Portugal - Taca de Portugal
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by Daniel Ngulu | in Football Predictions
Benfica and Sporting Lisbon will put aside their league title ambitions to focus on the Portuguese Cup encounter next. This will be the first leg of their semi final meetings with hosts Sporting seeking a home advantage. Sporting didn’t have a winning return after their Europa League outing, drawing 3-3 with Rio Ave in their last game. It was their second straight draw after being held 1-1 by Young Boys in the Europa League. Leões will however be happy at the fightback against Rio Ave, twice having to come from behind. It was Sebastian Coates’ 73rd minute goal that earned them a point and they’ll want to do better here. Sporting are however unbeaten in seven matches, winning five, and will be confident here. The one challenge they will be dealing with here is that in the last four meetings, they’ve failed to beat Benfica. Their first encounter this season ended in a 2-1 away loss in the league. That was the third straight time this fixture ended with over 2.5 goals. three of their last five matches have also produced over 2.5 goals.
Benfica will feel this is a key game for them, having handled the pressure well in the league. Unlike Sporting, As Águias had a winning return to domestic action after their 0-0 draw with Toulouse in Europa League. They thrashed Portimonense 4-0 last time out, not only keeping a second straight clean sheet but also going eight unbeaten. Rafael Alexandre’s brace in the win marked his third and fourth goals in the last five matches. This was also the fourth time in five that their matches yielded over 2.5 goals. Benfica’s only defeat in the last 22 matches came via post-match penalties following a 1-1 draw with Estoril in the League Cup. With seven wins in their last 10 matches, Benfica will feel confident about this outing. Their recent run against Sporting will add to this confidence, and they’ve also lost once only in their last four visits here. Four times in their last eight matches, Benfica have scored three or more goals.
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Sporting Lisbon vs Benfica Lisbon Form
Sporting Lisbon and Benfica Lisbon Last Matches
4/6 (67%)
2/6 (33%)
0/6 (0%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
25 Feb 2024 - Liga Portugal
22 Feb 2024 - Europa League
19 Feb 2024 - Liga Portugal
15 Feb 2024 - Europa League
11 Feb 2024 - Liga Portugal
7 Feb 2024 - Taca de Portugal
5/6 (83%)
1/6 (17%)
0/6 (0%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
22 Feb 2024 - Europa League
11 Feb 2024 - Liga Portugal
29 Jan 2024 - Liga Portugal
9 Jan 2024 - Taca de Portugal
5 Jan 2024 - Liga Portugal
18 Dec 2023 - Liga Portugal
4/6 (67%)
1/6 (17%)
1/6 (17%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
25 Feb 2024 - Liga Portugal
19 Feb 2024 - Liga Portugal
15 Feb 2024 - Europa League
7 Feb 2024 - Taca de Portugal
23 Jan 2024 - Portugal League Cup
18 Jan 2024 - Liga Portugal
4/6 (67%)
2/6 (33%)
0/6 (0%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
25 Feb 2024 - Liga Portugal
22 Feb 2024 - Europa League
18 Feb 2024 - Liga Portugal
15 Feb 2024 - Europa League
11 Feb 2024 - Liga Portugal
8 Feb 2024 - Taca de Portugal
5/6 (83%)
1/6 (17%)
0/6 (0%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
25 Feb 2024 - Liga Portugal
18 Feb 2024 - Liga Portugal
15 Feb 2024 - Europa League
4 Feb 2024 - Liga Portugal
24 Jan 2024 - Portugal League Cup
19 Jan 2024 - Liga Portugal
4/6 (67%)
2/6 (33%)
0/6 (0%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
22 Feb 2024 - Europa League
11 Feb 2024 - Liga Portugal
8 Feb 2024 - Taca de Portugal
29 Jan 2024 - Liga Portugal
6 Jan 2024 - Liga Portugal
17 Dec 2023 - Liga Portugal
Sporting Lisbon vs Benfica Lisbon Stats: Head to Head (H2H)
33 %
33 %
33 %
Average stats (last H2H results)
12 Nov 2023 - Liga Portugal
21 May 2023 - Liga Portugal
15 Jan 2023 - Liga Portugal
17 Apr 2022 - Liga Portugal
29 Jan 2022 - Portugal League Cup
3 Dec 2021 - Liga Portugal
Players list
F. Israel
DefenderS. Coates
O. Diomande
J. St. Juste
M. Reis
MidfielderPaulinho
D. Braganca
H. Morita
ForwardV. Gyokeres
R. Esgaio
N. Santos
A. Trubin
DefenderA. Silva
Morato
N. Otamendi
MidfielderJ. Neves
J. Mario
T. Gouveia
F. Aursnes
ForwardA. Cabral
A. Di Maria
C. Tengstedt
Substitutes
A. Adan
DefenderR. Esgaio
I. Fresneda
J. St. Juste
L. Neto
MidfielderK. Koindredi
D. Braganca
N. Santos
Paulinho
S. Soares
DefenderMorato
T. Araujo
A. Fernandez
MidfielderFlorentino
ForwardC. Tengstedt
A. Cabral
Marcos Leonardo
T. Gouveia
Most goals and assists
Sporting Lisbon
Benfica Lisbon
V. Gyokeres
(34 Goals)
R. Silva
(18 Goals)
P. Goncalves
(15 Assists)
A. Di Maria
(13 Assists)
Sporting Lisbon - Benfica Lisbon Key Points
- Four of the last five meetings between these two sides had over 2.5 goals
- Benfica scored three or more goals in four of their last eight matches
- At home, eight of Sporting’s last 10 matches had over 2.5 goals
- Sporting’s last five games have averaged 3.8 goals per match
- All of Benfica’s last three away matches had over 2.5 goals
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Our Sporting Lisbon vs Benfica Lisbon Prediction
Benfica have dominated this fixture in recent meetings, but the dominant stat has been over 2.5 goals. Both sides are coming from high-scoring matches, a trend we expect to see here as well. In the league, these two are also the best scoring sides, a stat that promises this could be a high-scoring game. Our prediction for Sporting Lisbon v Benfica is for the game to have over 2.5 goals.
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