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 (2025/26)
Royal Standard de Liege 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Francois Letexier
Referee Cyril Mugnier
Referee Mehdi Rahmouni
Referee Pignard Jeremie

20 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 6.8 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	Ferencvarosi 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	Fenerbahce 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 Poznan	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

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: Royal Standard de Liege gets underway.
5' 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.
10' 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.
15' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
20' Supporters expect more eagerness from Bokadi Bope, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
30' 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.
35' It looks surprising Royal Standard de Liege does not make any changes. Collins Fai has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
40' Royal Standard de Liege is showing some good football. However, Royal Standard de Liege are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
43' A meaty challenge results in booking for Diogo Goncalves on 43.
46' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes a substitution. Pedrinho departs to be replaced by Rafa Silva.
48' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Arnaud Bodart.
49' Goal! Pizzi scores his 64 goal in 467 matches.
54' Felipe Avenatti has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
59' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 59 minutes.
64' It’s high time Jorge Jesus made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
65' Collins Fai was booked on 65.
66' GOAL! Gian-Luca Waldschmidt scores on 66.
68' Adel Taarabt is replacing Gian-Luca Waldschmidt for the Sport Lisboa e Benfica side.
70' The whistle greets Obbi Oulare as he departs to be replaced by Aleksandar Boljevic.
72' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes a substitution. Darwin Nunez departs to be replaced by Haris Seferovic.
75' The supporters are chanting for Joachim Carcela. He replaces Gojko Cimirot on 75 minute.
76' Goal! Pizzi scores his 64 goal in 467 matches.
76' The whistle greets Zinho Vanheusden as he departs to be replaced by Konstantinos Laifis.
80' Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Goncalo Ramos is hanging Pizzi on the field on 80 minute.
81' Time for substitution for Royal Standard de Liege. Selim Amallah is replaced by Felipe Avenatti.
86' 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.
Another three points for Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

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

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