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 11 games · 28 pts (2026/27)
Sporting Clube de Braga 11 games · 17 pts (2026/27)

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

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
#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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Sporting Clube de Braga has kicked off!
5' 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.
10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Roger Fernandes is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
15' Nicolas Otamendi is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Clube de Braga so far.
17' The deadlock is broken! Fran Navarro gets on the scoresheet on 17 minutes.
22' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Sporting Clube de Braga are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
27' 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.
31' A tactical swap from Sporting Clube de Braga — Joao Ferreira on, Sikou Niakate off on 31 minutes.
36' It’s gonna be a card for Jean-Baptiste Gorby.
40' What a moment for Robson Bambu! That strike on 40 puts his side firmly in control.
45' Germany international Bright Arrey-Mbi has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
46' The supporters are chanting for Arthur Cabral. He replaces Fredrik Aursnes on 46 minute.
47' Another substitution for Sporting Clube de Braga to replace Jean-Baptiste Gorby by Diego Rodrigues on 47 minute.
52' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Angel di Maria on 52 minutes.
54' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Matheus Magalhaes on 54 minutes.
59' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
64' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
66' Gabriel Martinez makes way for Bright Arrey-Mbi at the 66 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Clube de Braga.
67' The crowd applauds Alexander Bah as he leaves the pitch. Renato Sanches steps in for Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
72' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Bruno Nascimento will be considering his options from the bench.
77' 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.
78' GOAL! Arthur Cabral fires home to make it 1-2!
79' That looks like a foul for a card for Arthur Cabral.
82' Sporting Clube de Braga make a change. Ricardo Horta trudges off to be replaced by Roger Fernandes on 82 minutes.
87' Sport Lisboa e Benfica are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Clube de Braga backline.
89' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Leandro Barreiro Martins on 89 minutes.
90' Jan-Niklas Beste was booked on 90.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

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
Haris Seferovic	3
Everton	3
Darwin Nunez	3
Alejandro Grimaldo	2
Iuri Medeiros	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

1.85 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

Expected Goals

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

1.02 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sport Lisboa e Benfica51% Draw26% Sporting Clube de Braga23%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes54% 0% No46%

Avg goals/match: 2.87

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Draw

77%

Draw or Sporting Clube de Braga

49%

Sport Lisboa e Benfica or Sporting Clube de Braga

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sport Lisboa e Benfica40% Draw44% Sporting Clube de Braga16%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.5%

1 – 0

9.7%

2 – 0

9.5%

2 – 1

9.5%

0 – 0

7.4%

3 – 1

5.9%

3 – 0

5.8%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

4.9%

2 – 2

4.9%

3 – 2

3.1%

0 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Handicap	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers	Push	Sporting Clube de Braga covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	17%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	23%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	12%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

37% ✓

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

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