Benfica 4-3 Sporting CP: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 15 May 2021

Result

Benfica 4-3 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Saturday 15 May 2021, 17:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Benfica 4-3 Sporting CP: match report

Benfica beat Sporting CP 4-3 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 15 May 2021. The half-time score was 3-1.

Haris Seferovic opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Benfica's goals came from Haris Seferovic (12'), Pizzi (29'), Lucas Veríssimo (37') and Haris Seferovic (49', penalty). Sporting CP scored through Pedro Gonçalves (45+1'), Nuno Santos (62') and Pedro Gonçalves (77', penalty).

Discipline: Benfica received 6 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 70 points from 32 and Sporting CP 1st on 82 points from 32. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 76 points, and Sporting CP 1st with 85.

Benfica lined up in a 3-4-3 and Sporting CP in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Pedro Gonçalves of Sporting CP (9.5), ahead of Pizzi (9.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sporting CP.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

7'Yellow card · Alejandro GrimaldoBenfica
12'Goal · Haris SeferovicBenfica · 1-0
29'Goal · PizziBenfica · 2-0
31'Yellow card · Matheus ReisSporting CP
37'Goal · Lucas VeríssimoBenfica · 3-0
38'Yellow card · Lucas VeríssimoBenfica
43'Yellow card · Nicolás OtamendiBenfica
45+1'Goal · Pedro GonçalvesSporting CP · 3-1
49'Penalty goal · Haris SeferovicBenfica · 4-1
57'Yellow card · Gabriel PiresBenfica
58'Yellow card · Nuno MendesSporting CP
62'Goal · Nuno SantosSporting CP · 4-2
65'Yellow card · João MárioSporting CP
77'Penalty goal · Pedro GonçalvesSporting CP · 4-3
87'Yellow card · Nuno TavaresBenfica
90+2'Yellow card · Darwin NúñezBenfica
90+2'Yellow card · Pedro GonçalvesSporting CP

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Benfica 0, draws 0, Sporting CP 1.

Sporting CP 1-0 BenficaLiga Portugal · 1 Feb 2021

Team news

Unavailable

Pedro PorroSporting CP · injury (Muscle Injury)
Tiago AraújoBenfica · injury (Metatarsal Fracture)
Bruno TabataSporting CP · injury (Knee Injury)
André AlmeidaBenfica · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Andreas SamarisBenfica · injury (Achilles tendon problems)
Tiago TomásSporting CP · injury (Minor Knock)

Benfica line-up (3-4-3)

Helton Leite, Lucas Veríssimo, Nicolás Otamendi, Jan Vertonghen, Diogo Gonçalves, Adel Taarabt, Julian Weigl, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, Haris Seferovic, Everton

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

Antonio Adán, Gonçalo Inácio, Sebastián Coates, Matheus Reis, João Pereira, Matheus Nunes, Daniel Bragança, Nuno Mendes, Pedro Gonçalves, Nuno Santos, Paulinho