Sporting Clube de Braga vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Primeira Liga 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2021-22

Sporting Clube de Braga

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Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Fri 1 Apr 2022 · 19:15 UTC Estadio Municipal de Braga HT 45' · FT 45'

Abel Ruiz 8' Y

Y 26' Jan Vertonghen

Almoatasembellah Ali 30' Y

Almoatasembellah Ali 31' Y

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 34 games · 59 pts (2025/26)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 34 games · 80 pts (2025/26)

Standings

#	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

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

Last 5 meetings

2022-04-01 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2021-11-07 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 6–1 Sporting Clube de Braga 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

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Apr	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	3–2	W
20 Mar	Portimonense SC	A	2–1	W
17 Mar	AS Monaco FC	A	1–1	D
13 Mar	Gil Vicente FC	H	0–1	L
10 Mar	AS Monaco FC	H	2–0	W
05 Mar	Boavista FC	A	1–1	D

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Apr	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	2–3	L
20 Mar	GD Estoril Praia	H	2–1	W
15 Mar	AFC Ajax	A	1–0	W
11 Mar	FC Vizela	H	1–1	D
05 Mar	Portimonense SC	A	2–1	W
27 Feb	Vitória SC	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Braga		Sport Lisboa e Benfica
#4	Position	#3
59	Points	80
34	Played	34
16 / 11 / 7	W / D / L	23 / 11 / 0
64	Scored	74
36	Conceded	25
+28	GD	+49
1.74	PPG	2.35
47%	Win %	68%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

35% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

41% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

Sporting Clube de Braga are 4th (59 pts). Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 3rd (80 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

1/1

16-30

4/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

1/1

61-75

1/2

76+

3/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

0-15

6/–

16-30

4/1

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

1/2

76+

4/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Sporting Clube de Braga and Sport Lisboa e Benfica get this one started.
5' Portugal international Goncalo Ramos has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
8' Abel Ruiz is having his name booked by the referee on 8.
13' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Clube de Braga and Sport Lisboa e Benfica are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
18' Darwin Nunez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 33 Yellow cards this season.
23' A quiet spell here at Estadio Municipal de Braga. Sporting Clube de Braga seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
26' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Jan Vertonghen on 26 minutes.
28' Iuri Medeiros is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
30' A meaty challenge results in booking for Almoatasembellah Ali on 30.
31' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Clube de Braga. Almoatasembellah Ali will be fuming at that decision.
36' Ricardo Horta has been relatively quiet despite scoring 118 goals in his last 428 appearances.
41' 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.
46' Sporting Clube de Braga make a change. Abel Ruiz trudges off to be replaced by Vitor Oliveira on 46 minutes.
51' Sport Lisboa e Benfica are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
56' The Sporting Clube de Braga manager makes a substitution. Iuri Medeiros departs to be replaced by Yan Couto.
59' A goal from the Portugal international Andre Horta! He fires home on 59 to make it 2-0!
64' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Clube de Braga in their trying to find a way past Sport Lisboa e Benfica's compact .
65' The crowd applauds Soualiho Meite as he leaves the pitch. Paulo Bernardo steps in for Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
70' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Sport Lisboa e Benfica winning 0% of all matches.
74' Darwin Nunez is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
77' The Portugal Joao Mario breaks the deadlock on 77 minutes. 2-2!
78' Sporting Clube de Braga ring the changes. Andre Horta has done his job and it is now time for Andre Castro to step up.
79' GOAL! Vitor Oliveira scores on 79.
84' Sport Lisboa e Benfica have won 818 goals from 467 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
89' 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.
90' It is a substitution in Sporting Clube de Braga team. Ricardo Horta is replaced by Berna on 90 minute.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

25
Lucas Mineiro
4
Diogo Leite
12
Tiago Sa
2
Yan Couto ↑ 56'
88
Andre Castro ↑ 78'
74
Moura ↑ 78'
99
Vitor Oliveira ↑ 46'
79
Berna ↑ 90'
96
Miguel Fale

Coach Carlos Carvalhal

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

7
Everton ↓ Darwin Nunez 46'
2
Gilberto
30
Nicolas Otamendi
5
Jan Vertonghen ↓ Diogo Goncalves 65'
28
Julian Weigl
11
Soualiho Meite ↓ Paulo Bernardo 65'
3
Alejandro Grimaldo
27
Rafa Silva
99
Odisseas Vlachodimos
15
Roman Yaremchuk ↓ Haris Seferovic 65'
88
Goncalo Ramos ↓ Joao Mario 46'

Bench

17
Diogo Goncalves ↑ 65'
23
Nemanja Radonjic
20
Joao Mario ↑ 46'
77
Helton Leite
14
Haris Seferovic ↑ 65'
34
Andre Almeida
91
Morato
9
Darwin Nunez ↑ 46'
55
Paulo Bernardo ↑ 65'

Coach Nelson Verissimo

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

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2022-04-01 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2022-03-20 Portimonense SC 1–2 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2022-03-17 AS Monaco FC 1–1 Sporting Clube de Braga D 2022-03-13 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–1 Gil Vicente FC L 2022-03-10 Sporting Clube de Braga 2–0 AS Monaco FC W 2022-03-05 Boavista FC 1–1 Sporting Clube de Braga D

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2022-04-01 Sporting Clube de Braga 3–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2022-03-20 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 GD Estoril Praia W 2022-03-15 AFC Ajax 0–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2022-03-11 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 FC Vizela D 2022-03-05 Portimonense SC 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2022-02-27 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 Vitória SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.46 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

Expected Goals

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

1.77 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Braga or Sport Lisboa e Benfica 75% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Braga38% Draw25% Sport Lisboa e Benfica37%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.23

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw

62%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

62%

Sporting Clube de Braga or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Braga25% Draw42% Sport Lisboa e Benfica33%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–2 not predicted

3 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

11.1%

1 – 2

8.7%

2 – 1

7.2%

2 – 2

6.3%

0 – 1

6.3%

0 – 2

6.2%

0 – 0

5.6%

1 – 3

5.1%

1 – 0

2 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

3.8%

0 – 3

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Braga covers	Push	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	9%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	16%	69%
-0.5	31%	—	69%
+0.5	56%	—	44%
+1	56%	20%	24%
+1.5	76%	—	24%
+2	76%	13%	11%
+2.5	89%	—	11%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

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