 SC Farense W 2020-09-26 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 Moreirense FC W

Royal Standard de Liège Form

2020-10-29 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 Royal Standard de Liège L 2020-10-25 K. Sint-Truidense VV 2–0 Royal Standard de Liège L 2020-10-22 Royal Standard de Liège 0–2 Rangers FC L 2020-10-17 Royal Standard de Liège 1–1 Club Brugge KV D 2020-10-04 Sporting du Pays de Charleroi 1–2 Royal Standard de Liège W 2020-10-01 Royal Standard de Liège 3–1 MOL Fehervar FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.66 Royal Standard de Liège xG
I would bet for: Sport Lisboa e Benfica to win 66% + Under — clean sheet likely 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sport Lisboa e Benfica66% Draw21% Royal Standard de Liège13%
Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes42% 0% No58%
Avg goals/match: 2.66
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 74%
26%
± 2.5 49%
51%
± 3.5 28%
72%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw
88%
Draw or Royal Standard de Liège
34%
Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Royal Standard de Liège
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sport Lisboa e Benfica47% Draw43% Royal Standard de Liège10%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
13.7%
1 – 0
13.4%
1 – 1
9.9%
3 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
8.9%
0 – 0
8.7%
3 – 1
6%
4 – 0
4.5%
0 – 1
3.8%
4 – 1
3.1%
2 – 2
3%
1 – 2
2.9%

Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Handicap Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers Push Royal Standard de Liège covers
-2.5 22% — 78%
-2 22% 21% 57%
-1.5 43% — 57%
-1 43% 25% 32%
-0.5 68% — 32%
+0.5 90% — 10%
+1 90% 7% 3%
+1.5 97% — 3%
+2 97% 2% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet
52% ✓
Royal Standard de Liège keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

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