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 11 games · 17 pts (2026/27)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 11 games · 28 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

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
#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' Welcome to Estadio Municipal de Braga that hosts another battle between Sporting Clube de Braga and Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
5' It’s high time Carlos Carvalhal made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
8' Abel Ruiz picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
13' 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.
18' It looks like no one’s ball. Sport Lisboa e Benfica is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
23' Portugal international Ricardo Horta has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
26' Jan Vertonghen has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 26.
28' What composure from Iuri Medeiros! The Portugal international strokes it home. 1-0.
30' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Almoatasembellah Ali.
31' The referee shows Sporting Clube de Braga player a Yellow card on 31.
36' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Clube de Braga needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
41' Sporting Clube de Braga currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
46' A tactical swap from Sporting Clube de Braga — Vitor Oliveira on, Abel Ruiz off on 46 minutes.
51' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Clube de Braga and Sport Lisboa e Benfica are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
56' Iuri Medeiros makes way for Yan Couto at the 56 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Clube de Braga.
59' What composure from Andre Horta! The Portugal international strokes it home. 2-0.
64' Gilberto needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
65' It is a substitution in Sport Lisboa e Benfica team. Soualiho Meite is replaced by Paulo Bernardo on 65 minute.
70' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Clube de Braga side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
74' Against the run of play, Darwin Nunez has scored! This game has turned on its head.
77' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Joao Mario makes no mistake. 2-2!
78' Andre Horta makes way for Andre Castro at the 78 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Clube de Braga.
79' GOAL! Vitor Oliveira scores on 79.
84' Sport Lisboa e Benfica are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
89' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
90' Berna is ready to make an impact after coming on for Ricardo Horta at the 90 minute mark.
It finishes all square. Sporting Clube de Braga and Sport Lisboa e Benfica share the spoils 3-2.

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

1.34 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

Expected Goals

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

1.94 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Braga or Sport Lisboa e Benfica 76% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Braga34% Draw24% Sport Lisboa e Benfica42%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.28

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw

58%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

66%

Sporting Clube de Braga or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Braga21% Draw42% Sport Lisboa e Benfica37%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–2 not predicted

3 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

10.7%

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 2

7.1%

0 – 1

6.7%

2 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

6.1%

1 – 3

5.9%

0 – 0

5.3%

0 – 3

4.5%

1 – 0

4.4%

2 – 3

2 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Braga covers	Push	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	14%	74%
-0.5	26%	—	74%
+0.5	50%	—	50%
+1	50%	21%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	15%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

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