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Sporting Lisbon
Primeira Liga | Gameweek 30
Apr 17, 2022 at 8.30pm UK
 
Benfica

Sporting Lisbon
0 - 2
Benfica


Sarabia (13'), Paulinho (51')
FT(HT: 0-1)
Nunez (14'), Dias (90+2')
Everton (41'), Vertonghen (51'), Taarabt (75')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Pacos de Ferreira 0-2 Benfica
Friday, May 13 at 8.15pm in Primeira Liga

We said: Sporting Lisbon 2-1 Benfica

This weekend's game sees two of the biggest sides in Portuguese football go head to head and we can expect an exciting contest filled with plenty of goalmouth action. While Benfica are perfectly capable of coming away with all three points, Sporting Lisbon head into the game in especially good form of late and we predict they will cancel out the efforts of the visitors and come out victorious. Read more.

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 Sporting Lisbon win with a probability of 55.26%. A draw had a probability of 22.4% and a win for Benfica had a probability of 22.32%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Lisbon win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.86%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.36%) and 2-0 (8.82%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.46%), while for a Benfica win it was 1-2 (5.85%). The actual scoreline of 0-2 was predicted with a 3.1% likelihood.

Result
Sporting LisbonDrawBenfica
55.26%22.42%22.32%
Both teams to score 57.08%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
57.73%42.27%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
35.33%64.67%
Sporting Lisbon Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
84.81%15.19%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
56.18%43.82%
Benfica Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
67.3%32.7%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
30.75%69.25%
Score Analysis
    Sporting Lisbon 55.26%
    Benfica 22.32%
    Draw 22.41%
Sporting LisbonDrawBenfica
2-1 @ 9.86%
1-0 @ 9.36%
2-0 @ 8.82%
3-1 @ 6.19%
3-0 @ 5.54%
3-2 @ 3.46%
4-1 @ 2.92%
4-0 @ 2.61%
4-2 @ 1.63%
5-1 @ 1.1%
5-0 @ 0.98%
Other @ 2.79%
Total : 55.26%
1-1 @ 10.46%
2-2 @ 5.51%
0-0 @ 4.97%
3-3 @ 1.29%
Other @ 0.19%
Total : 22.41%
1-2 @ 5.85%
0-1 @ 5.55%
0-2 @ 3.1%
1-3 @ 2.18%
2-3 @ 2.05%
0-3 @ 1.16%
Other @ 2.42%
Total : 22.32%

How you voted: Sporting Lisbon vs Benfica

Sporting Lisbon
75.8%
Draw
9.7%
Benfica
14.5%
62
Head to Head
Jan 29, 2022 7.45pm
Benfica
1-2
Sporting Lisbon
Everton (23')
Vertonghen (53'), Everton (58'), Mario (90+2')
Inacio (49'), Sarabia (78')
Neto (31'), Paulinho (53'), Nunes (59'), Esgaio (77')
Dec 3, 2021 9.15pm
Benfica
1-3
Sporting Lisbon
Pizzi (90+6')
Vertonghen (22'), Weigl (27'), Taarabt (89')
Sarabia (8'), Paulinho (62'), Nunes (68')
Feddal (1'), Paulinho (1'), Porro (20'), Sarabia (33'), Goncalves (45+3'), Esgaio (73')
May 15, 2021 6pm
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')
Goncalves (45+1', 77'), Santos (62')
Reis (31'), Mendes (57'), Mario (65'), Goncalves (90+2')
Feb 1, 2021 9.30pm
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
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')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Benfica1512213782938
2Sporting Lisbon15121243103337
3Porto1512123692737
4Braga1584327161128
5Santa ClaraSanta Clara159061615127
6Vitoria de GuimaraesGuimaraes156542016423
7Casa Pia155551618-220
8MoreirenseMoreirense156271922-320
9FamalicaoFamalicao154741817119
10Gil Vicente154561724-717
11Rio AveRio Ave154471526-1116
12Estrela Amadora154381324-1115
13Estoril PraiaEstoril153571224-1214
14AVS152761122-1113
15Nacional153481021-1113
16BoavistaBoavista152671019-912
17SC FarenseFarense15339921-1212
18AroucaArouca153210926-1711


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