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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
19 games this season 🟨 2.5/game ⚽ 6.7 goals/game 🟥 1 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 Plzeň 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

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Sport Lisboa e Benfica have kicked off against Royal Standard de Liege. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' Congo DR international Bokadi Bope has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
  • 15' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 20' Selim Amallah needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 25' The travelling Royal Standard de Liege supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 30' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Jorge Jesus will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 35' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Royal Standard de Liege are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 40' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Royal Standard de Liege are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 43' The referee has no hesitation. Diogo Goncalves is booked for Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Yellow card on 43.
  • 46' Sport Lisboa e Benfica make a change. Pedrinho trudges off to be replaced by Rafa Silva on 46 minutes.
  • 48' A moment of madness from Arnaud Bodart on 48 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Royal Standard de Liege will be frustrated.
  • 49' What a strike from Pizzi! The score is 1-0.
  • 54' Nicolas Otamendi is a natural defender and has been asked to do a very specific job for Royal Standard de Liege tonight.
  • 59' It looks like no one’s ball. Sport Lisboa e Benfica is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 64' Sport Lisboa e Benfica are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Royal Standard de Liege's shape.
  • 65' Royal Standard de Liege receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 65.
  • 66' Brilliant from the ! Gian-Luca Waldschmidt makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 66.
  • 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' A change in the Royal Standard de Liege ranks — Obbi Oulare exits the field as Aleksandar Boljevic enters on 70.
  • 72' Darwin Nunez makes way for Haris Seferovic at the 72 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
  • 75' Fresh legs for Royal Standard de Liege! Joachim Carcela comes on to replace Gojko Cimirot.
  • 76' Pizzi with the second goal in the match!
  • 76' Konstantinos Laifis gets the nod from Royal Standard de Liege. He replaces Zinho Vanheusden and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 80' Time for substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Pizzi is replaced by Goncalo Ramos.
  • 81' The Royal Standard de Liege bench stirs into life. Selim Amallah is withdrawn and Felipe Avenatti gets his opportunity.
  • 86' Nicolas Gavory is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Royal Standard de Liege so far.
  • What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3-0 Royal Standard de Liege.

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.