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

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Primeira Liga · 2024-25

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Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Sun 29 Dec 2024 · 20:30 UTC Estadio Jose Alvalade 48,076 HT 45' · FT 45'

Geny Catamo 29' 1–0

Y 34' Nicolas Otamendi

Y 58' Alexander Bah

Matheus Reis 59' Y

Franco Israel 63' Y

Y 90' Tomas Araujo

Overview

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

Sporting Clube de Portugal 34 games · 82 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 Portugal 16 games · Avg 3.1 goals Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Last 5 meetings

2024-12-29 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 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

Recent Form

Sporting Clube de Portugal

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Dec	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	1–0	W
22 Dec	Gil Vicente FC	A	0–0	D
14 Dec	Boavista FC	H	3–2	W
10 Dec	Club Brugge KV	A	1–2	L
05 Dec	Moreirense FC	A	1–2	L
30 Nov	CD Santa Clara	H	0–1	L

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Dec	Sporting Clube de Portugal	A	0–1	L
23 Dec	GD Estoril Praia	H	3–0	W
19 Dec	CD Nacional	A	2–0	W
15 Dec	AVS	A	1–1	D
11 Dec	Bologna FC 1909	H	0–0	D
07 Dec	Vitória SC	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

Sporting Clube de Portugal		Sport Lisboa e Benfica
#2	Position	#3
82	Points	80
34	Played	34
25 / 7 / 2	W / D / L	23 / 11 / 0
89	Scored	74
24	Conceded	25
+65	GD	+49
2.41	PPG	2.35
74%	Win %	68%

Key Stats

75% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

44% Clean Sheets
Sporting Clube de Portugal this season

41% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

Sporting Clube de Portugal are 2nd (82 pts). Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 3rd (80 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Clube de Portugal

0-15

2/2

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/–

46-60

2/–

61-75

5/1

76+

3/3

■ 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' The game is set. Sport Lisboa e Benfica kicks off things out of here…
5' 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 50% of all matches.
10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Clube de Portugal and Sport Lisboa e Benfica are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
15' Anatolii Trubin needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
20' With 3 assists to his name this season, Orkun Kokcu is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Clube de Portugal.
25' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
29' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Geny Catamo makes it 1-0.
34' That looks like a foul for a card for Nicolas Otamendi.
39' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sport Lisboa e Benfica needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
44' Sporting Clube de Portugal started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 44.
46' The crowd applauds Florentino as he leaves the pitch. Leandro Barreiro Martins steps in for Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
51' Sport Lisboa e Benfica looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Rafa Silva scoring 1 goals.
56' Sporting Clube de Portugal are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sport Lisboa e Benfica backline.
58' Alexander Bah was booked on 58.
59' Matheus Reis has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 59.
63' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Franco Israel.
68' Sporting Clube de Portugal have won 676 goals from 505 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
72' The Sporting Clube de Portugal manager makes a substitution. Geovany Quenda departs to be replaced by Maximiliano Araujo.
75' Vangelis Pavlidis has so much to prove this time. He replaces Zeki Amdouni on 75 minute.
80' Sporting Clube de Portugal are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
81' Time for substitution for Sporting Clube de Portugal. Trincao is replaced by Conrad Harder.
84' Sport Lisboa e Benfica manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Arthur Cabral is hanging Fredrik Aursnes on the field on 84 minute.
89' Argentina international Nicolas Otamendi has been a key figure this campaign — 1 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
90' That is a card for Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Tomas Araujo will be fuming at that decision.
Full Time. Sporting Clube de Portugal beats Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Lineups

Sporting Clube de Portugal Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

9
Viktor Gyokeres
3
Jerry St. Juste
2
Matheus Reis
5
Hidemasa Morita ↓ Joao Simoes 72'
42
Morten Hjulmand
17
Trincao ↓ Conrad Harder 81'
1
Franco Israel
21
Geny Catamo
72
Eduardo Quaresma ↓ Ivan Fresneda 72'
26
Ousmane Diomande
57
Geovany Quenda ↓ Maximiliano Araujo 72'

Bench

Coach Rui Borges

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

30
Nicolas Otamendi
10
Orkun Kokcu
11
Angel di Maria
8
Fredrik Aursnes ↓ Arthur Cabral 84'
61
Florentino ↓ Leandro Barreiro Martins 46'
1
Anatolii Trubin
6
Alexander Bah
17
Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu ↓ Jan-Niklas Beste 75'
44
Tomas Araujo
3
Alvaro Carreras
7
Zeki Amdouni ↓ Vangelis Pavlidis 75'

Bench

Coach Bruno Nascimento

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sporting Clube de Portugal Form

2024-12-29 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2024-12-22 Gil Vicente FC 0–0 Sporting Clube de Portugal D 2024-12-14 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3–2 Boavista FC W 2024-12-10 Club Brugge KV 2–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal L 2024-12-05 Moreirense FC 2–1 Sporting Clube de Portugal L 2024-11-30 Sporting Clube de Portugal 0–1 CD Santa Clara L

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2024-12-29 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2024-12-23 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–0 GD Estoril Praia W 2024-12-19 CD Nacional 0–2 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2024-12-15 AVS 1–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2024-12-11 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 0–0 Bologna FC 1909 D 2024-12-07 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 1–0 Vitória SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.49 Sporting Clube de Portugal xG

Expected Goals

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

1.11 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Clube de Portugal46% Draw27% Sport Lisboa e Benfica27%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.6

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	48%	52%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Draw

73%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

54%

Sporting Clube de Portugal or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Clube de Portugal32% Draw48% Sport Lisboa e Benfica20%

Actual: Sporting Clube de Portugal win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.2%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

9.4%

2 – 1

8.8%

2 – 0

0 – 1

7.2%

1 – 2

6.6%

2 – 2

0 – 2

4.5%

3 – 1

4.4%

3 – 0

3.9%

3 – 2

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Clube de Portugal

Handicap	Sporting Clube de Portugal covers	Push	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	14%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	22%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	16%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	8%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Clube de Portugal keeps clean sheet

33% ✗

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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