📊 Form Guide

Benfica

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Benfica will be looking for a repeat result of a 1-2 Primeira Liga success against Estoril.

In that game, Benfica managed 52% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. For Benfica, the goalscorers were Fredrik Aursnes (7') and Nicolás Otamendi (35'). Estoril got 10 attempts on 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 come into this encounter following a 2-1 Primeira Liga win versus Gil Vicente in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Sporting Lisbon had 71% possession and 16 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Sporting Lisbon, the goals were scored by Maximiliano Araújo (81') and Eduardo Quaresma (93'). On the other side, Gil Vicente got 1 shots on 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

If we look at their past head to head duels stretching 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 drawn in regulation time.

A total of 17 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 9 from Benfica and 8 created by Sportinguistas. The average goals per game has been 2.83.

The previous league fixture between these sides was Primeira Liga match day 16 on 29/12/2024 when it ended Sporting Lisbon 1-0 Benfica.

In that match, Sporting Lisbon had 45% possession and 12 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player to score was Geny Catamo (29').

Benfica had 14 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Fábio Veríssimo.

🗞️ Team News: Benfica

Renato Sanches (Muscle injury), Manu Silva (Cruciate ligament tear) and Alexander Bah (Cruciate ligament tear) are unavailable for Benfica manager Bruno Lage.

It seems likely that Benfica may well use a 4-2-3-1 system for this one and select Anatoliy Trubin, Tomas Araujo, Nicolas Otamendi, Antonio Silva, Alvaro Carreras, Florentino Luis, Orkun Kokcu, Angel Di Maria, Fredrik Aursnes, Kerem Akturkoglu and Vangelis Pavlidis.

📰 Team News: Sporting Lisbon

Sporting Lisbon boss Rui Borges has to currently contend with reduced team options. João Simões (Metatarsal fracture), Daniel Bragança (Cruciate ligament tear) and Nuno Santos (Patellar tendon rupture) are not able to play.

We’re of the thinking that Sportinguistas might utilise a 3-4-3 system, going with Rui Silva, Eduardo Quaresma, Zeno Debast, Goncalo Inacio, Geovany Quenda, Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Maximiliano Araujo, Trincao, Viktor Gyoekeres and Pedro Goncalves.

🔮 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.

Victor Martins, 16:03 10/05/2025