Sporting Clube de Portugal vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Primeira Liga 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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Primeira Liga · 2023-24

Sporting Clube de Portugal

2 – 1

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Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Sat 6 Apr 2024 · 19:30 UTC Estadio Jose Alvalade 48,113 HT 45' · FT 45'

Geny Catamo 1' 1–0

1–1 45+3' Alexander Bah

Geny Catamo 90+1' 2–1

Geny Catamo 4' Y

Y 27' Nicolas Otamendi

Morten Hjulmand 27' Y

Y 40' David Neres

Y 45' Alexander Bah

Y 74' Casper Tengstedt

Y 86' Fredrik Aursnes

Paulinho 90' Y

YR 90' Fredrik Aursnes

Y 90' Antonio Silva

Nuno Santos 91' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Clube de Portugal vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Primeira Liga at Estadio Jose Alvalade.

Sporting Clube de Portugal 7 games · 15 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 Portugal 16 games · Avg 3.1 goals Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Last 5 meetings

2024-04-06 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2023-11-12 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2023-05-21 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2023-01-15 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2022-04-17 Sporting Clube de Portugal 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Apr	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	2–1	W
29 Mar	CF Estrela da Amadora	A	2–1	W
17 Mar	Boavista FC	H	6–1	W
14 Mar	Atalanta BC	A	1–2	L
10 Mar	FC Arouca	A	3–0	W
06 Mar	Atalanta BC	H	1–1	D

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Apr	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	1–2	L
29 Mar	GD Chaves	H	1–0	W
17 Mar	Casa Pia AC	A	1–0	W
14 Mar	Rangers FC	A	1–0	W
10 Mar	GD Estoril Praia	H	3–1	W
07 Mar	Rangers FC	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Portugal		Sport Lisboa e Benfica
#3	Position	#2
15	Points	16
7	Played	7
4 / 3 / 0	W / D / L	5 / 1 / 1
17	Scored	22
8	Conceded	7
+9	GD	+15
2.14	PPG	2.29
57%	Win %	71%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

43% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

Sporting Clube de Portugal are 3rd (15 pts). Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 2nd (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

0-15

4/–

16-30

4/–

31-45

3/–

46-60

4/–

61-75

–/3

76+

1/4

■ 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 Portugal

Luis Suarez	6 G	1 A
Flavio Goncalves	3 G	1 A
Fotis Ioannidis	2 G	2 A
Rodrigo Zalazar	1 G	1 A
Maximiliano Araujo	1 G	1 A

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' In just a few seconds Estadio Jose Alvalade will turn into a battlefield for Sporting Clube de Portugal and Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
1' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Geny Catamo makes it 1-0.
4' Sporting Clube de Portugal receives a card for a hard tackle on 4.
9' David Neres is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Clube de Portugal tonight.
14' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
19' Netherlands international Jerry St. Juste has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
24' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sport Lisboa e Benfica that had 470 games and scored 828 goals.
27' It’s gonna be a card for Nicolas Otamendi.
32' Sporting Clube de Portugal are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sport Lisboa e Benfica backline.
37' Franco Israel is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sport Lisboa e Benfica so far.
40' David Neres catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 40.
45' Alexander Bah has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 45.
48' Against the run of play, Alexander Bah has scored! This game has turned on its head.
53' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Roger Schmidt will be considering his options from the bench.
54' Another substitution for Sporting Clube de Portugal to replace Hidemasa Morita by Daniel Braganca on 54 minute.
59' Over 59 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
64' Sport Lisboa e Benfica is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
69' It’s high time Ruben Amorim made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
71' Arthur Cabral gets the nod from Sport Lisboa e Benfica. He replaces Casper Tengstedt and will look to change the dynamic.
72' The supporters are chanting for Marcus Edwards. He replaces Pedro Goncalves on 72 minute.
74' That is a card for Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Casper Tengstedt will be fuming at that decision.
79' The travelling Sport Lisboa e Benfica supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
80' Another substitution for Sporting Clube de Portugal to replace Trincao by Paulinho on 80 minute.
85' 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.
86' Fredrik Aursnes is having his name booked by the referee on 86.
90' That looks like a foul for a card for Paulinho.
90' A change in the Sport Lisboa e Benfica ranks — Rafa Silva exits the field as Marcos Leonardo Almeida enters on 90.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

9
Viktor Gyokeres
8
Pedro Goncalves ↓ Marcus Edwards 72'
3
Jerry St. Juste
4
Sebastian Coates
2
Matheus Reis
5
Hidemasa Morita ↓ Daniel Braganca 54'
42
Morten Hjulmand ↓ Koba Koindredi 80'
17
Trincao ↓ Paulinho 80'
25
Goncalo Inacio ↓ Ousmane Diomande 72'
12
Franco Israel
21
Geny Catamo

Bench

10
Marcus Edwards ↑ 72'
11
Nuno Santos
47
Ricardo Esgaio
20
Paulinho ↑ 80'
80
Koba Koindredi ↑ 80'
23
Daniel Braganca ↑ 54'
72
Eduardo Quaresma
26
Ousmane Diomande ↑ 72'
51
Diogo Pinto

Coach Ruben Amorim

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

30
Nicolas Otamendi
7
David Neres ↓ Orkun Kokcu 90'
11
Angel di Maria
27
Rafa Silva ↓ Marcos Leonardo Almeida 90'
8
Fredrik Aursnes
61
Florentino
1
Anatolii Trubin
6
Alexander Bah
4
Antonio Silva
87
Joao Neves
19
Casper Tengstedt ↓ Arthur Cabral 71'

Bench

Coach Roger Schmidt

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Haris Seferovic	6
Pedro Goncalves	4
Geny Catamo	3
Rafa Silva	3
Trincao	3
Pizzi	3
Darwin Nunez	2
Joao Felix	2

Head to Head

Sporting Clube de Portugal Form

2024-04-06 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2024-03-29 CF Estrela da Amadora 1–2 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2024-03-17 Sporting Clube de Portugal 6–1 Boavista FC W 2024-03-14 Atalanta BC 2–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal L 2024-03-10 FC Arouca 0–3 Sporting Clube de Portugal W 2024-03-06 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–1 Atalanta BC D

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2024-04-06 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2024-03-29 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–0 GD Chaves W 2024-03-17 Casa Pia AC 0–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2024-03-14 Rangers FC 0–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2024-03-10 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–1 GD Estoril Praia W 2024-03-07 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–2 Rangers FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.93 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

Expected Goals

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

1.94 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

I would bet for: Sporting Clube de Portugal or Sport Lisboa e Benfica 77% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal42% Draw23% Sport Lisboa e Benfica35%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 3.87

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Draw

65%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

58%

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal31% Draw39% Sport Lisboa e Benfica30%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.6%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

1 – 3

4.7%

3 – 1

4.7%

2 – 3

4.5%

3 – 2

4.5%

0 – 2

2 – 0

0 – 1

3.6%

1 – 0

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Portugal

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers	Push	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	12%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	17%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	61%	—	39%
+1	61%	17%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	12%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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