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Benfica
Boavista
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Casa Pia
Estoril
Estrela Amadora
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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')
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Sporting Lisbon77002522321
2Porto76011631318
3Benfica75111751216
4Santa ClaraSanta Clara7502118315
5Braga7421124814
6Vitoria de GuimaraesGuimaraes741276113
7FamalicaoFamalicao733183512
8MoreirenseMoreirense7223911-28
9Casa Pia722369-38
10AVS7223610-48
11Gil Vicente7142712-57
12Rio AveRio Ave7214512-77
13Estoril PraiaEstoril7133410-66
14AroucaArouca7205312-96
15Estrela Amadora7124510-55
16BoavistaBoavista712438-55
17Nacional7124412-85
18SC FarenseFarense7016213-111


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