Benfica 1-1 Sporting CP: result and report

Benfica 1-1 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Wednesday 3 January 2018, 21:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Benfica drew with Sporting CP 1-1 in Liga Portugal on Wednesday 3 January 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Gelson Martins opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Benfica's goal came from Jonas (90', penalty). Sporting CP scored through Gelson Martins (19').

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

Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 36 points from 15 and Sporting CP 2nd on 39 points from 15. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Sporting CP 3rd with 78.

Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sporting CP in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonas of Benfica (8.2), ahead of Bruno Fernandes (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Benfica wins, 4 draws and 1 for Sporting CP.

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