Benfica 1-1 Sporting CP: result and report
Liga Portugal · Friday 5 December 2025
Result
Benfica 1-1 Sporting CP
Liga Portugal · Friday 5 December 2025, 20:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Benfica 1-1 Sporting CP: match report
Benfica drew with Sporting CP 1-1 in Liga Portugal on Friday 5 December 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Pedro Gonçalves opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Benfica's goal came from Georgiy Sudakov (27'). Sporting CP scored through Pedro Gonçalves (12').
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sporting CP received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 3rd on 28 points from 12 and Sporting CP 2nd on 31 points from 12. Benfica went on to finish that season 3rd with 80 points, and Sporting CP 2nd with 82.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting CP in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Georgiy Sudakov of Benfica (7.7), ahead of Rui Silva (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Benfica win, 3 draws and 2 for Sporting CP.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-D-W-W-D and Sporting CP's W-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Pedro Gonçalves
- 27'Goal · Georgiy Sudakov
- 30'Yellow card · Hidemasa Morita
- 56'Yellow card · Leandro Barreiro
- 65'Yellow card · José Mourinho
- 65'Yellow card · Luis Suárez
- 67'Yellow card · Vangelis Pavlidis
- 72'Yellow card · Iván Fresneda
- 75'Yellow card · Maxi Araújo
- 76'Yellow card · Pedro Gonçalves
- 90+2'Red card · Gianluca Prestianni
Head-to-head
Team news
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Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Anatoliy Trubin, Amar Dedic, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Samuel Dahl, Richard Ríos, Enzo Barrenechea, Fredrik Aursnes, Leandro Barreiro, Georgiy Sudakov, Vangelis Pavlidis
Sporting CP line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rui Silva, Iván Fresneda Corraliza, Ousmane Diomande, Gonçalo Inácio, Maxi Araújo, Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Geny Catamo, Francisco Trincão, Pedro Gonçalves, Luis Suárez