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Primeira Liga | Gameweek 33
May 15, 2021 at 6pm UK
Estádio da Luz
Sporting Lisbon

Benfica
4 - 3
Sporting Lisbon

Seferovic (12', 49' pen.), Pizzi (29'), Verissimo (37')
Grimaldo (7'), Verissimo (38'), Otamendi (43'), Gabriel (57'), Tavares (87'), Nunez (90+2')
FT(HT: 3-1)
Goncalves (45+1', 77' pen.), Santos (62')
Reis (31'), Mendes (57'), Mario (65'), Goncalves (90+2')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Primeira Liga clash between Benfica and Sporting Lisbon, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Benfica win with a probability of 41.18%. A win for Sporting Lisbon had a probability of 32.88% and a draw had a probability of 25.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Benfica win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.96%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.74%) and 2-0 (7.06%). The likeliest Sporting Lisbon win was 0-1 (8.7%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.33%). The actual scoreline of 4-3 was predicted with a 0.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Benfica would win this match.

Result
BenficaDrawSporting Lisbon
41.18%25.94%32.88%
Both teams to score 53.81%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
49.55%50.45%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
27.62%72.38%
Benfica Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
75.77%24.24%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
41.42%58.59%
Sporting Lisbon Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
71.02%28.98%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
35.12%64.88%
Score Analysis
    Benfica 41.18%
    Sporting Lisbon 32.88%
    Draw 25.94%
BenficaDrawSporting Lisbon
1-0 @ 9.96%
2-1 @ 8.74%
2-0 @ 7.06%
3-1 @ 4.13%
3-0 @ 3.33%
3-2 @ 2.56%
4-1 @ 1.46%
4-0 @ 1.18%
4-2 @ 0.91%
Other @ 1.86%
Total : 41.18%
1-1 @ 12.33%
0-0 @ 7.02%
2-2 @ 5.41%
3-3 @ 1.06%
Other @ 0.12%
Total : 25.94%
0-1 @ 8.7%
1-2 @ 7.64%
0-2 @ 5.39%
1-3 @ 3.15%
2-3 @ 2.23%
0-3 @ 2.22%
1-4 @ 0.98%
Other @ 2.57%
Total : 32.88%

How you voted: Benfica vs Sporting Lisbon

Benfica
45.0%
Draw
30.0%
Sporting Lisbon
25.0%
40
Head to Head
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Gameweek 16
Sporting Lisbon
1-0
Benfica
Nunes (90+2')
Tomas (15'), Neto (40'), Tabata (90+5')

Gilberto (13'), Weigl (16'), Otamendi (53'), Pizzi (75'), Gabriel (79')
Jul 25, 2020 9.15pm
Gameweek 34
Benfica
2-1
Sporting Lisbon
Seferovic (28'), Vinicius (88')
Dias (20'), Gabriel (22'), Almeida (73'), Vinicius (90+4')
Sporar (69')
Neto (36'), Cabral (71'), Wendel (77')
Jan 17, 2020 9.15pm
Gameweek 17
Sporting Lisbon
0-2
Benfica

Acuna (30'), Phellype (57'), Plata (90'), Mathieu (93')
Silva (80', 99')
Gabriel (26'), Chiquinho (58'), Cervi (95'), Vlachodimos (99')
Aug 4, 2019 8.45pm
Portuguese Super Cup
Benfica
5-0
Sporting Lisbon
Silva (40'), Pizzi (60', 75'), Grimaldo (64'), Chiquinho (90')
Dias (45'), Grimaldo (46'), Ferro (50'), Seferovic (70'), De Tomas (72')

Acuna (20'), Doumbia (32'), Raphinha (49'), Coates (62'), Fernandes (62')
Doumbia (89')
Apr 3, 2019 8.45pm
Semi-Finals
Sporting Lisbon
1-0
Benfica
Fernandes (75')
Gudelj (44'), Gaspar (54'), Phellype (59'), Acuna (77'), Raphinha (82'), Borja (95')

Felix (44'), Silva (64')
Silva (95')
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Porto1512123692737
2Sporting Lisbon14120243103336
3Benfica1411213482635
4Santa ClaraSanta Clara149051613327
5Braga147432516925
6Vitoria de GuimaraesGuimaraes146441814422
7Casa Pia155551618-220
8MoreirenseMoreirense156271922-320
9FamalicaoFamalicao154741817119
10Gil Vicente144461724-716
11Rio AveRio Ave144461525-1016
12Estoril PraiaEstoril143561221-914
13AVS152761122-1113
14BoavistaBoavista152671019-912
15Nacional14338819-1112
16Estrela Amadora143381224-1212
17SC FarenseFarense15339921-1212
18AroucaArouca153210926-1711


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