Primeira Liga: Sporting CP beats Benfica 3-1
LISBOA. Sporting CP tops Benfica 3-1.
LISBOA. Sporting CP prevails over Benfica 3-1. Sporting CP was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with P. Sarabia (8′), Paulinho (62′) and Matheus (68′). Benfica reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 6′) by Pizzi, but there was not much to do for them. Benfica was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (68%).
The match was played at the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica stadium in Lisboa on Friday and it started at 9:15 pm local time. The referee was Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias with the assistance of Rui Licínio Barbosa Tavares and Paulo Alexandre Santos Soares. The 4th official was Cláudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 11.6 degrees Celsius or 52.93 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 79%.
Match Statistics
Benfica was in firm control of the ball 68% while Sporting CP was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Benfica was more aggressive with 74 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Sporting CP succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Benfica shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Sporting CP shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Benfica received 3 yellow cards (J. Vertonghen, J. Weigl and A. Taarabt). On the opposite side, Sporting CP received 6 yellow cards (Z. Feddal, Paulinho, P. Porro, P. Sarabia, Pedro Goncalves and R. Esgaio).
After this contest, Benfica will stay with 31 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the other side, Sporting CP will have 35 points like Porto to stay in the 2nd place.
Match Events
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1'1'
Z. Feddal
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2'2'
Paulinho
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8'8'
P. Sarabia
Pedro Goncalves
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20'20'
P. Porro
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23'23'
J. Vertonghen
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27'27'
J. Weigl
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33'33'
P. Sarabia
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45'45'
J. Dias Fernandes (Goal Disallowed)
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45'45'
Pedro Goncalves
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46'46'
R. Yaremchuk
V. Lazaro
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55'55'
R. Esgaio
Z. Feddal
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62'62'
Paulinho
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68'68'
Matheus
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73'73'
R. Esgaio
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75'75'
A. Taarabt
A. Almeida
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75'75'
Gilberto
J. Weigl
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81'81'
D. Núñez Ribeiro (Goal Disallowed)
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83'83'
T. Tomas
P. Sarabia
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85'85'
Pizzi
Everton
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86'86'
G. Ramos
D. Nunez
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89'89'
A. Taarabt
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90'90'
D. Braganca
Pedro Goncalves
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90'90'
N. Santos
M. Ugarte
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90'90'
Pizzi
Next match
In the upcoming Primeira Liga match, Benfica will play away with Famalicão on the 12th of December with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of Benfica (1 draw).
Sporting CP will host Boavista on the 11th of December with a 15-1 head to head record in favor of Sporting CP (4 draws).
Benfica: Formation and Lineups
Benfica started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus chose to play with the following team: Odysseas Vlachodimos , André Almeida , Nicolás Otamendi , Jan Vertonghen , Valentino Lazaro , João Mário , Julian Weigl , Alejandro Grimaldo , Rafa Silva , Everton and Darwin Núñez .
Substitutes
Benfica made 5 changes: V. Lazaro for R. Yaremchuk (46′), A. Almeida for A. Taarabt (75′), J. Weigl for Gilberto (75′), Everton for Pizzi (85′) and D. Nunez for G. Ramos (86′).
Top player: Alejandro Grimaldo
Probably the most impressive player in Benfica was Alejandro Grimaldo.
His rating is with 38 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 3 crosses.
Sporting CP: Formation and Lineups
Sporting CP started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the other side, Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim played with: Antonio Adán , Luís Neto , Gonçalo Inácio , Zouhair Feddal , Pedro Porro , Matheus Nunes , Manuel Ugarte , Matheus Reis , Pedro Gonçalves , Paulinho and Pablo Sarabia .
Substitutes
Sporting CP made 4 changes: Z. Feddal for R. Esgaio (55′), P. Sarabia for T. Tomas (83′), Pedro Goncalves for D. Braganca (90′) and M. Ugarte for N. Santos (90′).
Top player: Matheus Nunes
The player who no doubt impressed Sporting CP the most was Matheus Nunes.
His rating is with 1 goal, 23 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primeira Liga
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