Sporting CP vs Benfica match stats & report

2–1 Full time

Primeira Liga · Portugal · Regular Season - 28 · Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon · Ref Artur Soares Dias

Sporting CP stats & fixtures · Benfica stats & fixtures

Sporting CP beat Benfica 2–1 in the Primeira Liga on 6 April 2024. Expected goals finished 1.04–1.15. Benfica had 51% of the ball.

Sporting CP vs Benfica match statistics

Sporting CPBenfica

49% Ball possession 51%
1.04 Expected goals (xG) 1.15
14 Total shots 14
3 Shots on target 4
6 Shots off target 5
5 Blocked shots 5
8 Shots inside the box 8
7 Corners 13
12 Fouls 10
0 Offsides 2
4 Yellow cards 7
0 Red cards 1
403 Passes 404
82% Pass accuracy 81%
2 Goalkeeper saves 1

Goals and cards

-5' Yellow card N. Santos Sporting CP
-5' Yellow card C. Tengstedt Benfica
1' Goal Geny Catamo Sporting CP
4' Yellow card Geny Catamo Sporting CP
27' Yellow card M. Hjulmand Sporting CP
27' Yellow card N. Otamendi Benfica
40' Yellow card David Neres Benfica
45+1' Yellow card A. Bah Benfica
45+3' Goal A. Bah (assist Á. Di María) Benfica
86' Yellow card F. Aursnes Benfica
90+1' Goal Geny Catamo Sporting CP
90+6' Yellow card Paulinho Sporting CP
90+8' Yellow card F. Aursnes Benfica
90+8' Red card F. Aursnes Benfica
90+9' Yellow card António Silva Benfica

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Sporting CP

Confirmed 3-4-2-1 Rúben Amorim

12 F. Israel

25 Gonçalo Inácio 4 S. Coates 3 J. St. Juste

2 Matheus Reis 5 H. Morita 42 M. Hjulmand 21 Geny Catamo

8 Pote 17 Trincão

9 V. Gyökeres

Bench Daniel Bragança , O. Diomande , M. Edwards , Paulinho , K. Koindredi , Diogo Pinto , N. Santos , Eduardo Quaresma , Ricardo Esgaio

Benfica

Confirmed 4-2-3-1 R. Schmidt

1 A. Trubin

8 F. Aursnes 30 N. Otamendi 4 António Silva 6 A. Bah

87 J. Neves 61 Florentino

7 David Neres 27 Rafa 11 Á. Di María

19 C. Tengstedt

Bench Arthur Cabral , Marcos Leonardo , O. Kökçü , Morato , Samuel Soares , Tomás Araújo , Álvaro Fernández , Tiago Gouveia , João Mário

Form guide

Sporting CP at home

9–1–0 in 10 matches

Scored: 3.3 per game
Conceded: 0.8 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 5.2 per game
Shots on target: 5.2 per game

15% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Benfica away

6–2–2 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.7 per game
Conceded: 1.0 per game
Clean sheets: 4 / 10
Corners: 4.6 per game
Shots on target: 6.1 per game

7% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Sporting CP vs Benfica head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
12 Nov 23	Benfica v Sporting CP	2–1
21 May 23	Sporting CP v Benfica	2–2
15 Jan 23	Benfica v Sporting CP	2–2

Only 3 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Sporting CP vs Benfica head-to-head record