Benfica vs Sporting Lisbon Live Stream, Predictions (May 10)

📏 Form Guide

Benfica

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Benfica will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-2 Primeira Liga victory vs Estoril.

In that game, Benfica managed 52% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Benfica, the goals were scored by Fredrik Aursnes (7') and Nicolás Otamendi (35'). Estoril had 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Vinícius Zanocelo (78') scored for Estoril.

Fixtures with Benfica have often been engaging ones of late with a lot of goalmouth action the rule rather than the exception. Over their past 6 games, a total of 26 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 4.33 goals per game) with 20 of those being chalked up by Benfica. Even so, we must now wait to see whether that trend will be sustained in this match.

Looking at their past form shows that Benfica:

• have not won against Sporting Lisbon in their last 2 matches in the league.
• are undefeated in their previous 7 league matches at home.

Sporting Lisbon

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Sporting Lisbon will go into this meeting following on from a 2-1 Primeira Liga win against Gil Vicente in their most recent outing.

In that match, Sporting Lisbon managed 71% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For Sporting Lisbon, the goals were scored by Maximiliano Araújo (81') and Eduardo Quaresma (93'). At the other end, Gil Vicente had 1 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Felix Correia (26') was the scorer for Gil Vicente.

A succession of reliable performances by the Sporting Lisbon defensive unit has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their last 6 fixtures combined. During the same period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 15.

Leading up to this clash, Sporting Lisbon:

• are winless against Benfica when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 9 league matches away from home. Travelling very well.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking out their prior head to head meetings dating back to 17/04/2022, there has been little between the sides with Benfica winning 2 of those games, Sporting Lisbon 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.

A combined sum of 17 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 9 of them for Benfica and 8 created by Sportinguistas. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The previous league clash featuring the two was Primeira Liga match day 16 on 29/12/2024 when the final score was Sporting Lisbon 1-0 Benfica.

That day, Sporting Lisbon had 45% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The scorer was Geny Catamo (29').

For their opponents, Benfica got 14 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Fábio Veríssimo.

ℹ️ Team News: Benfica

Renato Sanches (Muscle injury), Manu Silva (Cruciate ligament tear) and Alexander Bah (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be taking part for Benfica manager Bruno Lage.

We think that Benfica will possibly line up in a 4-2-3-1 system this time, handing starts to Anatolii Trubin, Tomas Araújo, António Silva, Nicolas Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Fredrik Aursnes, Florentino Luís, Zeki Amdouni, Orkun Kökcü, Kerem Aktürkoglu and Vangelis Pavlidis.

ℹ️ Team News: Sporting Lisbon

Sporting Lisbon manager Rui Borges has not got a full squad to pick from. João Simões (Metatarsal fracture), Daniel Bragança (Cruciate ligament tear) and Nuno Santos (Patellar tendon rupture) will not be playing here.

We’re of the thinking that Sportinguistas might begin the game with a 3-4-3 lineup, settling for Rui Silva, Eduardo Quaresma, Jerry St. Juste, Gonçalo Inácio, Geny Catamo, Zeno Debast, Hidemasa Morita, Maximiliano Araújo, Francisco Trincão, Viktor Gyokeres and P. Gonçalves Pote.

💭 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Sporting Lisbon will have a tough ask to breach the defence of this Benfica outfit who we think might well win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We’re going for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 advantage for Benfica at the end of this one.

Let’s see what happens.

📚 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Looking at what the bookmakers’ view is of this game on the 90 minute result market, a victory for Benfica is available for 2.1, backing a drawn result is 3.5 & taking a punt on the winning team to be Sporting Lisbon comes in at 3.3. They are the top prices that can be secured at present.

Victor Martins, 12:04 09/05/2025