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Sporting CP vs Benfica

Sporting CP
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Benfica
🕒 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:30 Europe/London 📍 Estádio José Alvalade 🧑‍⚖️ Artur Soares Dias 🔁 Regular Season - 16 🏁 match finished
Season
2020-2021 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 16
Regular Season Table
Sporting CP 1 · Benfica 3
Referee Stats
Artur Soares Dias
19 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 0.00
Reds avg 0.00
Penalties avg 0.00
Over 4.5 cards 0%
Home wins 37%
Draws 26%
Away wins 37%
How the match was won
  • Shots were tight (9-5).
  • Possession was balanced (46%-54%).

Team Overview

Sporting CP (Home stats)

Games / Record

17
W-D-L: 13-4-0

Goals For / Against

34 / 10
Avg: 2.00 / 0.59

Points

43
Avg: 2.53

Clean Sheets

9

Failed to Score

0
Benfica (Away stats)

Games / Record

17
W-D-L: 11-4-2

Goals For / Against

38 / 12
Avg: 2.24 / 0.71

Points

37
Avg: 2.18

Clean Sheets

7

Failed to Score

3

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this Liga Portugal fixture.

Quick comparison bars

2.53
PPG
2.18
2.00
GF
2.24
0.59
GA
0.71
41%
O2.5
53%
47%
BTTS
47%
0%
Score 1st
0%

League-position context

Sporting CP rank1st
Benfica rank3rd
Sporting CP points85
Benfica points76
Sporting CP: #1 · 85 pts · GD +45
Currently in the automatic promotion spots. 45 pts above the play-off edge. 50 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Benfica: #3 · 76 pts · GD +42
4 pts off the top 2. 36 pts above the play-off edge. 41 pts clear of the relegation zone.
9-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Sporting CP last 5 home

W W W D D
Points11/15
Weighted index87
Goals11-4
Record3-2-0
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Benfica last 5 away

W W W W W
Points15/15
Weighted index100
Goals18-3
Record5-0-0
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Sporting CP trend breakdown

Over 2.541%
BTTS47%
BTTS + O2.535%
1H Over 0.571%
Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 76% · Over 3.5 29% · 1H BTTS 18%

Benfica trend breakdown

Over 2.553%
BTTS47%
BTTS + O2.529%
1H Over 0.571%
Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 88% · Over 3.5 29% · 1H BTTS 24%

Scoring reliability

Sporting CP score at home100%
Sporting CP clean sheet at home53%
Benfica score away82%
Benfica clean sheet away41%

First-goal patterns

Sporting CP score first0%
Sporting CP win after scoring first0%
Benfica score first0%
Benfica win after scoring first0%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Sporting CP 0% · Benfica 0%

Vs league average

Sporting CP score at home2.00 vs 1.27
Sporting CP concede at home0.59 vs 1.15
Benfica score away2.24 vs 1.15
Benfica concede away0.71 vs 1.27
Sporting CP score 58% above league average, while Benfica score 95% above league average.
Defensive side: Sporting CP are 49% below league average at home, and Benfica are 44% below league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5
Avg goals2.20
BTTS80%
Over 2.540%
At this venue setup: 2.60 goals on average across the last 5.

Sporting CP goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Benfica goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
1
2
Total Shots
9
5
Shots off Goal
4
1
Blocked Shots
4
2
Shots Inside Box
4
5
Shots Outside Box
5
0
Ball Possession
46%
54%
Corner Kicks
8
1
Fouls
12
17
Offsides
3
6
Yellow Cards
3
5
Red Cards
—
—
Goalkeeper Saves
2
1
Total Passes
385
455
Passes Accurate
292
370
Passes %
76%
81%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games22
Home Wins5
Draws8
Away Wins9
Over 2.5 Goals11 (50.0%)
BTTS15 (68.2%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games11
Home Wins3
Draws3
Away Wins5
Over 2.5 Goals4 (36.4%)
BTTS5 (45.5%)

Sporting CP vs Benfica Head-to-Head History by Season

2025-2026 Season
19 Apr 2026 Sporting CP vs Benfica 1 - 2 05 Dec 2025 Benfica vs Sporting CP 1 - 1
2024-2025 Season
10 May 2025 Benfica vs Sporting CP 1 - 1 29 Dec 2024 Sporting CP vs Benfica 1 - 0
2023-2024 Season
06 Apr 2024 Sporting CP vs Benfica 2 - 1 12 Nov 2023 Benfica vs Sporting CP 2 - 1
2022-2023 Season
21 May 2023 Sporting CP vs Benfica 2 - 2 15 Jan 2023 Benfica vs Sporting CP 2 - 2
2021-2022 Season
17 Apr 2022 Sporting CP vs Benfica 0 - 2 03 Dec 2021 Benfica vs Sporting CP 1 - 3
2020-2021 Season
15 May 2021 Benfica vs Sporting CP 4 - 3 01 Feb 2021 Sporting CP vs Benfica 1 - 0
2019-2020 Season
25 Jul 2020 Benfica vs Sporting CP 2 - 1 17 Jan 2020 Sporting CP vs Benfica 0 - 2
2018-2019 Season
03 Feb 2019 Sporting CP vs Benfica 2 - 4 25 Aug 2018 Benfica vs Sporting CP 1 - 1
2017-2018 Season
05 May 2018 Sporting CP vs Benfica 0 - 0 03 Jan 2018 Benfica vs Sporting CP 1 - 1
2016-2017 Season
22 Apr 2017 Sporting CP vs Benfica 1 - 1 11 Dec 2016 Benfica vs Sporting CP 2 - 1
2015-2016 Season
05 Mar 2016 Sporting CP vs Benfica 0 - 1 25 Oct 2015 Benfica vs Sporting CP 0 - 3