Benfica 1-0 Sporting CP: result and report
Liga Portugal · Tuesday 11 February 2014
Result
Benfica 1-0 Sporting CP
Liga Portugal · Tuesday 11 February 2014, 20:15 UTC · half-time 1-0
Benfica 1-0 Sporting CP: match report
Benfica beat Sporting CP 1-0 in Liga Portugal on Tuesday 11 February 2014. The half-time score was 1-0.
Nicolás Gaitán opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Benfica's goals came from Nicolás Gaitán (27') and Enzo Pérez (76'). Sporting CP did not score.
Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 38 points from 17 and Sporting CP 2nd on 38 points from 17. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 73 points, and Sporting CP 2nd with 66.
Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sporting CP in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Benfica wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sporting CP.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-W-W-W and Sporting CP's D-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Enzo Pérez
- 27'Goal · Nicolás Gaitán
- 64'Yellow card · Ljubomir Fejsa
- 76'Goal · Enzo Pérez
- 80'Yellow card · Marcos Rojo
- 88'Yellow card · Maurício
- 89'Yellow card · Nicolás Gaitán
- 90'Yellow card · Cédric Soares
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica expected line-up (4-4-2)
Artur Moraes, Luisão, Ezequiel Garay, Brandon Truter, Nemanja Matić, Enzo Pérez, Nico Gaitán, Lazar Markovic, Lima, Óscar Cardozo
Sporting CP expected line-up (4-3-3)
Rui Patrício, Marcos Rojo, Joãozinho, Miguel Lopes, Tiago Ilori, André Martins, Adrien Silva, André Carrillo, Bruma, Ricky van Wolfswinkel