Vitória SC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Primeira Liga 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

Refresh

Primeira Liga · 2021-22

Vitória SC

1 – 3

Full Time

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Sat 25 Sep 2021 · 17:00 UTC Estadio D. Afonso Henriques HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 82' Nicolas Otamendi

Overview

Match Preview

Vitória SC vs Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Primeira Liga at Estadio D. Afonso Henriques.

Vitória SC 34 games · 42 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

Vitória SC 16 games · Avg 2.8 goals Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-25 Vitória SC 1–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2021-05-19 Vitória SC 1–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2021-02-05 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 0–0 Vitória SC 2020-07-14 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–0 Vitória SC 2020-01-04 Vitória SC 0–1 Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Recent Form

Vitória SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Sep	Sport Lisboa e Benfica	H	1–3	L
18 Sep	FC Arouca	A	2–2	D
12 Sep	Os Belenenses Futebol	H	0–0	D
29 Aug	Sporting Clube de Braga	A	0–0	D
22 Aug	FC Vizela	H	4–0	W
13 Aug	GD Estoril Praia	A	0–0	D

Sport Lisboa e Benfica

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Sep	Vitória SC	A	3–1	W
20 Sep	Boavista FC	H	3–1	W
14 Sep	FK Dynamo Kyiv	A	0–0	D
11 Sep	CD Santa Clara	A	5–0	W
29 Aug	CD Tondela	H	2–1	W
24 Aug	PSV	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Vitória SC		Sport Lisboa e Benfica
#9	Position	#3
42	Points	80
34	Played	34
12 / 6 / 16	W / D / L	23 / 11 / 0
39	Scored	74
51	Conceded	25
-12	GD	+49
1.24	PPG	2.35
35%	Win %	68%

Key Stats

31% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Vitória SC this season

41% Clean Sheets
Sport Lisboa e Benfica this season

Vitória SC are 9th (42 pts). Sport Lisboa e Benfica are 3rd (80 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Vitória SC

0-15

1/1

16-30

2/2

31-45

–/1

46-60

2/–

61-75

3/3

76+

1/2

■ 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' In just a few seconds Estadio D. Afonso Henriques will turn into a battlefield for Vitória SC and Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Vitória SC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
10' Sport Lisboa e Benfica started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
15' Valentino Lazaro is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sport Lisboa e Benfica so far.
20' It’s high time Jorge Jesus made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
25' Sport Lisboa e Benfica are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
30' A stunning finish from Roman Yaremchuk — that came from absolutely nowhere!
35' A quiet spell here at Estadio D. Afonso Henriques. Sport Lisboa e Benfica seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
40' Vitória SC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
41' Roman Yaremchuk does the damage! The net is bulging and Sport Lisboa e Benfica surge ahead!
46' It looks surprising Sport Lisboa e Benfica does not make any changes. Darwin Nunez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
51' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
56' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Vitória SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
61' Andre Andre, a Portugal , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
66' Sport Lisboa e Benfica come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
67' Another change for Sport Lisboa e Benfica made on 67 minute. Roman Yaremchuk leaves to be changed by Pizzi.
70' Vitoria SC ring the changes. Ricardo Quaresma has done his job and it is now time for Rochinha to step up.
73' Joao Mario adds to his 0 season tally! Sport Lisboa e Benfica lead 0-3 — and this changes everything.
75' Soualiho Meite is ready to make an impact after coming on for Joao Mario at the 75 minute mark.
76' A tactical swap from Sport Lisboa e Benfica — Gedson on, Julian Weigl off on 76 minutes.
77' Bruno Duarte does the damage! The net is bulging and Vitoria SC surge ahead!
78' Bruno Duarte is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 3 goals this season for the .
81' Vitoria SC make a change. Tiago Silva trudges off to be replaced by Nicolas Janvier on 81 minutes.
82' Poor challenge from Nicolas Otamendi. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
87' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
88' Everton gets the nod from Sport Lisboa e Benfica. He replaces Rafa Silva and will look to change the dynamic.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Vitória SC 1-3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica.

Lineups

Vitória SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pepa

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

7
Everton ↑ 88'
31
Gil Dias ↑ 88'
11
Soualiho Meite ↑ 75'
77
Helton Leite
21
Pizzi ↑ 67'
83
Gedson ↑ 76'
34
Andre Almeida
18
Rodrigo Pinho
91
Morato

Coach Jorge Jesus

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Joao Mario	4
Haris Seferovic	4
Pizzi	3
Pizzi	3
Roman Yaremchuk	2
Bruno Duarte	2
Darwin Nunez	2
Goncalo Ramos	2

Head to Head

Vitória SC Form

2021-09-25 Vitória SC 1–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica L 2021-09-18 FC Arouca 2–2 Vitória SC D 2021-09-12 Vitória SC 0–0 Os Belenenses Futebol D 2021-08-29 Sporting Clube de Braga 0–0 Vitória SC D 2021-08-22 Vitória SC 4–0 FC Vizela W 2021-08-13 GD Estoril Praia 0–0 Vitória SC D

Sport Lisboa e Benfica Form

2021-09-25 Vitória SC 1–3 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2021-09-20 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 3–1 Boavista FC W 2021-09-14 FK Dynamo Kyiv 0–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D 2021-09-11 CD Santa Clara 0–5 Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 2021-08-29 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2–1 CD Tondela W 2021-08-24 PSV 0–0 Sport Lisboa e Benfica D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

0.72 Vitória SC xG

Expected Goals

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

2.09 Sport Lisboa e Benfica xG

I would bet for: Sport Lisboa e Benfica to win 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Vitória SC16% Draw23% Sport Lisboa e Benfica61%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes45% 0% No55%

Avg goals/match: 2.81

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Vitória SC or Draw

39%

Draw or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

84%

Vitória SC or Sport Lisboa e Benfica

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Vitória SC10% Draw42% Sport Lisboa e Benfica48%

Actual: Sport Lisboa e Benfica win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 2

12.9%

0 – 1

12.1%

1 – 1

9.8%

1 – 2

9.1%

0 – 3

8.8%

0 – 0

7.7%

1 – 3

Actual

0 – 4

4.6%

1 – 0

3.6%

1 – 4

3.4%

2 – 2

3.3%

2 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Vitória SC

Handicap	Vitória SC covers	Push	Sport Lisboa e Benfica covers
-2.5	1%	—	99%
-2	1%	2%	97%
-1.5	3%	—	97%
-1	3%	8%	89%
-0.5	11%	—	89%
+0.5	32%	—	68%
+1	32%	24%	44%
+1.5	56%	—	44%
+2	56%	21%	23%
+2.5	77%	—	23%

Clean Sheet

Vitória SC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Sport Lisboa e Benfica keeps clean sheet

49% ✓

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