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 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

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
#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' 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' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
10' Sporting Clube de Braga 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.
15' It’s high time Carlos Carvalhal made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
24' Brilliant from the midfielder! Rodrigo Zalazar makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 24.
29' 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.
33' Orkun Kokcu picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
38' Victor Gomez has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 439 appearances.
43' Sporting Clube de Braga are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
45' Controversy at the stadium! Nicolas Otamendi argues furiously but the card stands.
50' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
52' A meaty challenge results in booking for Francisco Chissumba on 52.
54' That looks like a foul for a card for Joao Moutinho.
57' Sporting Clube de Braga receives a card for a hard tackle on 57.
59' Another substitution for Sport Lisboa e Benfica to replace Andreas Schjelderup by Angel di Maria on 59 minute.
63' Magnificent from Vangelis Pavlidis! That is 137 goals in 177 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
66' It’s a booking for Sporting Clube de Braga player. Joao Moutinho gets a card.
71' Anatolii Trubin is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sport Lisboa e Benfica tonight.
72' Fresh legs for Sporting Clube de Braga! Vitor Carvalho comes on to replace Rodrigo Zalazar.
73' The Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes a substitution. Tomas Araujo departs to be replaced by Tiago Gouveia.
75' Sikou Niakate makes way for Robson Bambu at the 75 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Clube de Braga.
80' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
85' Sporting Clube de Braga are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sport Lisboa e Benfica backline.
87' The whistle greets Orkun Kokcu as he departs to be replaced by Arthur Cabral.
90' The Sporting Clube de Braga bench stirs into life. Victor Gomez is withdrawn and Joao Ferreira gets his opportunity.
1-1 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

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

1 / 4

1.01 Sporting Clube de Braga xG

Expected Goals

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

1.72 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

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

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Braga27% Draw27% Sport Lisboa e Benfica46%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.73

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Braga or Draw

54%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

73%

Sporting Clube de Braga or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Braga17% Draw46% Sport Lisboa e Benfica37%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Braga win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

10.3%

0 – 2

9.4%

1 – 2

9.4%

0 – 0

8.4%

1 – 0

5.6%

2 – 1

5.5%

1 – 3

5.4%

0 – 3

5.3%

2 – 2

4.8%

2 – 0

3.3%

2 – 3

2.8%

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%	92%
-1.5	8%	—	92%
-1	8%	13%	79%
-0.5	21%	—	79%
+0.5	47%	—	53%
+1	47%	23%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	16%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Braga keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

37% ✓

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