Sport Lisboa e Benfica vs Sporting Clube de Braga, Primeira Liga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2024-25

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

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Sporting Clube de Braga

Sat 4 Jan 2025 · 18:00 UTC Estadio da Luz 61,750 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 17' Fran Navarro

0–2 40' Robson Bambu

Arthur Cabral 78' 1–2

Y 36' Jean-Baptiste Gorby

Angel di Maria 52' Y

Y 54' Matheus Magalhaes

Arthur Cabral 79' Y

Leandro Barreiro Martins 89' Y

Jan-Niklas Beste 90' Y

Y 90' Joao Ferreira

Overview

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

Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1 games · 1 pts (2026/27)
Sporting Clube de Braga 1 games · 1 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	2	6
2	Sporting Clube de Portugal	2	4
3	CD Santa Clara	2	4
4	CS Marítimo	1	3
5	FC Arouca	1	3
6	Gil Vicente FC	1	3
7	CF Estrela da Amadora	2	2
8	Moreirense FC	1	1
9	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	1	1
10	Sporting Clube de Braga	1	1
11	Académico de Viseu FC	2	1
12	FC Famalicão	1	1
13	GD Estoril Praia	1	1
14	CD Nacional	1	1
15	FC Alverca	2	1
16	Casa Pia AC	1	0
17	Vitória SC	2	0
18	Rio Ave FC	2	0

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

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 Braga 2023-12-17 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2023-05-06 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–0 Sporting Clube de Braga 2022-12-30 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Recent Form

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jan	Sporting Clube de Braga	H	1–2	L
29 Dec	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–1	L
23 Dec	GD Estoril Praia	H	3–0	W
19 Dec	CD Nacional	A	2–0	W
15 Dec	AVS	A	1–1	D
11 Dec	Bologna FC 1909	H	0–0	D

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Jan	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	A	2–1	W
29 Dec	Casa Pia AC	H	1–2	L
22 Dec	CD Santa Clara	A	2–0	W
16 Dec	FC Famalicão	H	3–3	D
12 Dec	AS Roma	A	0–3	L
06 Dec	GD Estoril Praia	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

Sport Lisboa e Benfica		Sporting Clube de Braga
#9	Position	#10
1	Points	1
1	Played	1
0 / 1 / 0	W / D / L	0 / 1 / 0
2	Scored	2
2	Conceded	2
+0	GD	+0
1.00	PPG	1.00
0%	Win %	0%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 9th (1 pts). Sporting Clube de Braga are 10th (1 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

0-15

1/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

–/1

76+

–/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

1/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

–/–

61-75

1/–

76+

–/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Sporting Clube de Braga has kicked off!
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' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
15' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
17' The Spain Fran Navarro breaks the deadlock on 17 minutes. 0-1!
22' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
27' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Carlos Carvalhal will be considering his options from the bench.
31' The crowd applauds Sikou Niakate as he leaves the pitch. Joao Ferreira steps in for Sporting Clube de Braga.
36' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Jean-Baptiste Gorby on 36 minutes.
40' Robson Bambu doubles the advantage! 0-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
45' Bruma needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
46' Arthur Cabral has so much to prove this time. He replaces Fredrik Aursnes on 46 minute.
47' A tactical swap from Sporting Clube de Braga — Diego Rodrigues on, Jean-Baptiste Gorby off on 47 minutes.
52' It’s a booking for Sport Lisboa e Benfica player. Angel di Maria gets a card.
54' That is a card for Sporting Clube de Braga. Matheus Magalhaes will be fuming at that decision.
59' Sporting Clube de Braga 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.
64' Angel di Maria is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Clube de Braga so far.
66' Sporting Clube de Braga ring the changes. Gabriel Martinez has done his job and it is now time for Bright Arrey-Mbi to step up.
67' Another change for Sport Lisboa e Benfica made on 67 minute. Alexander Bah leaves to be changed by Renato Sanches.
72' named a 4-3-3 earlier, and opted for a 3-4-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
77' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
78' Arthur Cabral adds to his 6 season tally! Sport Lisboa e Benfica lead 1-2 — and this changes everything.
79' That is a card for Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Arthur Cabral will be fuming at that decision.
82' A change in the Sporting Clube de Braga ranks — Ricardo Horta exits the field as Roger Fernandes enters on 82.
87' Sporting Clube de Braga is showing some good football. However, Sporting Clube de Braga are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
89' Leandro Barreiro Martins picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
90' The referee shows Sport Lisboa e Benfica player a card on 90.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Sporting Clube de Braga take all three points.

Lineups

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

30
Nicolas Otamendi
10
Orkun Kokcu
11
Angel di Maria ↓ Jan-Niklas Beste 82'
18
Leandro Barreiro Martins
14
Vangelis Pavlidis ↓ Zeki Amdouni 67'
8
Fredrik Aursnes ↓ Arthur Cabral 46'
1
Anatolii Trubin
6
Alexander Bah ↓ Renato Sanches 67'
17
Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu ↓ Andreas Schjelderup 67'
44
Tomas Araujo
3
Alvaro Carreras

Bench

Coach Bruno Nascimento

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

4
Sikou Niakate ↓ Joao Ferreira 31'
7
Bruma
19
Adrian Gomez
21
Ricardo Horta ↓ Roger Fernandes 82'
39
Fran Navarro ↓ Amine El Ouazzani 82'
6
Vitor Carvalho
3
Robson Bambu
1
Matheus Magalhaes
29
Jean-Baptiste Gorby ↓ Diego Rodrigues 47'
2
Victor Gomez
77
Gabriel Martinez ↓ Bright Arrey-Mbi 66'

Bench

Coach Carlos Carvalhal

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Rafa Silva	6
Pizzi	5
Ricardo Horta	4
Everton	3
Darwin Nunez	3
Haris Seferovic	3
Vangelis Pavlidis	2
Alejandro Grimaldo	2

Head to Head

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2025-01-04 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2024-12-29 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2024-12-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 GD Estoril Praia W 2024-12-19 CD Nacional 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2024-12-15 AVS 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2024-12-11 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 0–0 Bologna FC 1909 D

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2025-01-04 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2024-12-29 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–2 Casa Pia AC L 2024-12-22 CD Santa Clara 0–2 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2024-12-16 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–3 FC Famalicão D 2024-12-12 AS Roma 3–0 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2024-12-06 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–2 GD Estoril Praia D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.37 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

Expected Goals

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

2.05 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 80% + Both teams to score 78%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sport Lisboa e Benfica44% Draw23% Sporting Clube de Braga33%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes78% 0% No22%

Avg goals/match: 4.42

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	80%	20%
± 3.5	63%	37%
± 4.5	45%	55%

Double Chance

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw

67%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

56%

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Sporting Clube de Braga

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sport Lisboa e Benfica36% Draw36% Sporting Clube de Braga28%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

6.8%

2 – 2

6.8%

1 – 1

6.6%

1 – 2

Actual

3 – 2

5.3%

3 – 1

5.3%

2 – 3

4.6%

1 – 3

3 – 3

3.7%

2 – 0

3.5%

4 – 2

3.2%

4 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Handicap	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	13%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	18%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	15%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	10%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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