Sporting CP vs Benfica

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🕒 Sun, 17 Apr 2022 20:30 Europe/London 📍 Estádio José Alvalade 🧑‍⚖️ Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo 🔁 Regular Season - 30 🏁 match finished

Season

2021-2022 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 30

Regular Season Table

Sporting CP 2 · Benfica 3

Referee Stats

Fabio Jose Costa Verissimo

16 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	19%
Draws	31%
Away wins	50%

How the match was won

Sporting CP outshot their opponent (16-10).
Sporting CP controlled possession (61%).

Team Overview

Sporting CP (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 14-1-2

Goals For / Against

34 / 8

Avg: 2.00 / 0.47

Points

Avg: 2.53

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Benfica (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 13-2-2

Goals For / Against

42 / 14

Avg: 2.47 / 0.82

Points

Avg: 2.41

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

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

2.41

2.00

2.47

0.47

0.82

35%

O2.5

59%

24%

BTTS

53%

Score 1st

League-position context

Sporting CP rank2nd

Benfica rank3rd

Sporting CP points85

Benfica points74

Sporting CP: #2 · 85 pts · GD +50

Currently in the automatic promotion spots. 46 pts above the play-off edge. 54 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Benfica: #3 · 74 pts · GD +48

11 pts off the top 2. 35 pts above the play-off edge. 43 pts clear of the relegation zone.

11-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Sporting CP last 5 home

W W L W W

Points12/15

Weighted index80

Goals12-3

Record4-0-1

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 L W

Points12/15

Weighted index87

Goals9-4

Record4-0-1

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 2.535%

BTTS24%

BTTS + O2.518%

1H Over 0.576%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 82% · Over 3.5 18% · 1H BTTS 6%

Benfica trend breakdown

Over 2.559%

BTTS53%

BTTS + O2.547%

1H Over 0.588%

Also: Over 0.5 100% · Over 1.5 88% · Over 3.5 47% · 1H BTTS 18%

Scoring reliability

Sporting CP score at home94%

Sporting CP clean sheet at home71%

Benfica score away100%

Benfica clean sheet away47%

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 1.43

Sporting CP concede at home0.47 vs 1.21

Benfica score away2.47 vs 1.21

Benfica concede away0.82 vs 1.43

Sporting CP score 40% above league average, while Benfica score 105% above league average.

Defensive side: Sporting CP are 61% below league average at home, and Benfica are 42% 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

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

61%

39%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

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Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

538

342

Passes Accurate

482

274

Passes %

90%

80%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	22
Home Wins	5
Draws	8
Away Wins	9
Over 2.5 Goals	11 (50.0%)
BTTS	15 (68.2%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	11
Home Wins	3
Draws	3
Away Wins	5
Over 2.5 Goals	4 (36.4%)
BTTS	5 (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