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Arouca
Benfica
Boavista
Braga
Casa Pia
Estoril
Estrela Amadora
Famalicao logo
Gil Vicente logo
Moreirense
Nacional
Porto
Rio Ave
Farense logo
Santa Clara
Sporting Lisbon
Vitoria de Guimaraes
Benfica
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
Feb 1, 2021 9.30pm
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')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Sporting Lisbon17132248143441
2Porto1613124093140
3Benfica17122338112738
4Braga1794430191131
5Santa ClaraSanta Clara1710161816231
6Vitoria de GuimaraesGuimaraes176742622425
7Casa Pia176651920-124
8MoreirenseMoreirense176472225-322
9FamalicaoFamalicao174852020020
10Rio AveRio Ave165471727-1019
11Gil Vicente164661825-718
12Estoril PraiaEstoril174671828-1018
13Estrela Amadora174491629-1316
14AVS172961324-1115
15AroucaArouca1743101328-1515
16SC FarenseFarense173591123-1214
17Nacional163491123-1213
18BoavistaBoavista172691126-1512


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