Sporting CP 0-1 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 5 March 2016
Result
Sporting CP 0-1 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Saturday 5 March 2016, 20:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sporting CP 0-1 Benfica: match report
Sporting CP lost to Benfica 0-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 5 March 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Konstantinos Mitroglou of Benfica in the 20th minute.
Discipline: Sporting CP received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Benfica received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sporting CP were 1st on 59 points from 24 and Benfica 2nd on 56 points from 24. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Benfica 1st with 86.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sporting CP wins, 3 draws and 5 for Benfica.
Going into the match Sporting CP's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Benfica's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Konstantinos Mitroglou
- 46'Yellow card · Jonas
- 52'Yellow card · Nicolás Gaitán
- 67'Yellow card · Konstantinos Mitroglou
- 70'Yellow card · Jefferson
- 70'Yellow card · Victor Lindelöf
- 87'Red card · Adrien Silva
- 87'Yellow card · Renato Sanches
Head-to-head
Team news
Sporting CP expected line-up (4-3-1-2)
Rui Patrício, Sebastián Coates, Rúben Semedo, Marvin Zeegelaar, João Mário, William Carvalho, Bruno César, Bryan Ruiz, Islam Slimani
Benfica expected line-up
Júlio César, Jardel, Eliseu, Victor Lindelöf, Pizzi, Nico Gaitán, Andreas Samaris, Jonas, Konstantinos Mitroglou