Benfica 2-1 Sporting CP: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 12 November 2023
Result
Benfica 2-1 Sporting CP
Liga Portugal · Sunday 12 November 2023, 20:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Benfica 2-1 Sporting CP: match report
Benfica beat Sporting CP 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 12 November 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.
Viktor Gyökeres opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Benfica's goals came from João Neves (90+4') and Casper Tengstedt (90+7'). Sporting CP scored through Viktor Gyökeres (45').
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 25 points from 10 and Sporting CP 1st on 28 points from 10. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 80 points, and Sporting CP 1st with 90.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting CP in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to João Neves of Benfica (8.5), ahead of Morato (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 2 draws and 0 for Sporting CP.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Sebastián Coates
- 22'Yellow card · Gonçalo Inácio
- 45'Goal · Viktor Gyökeres
- 51'Second yellow · Gonçalo Inácio
- 57'Yellow card · Marcus Edwards
- 66'Yellow card · João Mário
- 69'Yellow card · Morten Hjulmand
- 75'Yellow card · João Neves
- 90+4'Goal · João Neves
- 90+7'Goal · Casper Tengstedt
- 90+11'Yellow card · Luís Neto
Head-to-head
Team news
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Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anatoliy Trubin, Fredrik Aursnes, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Morato, Florentino, João Neves, Ángel Di María, Rafa Silva, João Mário, Petar Musa
Sporting CP line-up (3-4-2-1)
Antonio Adán, Ousmane Diomande, Sebastián Coates, Gonçalo Inácio, Ricardo Esgaio, Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Matheus Reis, Marcus Edwards, Pedro Gonçalves, Viktor Gyökeres