Sporting Clube de Braga vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Primeira Liga 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2020-21

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Sun 21 Mar 2021 · 20:00 UTC Estadio Municipal de Braga HT 45+4' · FT 45+5'

Y 16' Nicolas Otamendi

Fransergio 27' Y

Fransergio 39' R

Y 45' Diogo Goncalves

Y 65' Pizzi

Y 70' Julian Weigl

Overview

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

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

Match Details

Referee Joao Pedro Pinheiro
Referee Luis Godinho
Referee Pedro Ribeiro
Referee Iancu Vasilica
Referee Tiago Costa

10 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 10.2 goals/game 🟥 3 total

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	Academico 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 Famalicao	11	13
11	FC Alverca	11	12
12	CF Estrela da Amadora	11	10
13	CD Nacional	11	10
14	Vitoria SC	11	9
15	CS Maritimo	10	8
16	Casa Pia AC	11	8
17	Rio Ave FC	11	7
18	GD Estoril Praia	10	2

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2021-03-21 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2020-11-08 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–3 Sporting Clube de Braga 2020-02-15 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 0–1 Sporting Clube de Braga 2019-09-01 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–4 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2019-04-28 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–4 Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Mar	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	0–2	L
15 Mar	FC Famalicao	A	2–2	D
09 Mar	Vitoria SC	H	3–0	W
28 Feb	CD Nacional	A	2–1	W
25 Feb	AS Roma	A	1–3	L
21 Feb	CD Tondela	H	4–2	W

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Mar	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	2–0	W
13 Mar	Boavista FC	H	2–0	W
08 Mar	Os Belenenses Futebol	A	3–0	W
01 Mar	Rio Ave FC	H	2–0	W
25 Feb	Arsenal FC	A	2–3	L
21 Feb	SC Farense	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

45% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

45% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga

Pau Victor Delgado	5 G	1 A
Fran Navarro	1 G

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

Events

Match Events

0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Sporting Clube de Braga launch into their encounter with Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
5' Bruno Rodrigues has been relatively quiet despite scoring 2 goals in his last 439 appearances.
10' Sport Lisboa e Benfica are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
15' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Clube de Braga must find a spark to ignite this game.
16' Nicolas Otamendi was booked on 16.
21' Vitor Tormena has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
26' 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.
27' The referee shows Sporting Clube de Braga player a Yellow card on 27.
32' Spain international Abel Ruiz has been a key figure this campaign — 2 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
37' The 38-year-old Nicolas Otamendi has been sensational this season — 2 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
39' The referee has no hesitation. Fransergio is booked for Sporting Clube de Braga — Red card on 39.
43' Another change for Sporting Clube de Braga made on 43 minute. Abel Ruiz leaves to be changed by Joao Novais.
45' The referee calls foul for Diogo Goncalves. He receives a Yellow card.
47' The deadlock is broken! Rafa Silva gets on the scoresheet on 45 minutes.
52' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 52 minutes.
56' A stunning finish from Haris Seferovic — that came from absolutely nowhere!
61' Lucas Piazon needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
63' The supporters are chanting for Andraz Sporar. He replaces Lucas Piazon on 63 minute.
65' Pizzi was booked on 65.
70' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Julian Weigl.
75' Jardel is ready to make an impact after coming on for Lucas Verissimo at the 75 minute mark.
80' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
85' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
90' Another substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica to replace Rafa Silva by Everton on 90 minute.
0-2 the final result. Sporting Clube de Braga will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Carlos Carvalhal

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

7
Everton ↑ 90'
38
Pedrinho
2
Gilberto ↑ 90'
21
Pizzi ↑ 63'
8
Gabriel ↑ 90'
33
Jardel ↑ 75'
99
Odisseas Vlachodimos
71
Nuno Tavares
9
Darwin Nunez

Coach Jorge Jesus

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

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2021-03-21 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2021-03-15 FC Famalicao 2–2 Sporting Clube de Braga D 2021-03-09 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–0 Vitoria SC W 2021-02-28 CD Nacional 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2021-02-25 AS Roma 3–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2021-02-21 Sporting Clube de Braga 4–2 CD Tondela W

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2021-03-21 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2021-03-13 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 Boavista FC W 2021-03-08 Os Belenenses Futebol 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2021-03-01 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 Rio Ave FC W 2021-02-25 Arsenal FC 3–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2021-02-21 SC Farense 0–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.06 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

Expected Goals

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

2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 58% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

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

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 3.06

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	81%	19%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw

49%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

77%

Sporting Clube de Braga or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Braga16% Draw42% Sport Lisboa e Benfica42%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.8%

1 – 2

9.6%

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

8.7%

1 – 3

6.4%

0 – 0

6.3%

0 – 3

2 – 1

5.1%

2 – 2

5.1%

1 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

3.4%

1 – 4

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Braga covers	Push	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	93%
-1.5	7%	—	93%
-1	7%	12%	81%
-0.5	19%	—	81%
+0.5	42%	—	58%
+1	42%	23%	35%
+1.5	65%	—	35%
+2	65%	18%	17%
+2.5	83%	—	17%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

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