Sporting CP 0-0 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Saturday 5 May 2018
Result
Sporting CP 0-0 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Saturday 5 May 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sporting CP 0-0 Benfica: match report
Sporting CP drew with Benfica 0-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 5 May 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Neither side found the net.
Discipline: Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards; Benfica received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sporting CP were 3rd on 77 points from 32 and Benfica 2nd on 77 points from 32. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Benfica 2nd with 81.
Sporting CP lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Fábio Coentrão of Sporting CP (7.8), level with Jérémy Mathieu (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sporting CP win, 5 draws and 4 for Benfica.
Going into the match Sporting CP's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Benfica's L-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 61'Yellow card · Cristiano Piccini
- 72'Yellow card · Jardel
- 90+4'Yellow card · Bruno Fernandes
- 90+7'Yellow card · Josip Misic
Head-to-head
Team news
Sporting CP line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rui Patrício, Sebastián Coates, Fábio Coentrão, Jérémy Mathieu, Cristiano Piccini, Bruno Fernandes, William Carvalho, Rodrigo Battaglia, Bryan Ruiz, Gelson Martins, Bas Dost
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bruno Varela, Alejandro Grimaldo, Douglas Pereira, Jardel, Rúben Dias, Ljubomir Fejsa, Andreas Samaris, Andrija Zivkovic, Pizzi, Rafa Silva, Raúl Jiménez