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 · Benfica · Liga Portugal predictions

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.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Konstantinos MitroglouBenfica · 0-1
  • 46'Yellow card · JonasBenfica
  • 52'Yellow card · Nicolás GaitánBenfica
  • 67'Yellow card · Konstantinos MitroglouBenfica
  • 70'Yellow card · JeffersonSporting CP
  • 70'Yellow card · Victor LindelöfBenfica
  • 87'Red card · Adrien SilvaSporting CP
  • 87'Yellow card · Renato SanchesBenfica

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sporting CP 2, draws 3, Benfica 5.

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