Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs Sporting Clube de Braga, Primeira Liga 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs Sporting Clube de Braga — Primeira Liga at Estadio da Luz.
- Sport Lisboa e Benfica 34 games · 80 pts (2025/26)
- Sporting Clube de Braga 34 games · 59 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Joao Pedro Pinheiro
- Assistant 1 Bruno Jesus (Portugal)
- Assistant 2 Luciano Maia
19 games this season 🟨 1.3/game ⚽ 5.8 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Porto 34 88 2 Sporting Clube de Portugal 34 82 3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 34 80 4 Sporting Clube de Braga 34 59 5 FC Famalicão 34 56 6 Gil Vicente FC 34 50 7 Moreirense FC 34 43 8 FC Arouca 34 42 9 Vitória SC 34 42 10 GD Estoril Praia 34 39 11 FC Alverca 34 39 12 Rio Ave FC 34 36 13 CD Santa Clara 34 36 14 CD Nacional 34 34 15 CF Estrela da Amadora 34 30 16 Casa Pia AC 34 30 17 CD Tondela 34 28 18 AVS 34 21 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetings2026-05-11 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 Sporting Clube de Braga 2025-12-28 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2025-05-17 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2025-01-04 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga 2024-04-27 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–1 Sporting Clube de BragaRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 May Sporting Clube de Braga H 2–2 D 02 May FC Famalicão A 2–2 D 25 Apr Moreirense FC H 4–1 W 19 Apr Sporting Clube de Portugal A 2–1 W 12 Apr CD Nacional H 2–0 W 06 Apr Casa Pia AC A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 11 May Sport Lisboa e Benfica A 2–2 D 07 May SC Freiburg A 1–3 L 03 May GD Estoril Praia H 1–1 D 30 Apr SC Freiburg H 2–1 W 26 Apr CD Santa Clara A 1–2 L 23 Apr Casa Pia AC A 1–0 W Season Stats
Sport Lisboa e Benfica Sporting Clube de Braga #3 Position #4 80 Points 59 34 Played 34 23 / 11 / 0 W / D / L 16 / 11 / 7 74 Scored 64 25 Conceded 36 +49 GD +28 2.35 PPG 1.74 68% Win % 47% Key Stats
63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history41% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season35% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this seasonSport Lisboa e Benfica are 3rd (80 pts). Sporting Clube de Braga are 4th (59 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica0-156/–16-304/131-45–/–46-601/161-751/276+4/4■ Scored ■ ConcededSporting Clube de Braga0-151/116-304/–31-451/146-601/161-751/276+3/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Estadio da Luz will turn into a battlefield for Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Sporting Clube de Braga.
- 5' 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.
- 10' Sporting Clube de Braga looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Pau Victor Delgado scoring 1 goals.
- 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
- 20' Supporters expect more eagerness from Gianluca Prestianni, as he is very good at scoring at Estadio da Luz with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 25' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Clube de Braga is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 30' The travelling Sporting Clube de Braga supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 40' Sport Lisboa e Benfica 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.
- 45' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sport Lisboa e Benfica that had 467 games and scored 818 goals.
- 46' Goal! Rafa Silva scores his 91 goal in 467 matches.
- 48' GOAL! Pau Victor Delgado scores on 48.
- 53' Gustaf Lagerbielke needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 56' It’s a booking for Sporting Clube de Braga player. Lukas Hornicek gets a card.
- 57' It’s gonna be a card for Leonardo Lelo.
- 61' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes a substitution. Franjo Ivanovic departs to be replaced by Vangelis Pavlidis.
- 64' Sensational shot from Vangelis Pavlidis. Sport Lisboa e Benfica is back in the lead.
- 67' Sporting Clube de Braga manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Mario Dorgeles is hanging Gabriel Martinez on the field on 67 minute.
- 72' Sporting Clube de Braga started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 72.
- 74' Time for substitution for Sporting Clube de Braga. Fran Navarro is replaced by Rodrigo Zalazar.
- 76' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes a substitution. Leandro Barreiro Martins departs to be replaced by Dodi Lukebakio.
- 81' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 82' Sporting Clube de Braga manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Moscardo is hanging Leonardo Lelo on the field on 82 minute.
- 87' The referee calls foul for Amar Dedic. He receives a card.
- 88' Goal! Jean-Baptiste Gorby scores his 3 goal in 428 matches.
- 90' Sport Lisboa e Benfica receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
- The final score is 2-2.
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Lineups
Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 18
- 27
- 8
- 1
- 17
- 21
- 44
- 25
- 4
- 26
- 9
Bench
- 7
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11
Dodi Lukebakio ↑ 76'
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14
Vangelis Pavlidis ↑ 61'
- 6
- 10
- 24
- 5
- 16
- 64
Coach José MourinhoSporting Clube de Braga Lineups
3-5-2Starting XI
- 8
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39
Fran Navarro ↓ Rodrigo Zalazar 74'
- 6
- 18
- 1
- 29
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5
Leonardo Lelo ↓ Moscardo 82'
- 34
- 2
- 14
- 77
Bench
- 15
- 12
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10
Rodrigo Zalazar ↑ 74'
- 9
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17
Moscardo ↑ 82'
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20
Mario Dorgeles ↑ 67'
- 53
- 41
- 90
Coach Carlos Vicens -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Rafa Silva 6 Pizzi 5 Ricardo Horta 4 Haris Seferovic 3 Everton 3 Darwin Nunez 3 Alejandro Grimaldo 2 Iuri Medeiros 2 Head to Head
2026-05-11 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 Sporting Clube de Braga 2025-12-28 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2025-05-17 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2025-01-04 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga 2024-04-27 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–1 Sporting Clube de BragaSport Lisboa e Benfica Form
2026-05-11 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 Sporting Clube de Braga D 2026-05-02 FC Famalicão 2–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2026-04-25 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 4–1 Moreirense FC W 2026-04-19 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2026-04-12 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 CD Nacional W 2026-04-06 Casa Pia AC 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica DSporting Clube de Braga Form
2026-05-11 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 Sporting Clube de Braga D 2026-05-07 SC Freiburg 3–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2026-05-03 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–1 GD Estoril Praia D 2026-04-30 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–1 SC Freiburg W 2026-04-26 CD Santa Clara 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2026-04-23 Casa Pia AC 0–1 Sporting Clube de Braga W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 42.09 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.22 Sporting Clube de Braga xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 63% + Both teams to score 62%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.31Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 84% 16% ± 2.5 63% 37% ± 3.5 42% 58% ± 4.5 24% 76% Double Chance
Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw 77%Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga 46%Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Sporting Clube de Braga 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.2%2 – 1 9.4%2 – 0 7.9%1 – 0 7%3 – 1 6.5%2 – 2 Actual1 – 2 5.5%3 – 0 5.4%0 – 0 5.1%3 – 2 4%0 – 1 3.8%4 – 1 3.4%Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Handicap Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers Push Sporting Clube de Braga covers -2.5 17% — 83% -2 17% 17% 66% -1.5 34% — 66% -1 34% 22% 44% -0.5 56% — 44% +0.5 79% — 21% +1 79% 12% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 6% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.