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

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Primeira Liga · 2024-25

Sporting Clube de Braga

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Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Sat 17 May 2025 · 17:00 UTC Estadio Municipal de Braga 20,198 HT 45' · FT 45'

Rodrigo Zalazar pen 24' 1–0

1–1 63' Vangelis Pavlidis

Y 33' Orkun Kokcu

Y 45' Nicolas Otamendi

Francisco Chissumba 52' Y

Joao Moutinho 54' Y

Uros Racic 57' Y

Joao Moutinho 66' YR

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 6 games · 11 pts (2026/27)
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 7 games · 16 pts (2026/27)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Porto	7	21
2	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	7	16
3	Sporting Clube de Portugal	7	15
4	CD Santa Clara	7	15
5	FC Arouca	7	11
6	Sporting Clube de Braga	6	11
7	Académico de Viseu FC	7	11
8	CF Estrela da Amadora	7	10
9	Moreirense FC	7	8
10	Gil Vicente FC	6	8
11	CS Marítimo	7	8
12	FC Alverca	7	8
13	FC Famalicão	7	7
14	Vitória SC	7	5
15	CD Nacional	7	4
16	Rio Ave FC	7	4
17	Casa Pia AC	7	4
18	GD Estoril Praia	7	2

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2025-05-17 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 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

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Braga

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 May	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	1–1	D
10 May	Casa Pia AC	A	1–2	L
03 May	CD Santa Clara	H	1–1	D
25 Apr	FC Famalicão	A	1–1	D
19 Apr	GD Estoril Praia	A	2–0	W
13 Apr	AVS	H	4–1	W

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 May	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	1–1	D
10 May	Sporting Clube de Portugal	H	1–1	D
03 May	GD Estoril Praia	A	2–1	W
27 Apr	AVS	H	6–0	W
19 Apr	Vitória SC	A	3–0	W
13 Apr	FC Arouca	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Braga		Sport Lisboa e Benfica
#6	Position	#2
11	Points	16
6	Played	7
3 / 2 / 1	W / D / L	5 / 1 / 1
7	Scored	22
5	Conceded	7
+2	GD	+15
1.83	PPG	2.29
50%	Win %	71%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

69% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Braga this season

43% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

Sporting Clube de Braga are 6th (11 pts). Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 2nd (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

2/1

61-75

1/–

76+

2/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

0-15

4/1

16-30

1/–

31-45

2/1

46-60

8/3

61-75

3/1

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Braga

Pau Victor Delgado	3 G	1 A
Fran Navarro	1 G

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Vangelis Pavlidis	8 G	2 A
Gianluca Prestianni	5 G	3 A
Leandro Barreiro Martins	2 G	1 A
Rafa Silva	1 G	2 A
Jhon Duran	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at Estadio Municipal de Braga as Sporting Clube de Braga face off against Sport Lisboa e Benfica in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' 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.
10' With 3 assists to his name this season, Vangelis Pavlidis is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
15' Sport Lisboa e Benfica is showing some good football. However, Sport Lisboa e Benfica are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
20' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
24' A stunning finish from Rodrigo Zalazar — that came from absolutely nowhere!
29' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Clube de Braga and Sport Lisboa e Benfica are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
33' Sport Lisboa e Benfica player sees a card in front of him.
38' Sporting Clube de Braga are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 4-3-3 shape.
43' Uros Racic has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 25 cards already picked up this season.
45' That looks like a foul for a card for Nicolas Otamendi.
50' Paulo Oliveira is a natural defender and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sport Lisboa e Benfica tonight.
52' It’s a booking for Sporting Clube de Braga player. Francisco Chissumba gets a card.
54' Sporting Clube de Braga receives a card for a hard tackle on 54.
57' A moment of madness from Uros Racic on 57 minutes earns him a card. Sporting Clube de Braga will be frustrated.
59' Another change for Sport Lisboa e Benfica made on 59 minute. Andreas Schjelderup leaves to be changed by Angel di Maria.
63' GOAL! Vangelis Pavlidis fires home to make it 1-1!
66' Sporting Clube de Braga receives a card for a hard tackle on 66.
71' Antonio Silva is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Clube de Braga so far.
72' Another change for Sporting Clube de Braga made on 72 minute. Rodrigo Zalazar leaves to be changed by Vitor Carvalho.
73' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica bench stirs into life. Tomas Araujo is withdrawn and Tiago Gouveia gets his opportunity.
75' Fresh legs for Sporting Clube de Braga! Robson Bambu comes on to replace Sikou Niakate.
80' Sporting Clube de Braga are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sport Lisboa e Benfica backline.
85' France international Sikou Niakate has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
87' Arthur Cabral has so much to prove this time. He replaces Orkun Kokcu on 87 minute.
90' Sporting Clube de Braga ring the changes. Victor Gomez has done his job and it is now time for Joao Ferreira to step up.
will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Braga Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

8
Joao Moutinho
4
Sikou Niakate ↓ Robson Bambu 75'
15
Paulo Oliveira
21
Ricardo Horta
10
Uros Racic ↓ Jean-Baptiste Gorby 72'
16
Rodrigo Zalazar ↓ Vitor Carvalho 72'
91
Lukas Hornicek
11
Roger Fernandes
2
Victor Gomez ↓ Joao Ferreira 90'
55
Francisco Chissumba
67
Afonso Patrao ↓ Amine El Ouazzani 72'

Bench

Coach Carlos Carvalhal

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

30
Nicolas Otamendi
10
Orkun Kokcu ↓ Arthur Cabral 87'
18
Leandro Barreiro Martins
14
Vangelis Pavlidis
61
Florentino ↓ Andrea Belotti 59'
1
Anatolii Trubin
17
Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu ↓ Bruma 59'
21
Andreas Schjelderup ↓ Angel di Maria 59'
44
Tomas Araujo ↓ Tiago Gouveia 73'
3
Alvaro Carreras
4
Antonio Silva

Bench

9
Arthur Cabral ↑ 87'
11
Angel di Maria ↑ 59'
27
Bruma ↑ 59'
19
Andrea Belotti ↑ 59'
24
Samuel Soares
47
Tiago Gouveia ↑ 73'
26
Samuel Dahl
81
Adrian Bajrami
60
Nuno Felix

Coach Bruno Nascimento

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Rafa Silva	6
Pizzi	5
Ricardo Horta	4
Everton	3
Darwin Nunez	3
Haris Seferovic	3
Iuri Medeiros	2
Moura	2

Head to Head

Sporting Clube de Braga Form

2025-05-17 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2025-05-10 Casa Pia AC 2–1 Sporting Clube de Braga L 2025-05-03 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–1 CD Santa Clara D 2025-04-25 FC Famalicão 1–1 Sporting Clube de Braga D 2025-04-19 GD Estoril Praia 0–2 Sporting Clube de Braga W 2025-04-13 Sporting Clube de Braga 4–1 AVS W

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2025-05-17 Sporting Clube de Braga 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2025-05-10 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal D 2025-05-03 GD Estoril Praia 1–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2025-04-27 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 6–0 AVS W 2025-04-19 Vitória SC 0–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2025-04-13 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 FC Arouca D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.03 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

Expected Goals

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

1.65 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Braga or Sport Lisboa e Benfica 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Braga28% Draw28% Sport Lisboa e Benfica44%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.68

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	75%	25%
± 2.5	49%	51%
± 3.5	28%	72%
± 4.5	14%	86%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw

55%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

72%

Sporting Clube de Braga or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Braga18% Draw46% Sport Lisboa e Benfica36%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

10.4%

1 – 2

9.2%

0 – 2

9.1%

0 – 0

8.8%

1 – 0

6.1%

2 – 1

5.8%

1 – 3

5.1%

0 – 3

4.9%

2 – 2

4.8%

2 – 0

3.6%

2 – 3

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Braga

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Braga covers	Push	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	6%	91%
-1.5	9%	—	91%
-1	9%	14%	77%
-0.5	23%	—	77%
+0.5	50%	—	50%
+1	50%	23%	27%
+1.5	73%	—	27%
+2	73%	16%	12%
+2.5	88%	—	12%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

36% ✓

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