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Sporting CP vs Benfica

Sporting CP
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Benfica
🕒 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 20:45 Europe/London 🧑‍⚖️ Artur Soares Dias 🔁 Regular Season - 25 🏁 match finished
Season
2015-2016 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 25
Regular Season Table
Sporting CP 2 · Benfica 1
Referee Stats
Artur Soares Dias
17 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 41%
Draws 18%
Away wins 41%
How the match was won
  • Shots were tight (9-5).
  • Sporting CP controlled possession (65%).

Team Overview

Sporting CP (Home stats)

Games / Record

17
W-D-L: 13-3-1

Goals For / Against

39 / 12
Avg: 2.29 / 0.71

Points

42
Avg: 2.47

Clean Sheets

8

Failed to Score

2
Benfica (Away stats)

Games / Record

17
W-D-L: 14-1-2

Goals For / Against

36 / 9
Avg: 2.12 / 0.53

Points

43
Avg: 2.53

Clean Sheets

9

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

2.47
PPG
2.53
2.29
GF
2.12
0.71
GA
0.53
47%
O2.5
47%
47%
BTTS
35%
0%
Score 1st
0%

League-position context

Sporting CP rank2nd
Benfica rank1st
Sporting CP points86
Benfica points88
Sporting CP: #2 · 86 pts · GD +58
Currently in the automatic promotion spots. 45 pts above the play-off edge. 56 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Benfica: #1 · 88 pts · GD +66
Currently in the automatic promotion spots. 47 pts above the play-off edge. 58 pts clear of the relegation zone.
2-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Sporting CP last 5 home

W W W W L
Points12/15
Weighted index93
Goals15-3
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 W W
Points15/15
Weighted index100
Goals7-1
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 2.547%
BTTS47%
BTTS + O2.541%
1H Over 0.576%
Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 71% · Over 3.5 47% · 1H BTTS 6%

Benfica trend breakdown

Over 2.547%
BTTS35%
BTTS + O2.535%
1H Over 0.565%
Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 59% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 12%

Scoring reliability

Sporting CP score at home88%
Sporting CP clean sheet at home47%
Benfica score away82%
Benfica clean sheet away53%

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 home2.29 vs 1.51
Sporting CP concede at home0.71 vs 1.20
Benfica score away2.12 vs 1.20
Benfica concede away0.53 vs 1.51
Sporting CP score 52% above league average, while Benfica score 76% above league average.
Defensive side: Sporting CP are 41% below league average at home, and Benfica are 65% 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
2
1
Total Shots
9
5
Shots off Goal
5
2
Blocked Shots
2
2
Shots Inside Box
5
2
Shots Outside Box
4
3
Ball Possession
65%
35%
Corner Kicks
8
1
Fouls
0
0
Offsides
5
3
Yellow Cards
1
5
Red Cards
1
0
Goalkeeper Saves
0
2
Total Passes
509
270
Passes Accurate
397
164
Passes %
78%
61%

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