Benfica 1-1 Sporting CP: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 25 August 2018

Result

Benfica 1-1 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Saturday 25 August 2018, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Benfica 1-1 Sporting CP: match report

Benfica drew with Sporting CP 1-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 25 August 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Nani opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Benfica's goal came from João Félix (86'). Sporting CP scored through Nani (64', penalty).

Discipline: Benfica received 4 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 6 points from 2 and Sporting CP 3rd on 6 points from 2. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Sporting CP 3rd with 74.

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 Romain Salin of Sporting CP (8.9), ahead of Pizzi (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Benfica wins, 6 draws and 1 for Sporting CP.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Stefan RistovskiSporting CP
  • 44'Yellow card · Facundo FerreyraBenfica
  • 62'Yellow card · Rúben DiasBenfica
  • 64'Penalty goal · NaniSporting CP · 0-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Andrija ZivkovicBenfica
  • 86'Goal · João FélixBenfica · 1-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Radosav PetrovicSporting CP
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Alejandro GrimaldoBenfica
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Romain SalinSporting CP
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Rodrigo BattagliaSporting CP
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Sebastián CoatesSporting CP

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Jardel, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, Ljubomir Fejsa, Gedson Fernandes, Rafa Silva, Facundo Ferreyra, Franco Cervi

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

Romain Salin, Stefan Ristovski, Sebastián Coates, André Pinto, Jefferson, Rodrigo Battaglia, Marcos Acuña, Raphinha, Bruno Fernandes, Nani, F. Montero