Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs Sporting Clube de Braga, 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2018-19

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

6 – 2

Full Time

Sporting Clube de Braga

Sun 23 Dec 2018 · 17:30 UTC Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 15' Ricardo Esgaio

Y 52' Marcelo Goiano

Ruben Dias 57' Y

Y 82' Fransergio

Overview

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Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs Sporting Clube de Braga — Primeira Liga at Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

Sport Lisboa e Benfica 11 games · 28 pts (2026/27)
Sporting Clube de Braga 11 games · 17 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Rui Licinio Barbosa Tavares
Referee Paulo Soares
Referee Bruno Alexandre Da Silva Esteves
Referee Artur Soares Dias
Referee Rui Rodrigues

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	11	33
2	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	11	28
3	Sporting Clube de Portugal	11	24
4	CD Santa Clara	11	21
5	FC Arouca	11	20
6	Académico de Viseu FC	11	20
7	Gil Vicente FC	11	18
8	Sporting Clube de Braga	11	17
9	Moreirense FC	11	14
10	FC Famalicão	11	13
11	FC Alverca	11	12
12	CF Estrela da Amadora	11	10
13	CD Nacional	11	10
14	Vitória SC	11	9
15	CS Marítimo	10	8
16	Casa Pia AC	11	8
17	Rio Ave FC	11	7
18	GD Estoril Praia	10	2

Head-to-Head

Sport Lisboa e Benfica 16 games · Avg 3.7 goals Sporting Clube de Braga

Last 5 meetings

2018-12-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 6–2 Sporting Clube de Braga

Recent Form

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Dec	Sporting Clube de Braga	H	6–2	W
16 Dec	CS Marítimo	A	1–0	W
12 Dec	PAE AEK	H	1–0	W
08 Dec	Vitoria FC	A	1–0	W
01 Dec	CD Feirense	H	4–0	W
27 Nov	FC Bayern München	A	1–5	L

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Dec	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	A	2–6	L
14 Dec	CD Feirense	H	4–0	W
08 Dec	CD Tondela	A	1–0	W
01 Dec	Moreirense FC	H	2–0	W
10 Nov	FC Porto	A	0–1	L
04 Nov	Vitoria FC	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Sport Lisboa e Benfica		Sporting Clube de Braga
#2	Position	#8
28	Points	17
11	Played	11
9 / 1 / 1	W / D / L	5 / 2 / 4
30	Scored	13
10	Conceded	11
+20	GD	+2
2.55	PPG	1.55
82%	Win %	45%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

45% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

45% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 2nd (28 pts). Sporting Clube de Braga are 8th (17 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

0-15

4/1

16-30

3/–

31-45

2/2

46-60

9/4

61-75

6/1

76+

4/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/2

31-45

1/1

46-60

3/2

61-75

2/1

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Vangelis Pavlidis	11 G	3 A
Gianluca Prestianni	7 G	4 A
Leandro Barreiro Martins	2 G	1 A
Rafa Silva	1 G	2 A
Jhon Duran	1 G

Sporting Clube de Braga

Pau Victor Delgado	5 G	1 A
Fran Navarro	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Sporting Clube de Braga get this one started.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Sporting Clube de Braga are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' It is a cagey affair so far. Sport Lisboa e Benfica in their trying to find a way past Sporting Clube de Braga's compact .
15' The referee has no hesitation. Ricardo Esgaio is booked for Sporting Clube de Braga — Yellow card on 15.
19' The deadlock is broken! Pizzi gets on the scoresheet on 19 minutes.
24' Sport Lisboa e Benfica are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
29' 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.
34' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
39' GOAL! Jardel scores on 39. Assisted by Andrija Zivkovic
44' 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 Ljubomir Fejsa suffering a number of foals already.
48' What a moment for Alejandro Grimaldo! That strike on 48 puts his side firmly in control.
51' Dyego Sousa adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Clube de Braga lead 3-1 — and this changes everything.
52' Sporting Clube de Braga player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
54' Goal! Jonas scores his 13 goal in 482 matches.
57' Poor challenge from Ruben Dias. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
59' Joao Novais is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ricardo Horta at the 59 minute mark.
60' Wilson Eduardo is replacing Marcelo Goiano for the Sporting Clube de Braga side.
62' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica bench stirs into life. Jonas is withdrawn and Haris Seferovic gets his opportunity.
63' GOAL! Franco Cervi scores on 63. Assisted by Andrija Zivkovic
67' Goal! Andre Almeida scores his 6 goal in 482 matches.
68' The Sporting Clube de Braga manager makes a substitution. Paulinho departs to be replaced by Ricardo.
73' A goal from the Portugal international Joao Novais! He fires home on 73 to make it 6-2!
75' Sport Lisboa e Benfica make a change. Jardel trudges off to be replaced by German Conti on 75 minutes.
79' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes a substitution. Franco Cervi departs to be replaced by Filip Krovinovic.
82' A meaty challenge results in booking for Fransergio on 82.
87' It’s high time Rui Vitoria made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
Full Time. Sport Lisboa e Benfica beats Sporting Clube de Braga

Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Rui Vitoria

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Starting XI

12
Tiago Sa
14
Pablo
87
Marcelo Goiano C ↓ Wilson Eduardo 60'
36
Bruno Viana
47
Ricardo Esgaio
5
Nuno Sequeira
27
Fransergio
99
Dyego Sousa
20
Paulinho ↓ Ricardo Ryller 69'
21
Ricardo Horta ↓ Joao Novais 59'
25
Claudemir

Bench

60
Joao Palhinha
19
Murilo
11
Eduardo Teixeira
28
Marafona
7
Wilson Eduardo ↑ 60'
8
Ricardo Ryller ↑ 69'
17
Joao Novais ↑ 59'

Coach Abel Ferreira

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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

3.48 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.12 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 82% + Sport Lisboa e Benfica to win 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sport Lisboa e Benfica72% Draw15% Sporting Clube de Braga13%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 4.6

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	82%	18%
± 3.5	65%	35%
± 4.5	46%	54%

Double Chance

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw

88%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

28%

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Sporting Clube de Braga

85%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sport Lisboa e Benfica62% Draw29% Sporting Clube de Braga9%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 6–2 not predicted

6 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

7.8%

3 – 0

7.2%

2 – 1

6.9%

4 – 1

6.7%

2 – 0

6.5%

4 – 0

6.1%

5 – 1

4.7%

1 – 1

4.7%

3 – 2

4.3%

5 – 0

4.2%

2 – 2

3.8%

4 – 2

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Handicap	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	43%	—	57%
-2	43%	19%	37%
-1.5	63%	—	37%
-1	63%	17%	21%
-0.5	79%	—	21%
+0.5	92%	—	8%
+1	92%	5%	3%
+1.5	97%	—	3%
+2	97%	2%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

33% ✓

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

4% ✓

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

Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs Sporting Clube de Braga, 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

Sporting Clube de Braga 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