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

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UEFA Europa League · 2020-21

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

3 – 0

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Royal Standard de Liege

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

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

Sport Lisboa e Benfica 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Royal Standard de Liege 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

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

Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2 games · Avg 3.5 goals Royal Standard de Liege

Last 5 meetings

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

Recent Form

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Oct	Royal Standard de Liege	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 Liege

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica!
5' It looks surprising Sport Lisboa e Benfica does not make any changes. Joachim Carcela has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
15' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
20' The 34-year-old Collins Fai has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
25' It’s high time Philippe Montanier made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
30' Royal Standard de Liège are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
35' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
40' Sport Lisboa e Benfica currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
43' Diogo Goncalves catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 43.
46' Another substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica to replace Pedrinho by Rafa Silva on 46 minute.
48' Royal Standard de Liege receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 48.
49' Pizzi has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 49 minutes.
54' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
59' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sport Lisboa e Benfica side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
64' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
65' Collins Fai has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 65.
66' Gian-Luca Waldschmidt doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
68' The crowd applauds Gian-Luca Waldschmidt as he leaves the pitch. Adel Taarabt steps in for Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
70' Time for substitution for Royal Standard de Liege. Obbi Oulare is replaced by Aleksandar Boljevic.
72' A change in the Sport Lisboa e Benfica ranks — Darwin Nunez exits the field as Haris Seferovic enters on 72.
75' A tactical swap from Royal Standard de Liege — Joachim Carcela on, Gojko Cimirot off on 75 minutes.
76' The deadlock is broken! Pizzi gets on the scoresheet on 76 minutes.
76' Time for substitution for Royal Standard de Liege. Zinho Vanheusden is replaced by Konstantinos Laifis.
80' Sport Lisboa e Benfica ring the changes. Pizzi has done his job and it is now time for Goncalo Ramos to step up.
81' A change in the Royal Standard de Liege ranks — Selim Amallah exits the field as Felipe Avenatti enters on 81.
86' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
The final score is 3-0.

Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

7
Everton
38
Pedrinho ↓ Rafa Silva 46'
30
Nicolas Otamendi
5
Jan Vertonghen
17
Diogo Goncalves
10
Gian-Luca Waldschmidt ↓ Adel Taarabt 68'
21
Pizzi C ↓ Goncalo Ramos 80'
8
Gabriel ↓ Julian Weigl 72'
99
Odisseas Vlachodimos
71
Nuno Tavares
9
Darwin Nunez ↓ Haris Seferovic 72'

Bench

2
Gilberto
28
Julian Weigl ↑ 72'
19
Chiquinho
77
Helton Leite
11
Franco Cervi
49
Adel Taarabt ↑ 68'
14
Haris Seferovic ↑ 72'
33
Jardel
27
Rafa Silva ↑ 46'
97
Ferro
88
Goncalo Ramos ↑ 80'

Coach Jorge Jesus

Royal Standard de Liege Lineups

Starting XI

24
Nicolas Gavory
6
Noe Dussenne
19
Selim Amallah ↓ Felipe Avenatti 81'
28
Samuel Bastien
9
Obbi Oulare ↓ Aleksandar Boljevic 70'
16
Arnaud Bodart
21
Collins Fai
3
Zinho Vanheusden C ↓ Konstantinos Laifis 76'
20
Bokadi Bope
8
Gojko Cimirot ↓ Joachim Carcela 75'
10
Mehdi Carcela

Bench

Coach Philippe Montanier

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

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 Liege 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 Liege13%

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 Liege

34%

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Royal Standard de Liege

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sport Lisboa e Benfica47% Draw43% Royal Standard de Liege10%

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

4 – 0

4.5%

0 – 1

3.8%

4 – 1

3.1%

2 – 2

1 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Handicap	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers	Push	Royal Standard de Liege 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 Liege keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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

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

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Royal Standard de Liege Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

Royal Standard de Liege Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Clean Sheet