Benfica 2-0 Sporting CP: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 27 September 2008

Result

Benfica 2-0 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Saturday 27 September 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Benfica 2-0 Sporting CP: match report

Benfica won against Sporting CP 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 27 September 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

José Antonio Reyes opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Benfica's goals came from José Antonio Reyes (67') and Sidnei (71'). Sporting CP did not score.

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 8th on 5 points from 3 and Sporting CP 2nd on 9 points from 3. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 59 points, and Sporting CP 2nd with 66.

Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting CP in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 3 draws and 2 for Sporting CP.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-D-D and Sporting CP's W-W-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 67'Goal · José Antonio ReyesBenfica · 1-0
  • 71'Goal · SidneiBenfica · 2-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Bruno PereirinhaSporting CP
  • 86'Yellow card · Hassan YebdaBenfica
  • 87'Yellow card · Leandro GrimiSporting CP
  • 90'Yellow card · João MoutinhoSporting CP

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Benfica 1, draws 3, Sporting CP 2.

Team news

Benfica expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Quim, Léo, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Gilles Binya, Luis Filipe, Edcarlos, Kostas Katsouranis, Cristian Gabriel Rodríguez Barrotti, Rui Costa, Óscar Cardozo

Sporting CP expected line-up (4-3-1-2)

Tonel, Ânderson Polga, Miguel Veloso, João Moutinho, Marat Izmailov, Ronny, Liédson, Yannick Djaló, Abel Ferreira, Leandro Romagnoli