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Sporting Lisbon

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Sporting Lisbon will be looking for another win after a 1-2 Primeira Liga triumph versus Estrela Amadora.

In that game, Sporting Lisbon managed 62% possession and 21 shots on goal with 7 on target. For Sporting Lisbon, the goals were scored by Paulinho (23') and Nuno Santos (40'). Estrela Amadora got 6 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Leonel Bucca (16') scored for Estrela Amadora.

Matches with Sporting Lisbon have often been exciting ones recently with a lot of goalmouth action expected. Over their past six games, the sum total of 23 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 16 of these accredited to Sporting Lisbon. Regardless, we will just have to wait and see whether such a trend will be sustained in this next game.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Sporting Lisbon:

• have not registered a win against Benfica in their last 4 league games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 20 home league matches. It really has been a fortress.

Benfica

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Benfica will come into the clash following on from a 1-0 Primeira Liga win to beat Chaves in their most recent outing.

In that game, Benfica had 66% possession and 22 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Benfica was João Neves (66'). On the other side, Chaves had 7 shots on goal with 0 on target.

Roger Schmidt's Benfica have converted 8 times throughout their previous 6 matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during that same period equals 8.

Going into this contest, Benfica have not lost to Sporting Lisbon when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 15/05/2021 shows that Sporting Lisbon have won 1 of them & Benfica 3, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 2.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 24 overall at an average of 4 goals per match.

The last league contest between these sides was Primeira Liga match day 11 on 12/11/2023 when it finished Benfica 2-1 Sporting Lisbon.

On that occasion, Benfica had 53% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorers were João Neves (94') and Casper Tengstedt (97').

For their opponents, Sporting Lisbon got 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Viktor Gyökeres (45') scored.

The referee was Artur Soares Dias.

🗞️ Team News: Sporting Lisbon

There aren’t many selection issues, with just one fitness concern for the Sporting Lisbon manager Rúben Amorim to contend with from of an almost fully healthy group. Antonio Adán (Muscle injury) won’t play.

We think that Sportinguistas will possibly use a 3-4-3 system for this one, utilising Franco Israel, Jerry St. Juste, Sebastian Coates, Goncalo Inacio, Geny Catamo, Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Matheus, Trincao, Viktor Gyoekeres and Pedro Goncalves.

📰 Team News: Benfica

Thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from, the Benfica boss Roger Schmidt doesn’t have any fitness worries at all before this game.

From our viewpoint, Benfica seem likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup by sending out Anatolii Trubin, Alexander Bah, Antonio Silva, Nicolas Otamendi, Fredrik Aursnes, Joao Neves, Florentino Luis, Angel Di Maria, Rafa Silva, David Neres and Casper Tengstedt.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the view that Sporting Lisbon will most probably stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

At the same time, Benfica may well find it hard to break down their defence but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be seeing enough of the ball to score, too.

We’re therefore anticipating a decent 3-1 winning score for Sporting Lisbon at the end of the match.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 19:03 06/04/2024