Sporting CP 2-4 Benfica: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 3 February 2019
Result
Sporting CP 2-4 Benfica
Liga Portugal · Sunday 3 February 2019, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-2
Sporting CP 2-4 Benfica: match report
Sporting CP were beaten by Benfica 2-4 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 3 February 2019. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Haris Seferovic opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sporting CP's goals came from Bruno Fernandes (43') and Bas Dost (89', penalty). Benfica scored through Haris Seferovic (11'), João Félix (36'), Rúben Dias (47') and Pizzi (73', penalty).
Discipline: Sporting CP received 5 yellow cards; Benfica received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sporting CP were 4th on 39 points from 19 and Benfica 3rd on 44 points from 19. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 3rd with 74 points, and Benfica 1st with 87.
Sporting CP lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pizzi of Benfica (8.3), ahead of Haris Seferovic (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sporting CP win, 6 draws and 3 for Benfica.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Haris Seferovic
- 23'Yellow card · Jefferson
- 28'Yellow card · Bruno Fernandes
- 29'Yellow card · Pizzi
- 36'Goal · João Félix
- 43'Goal · Bruno Fernandes
- 47'Goal · Rúben Dias
- 59'Yellow card · Nemanja Gudelj
- 62'Yellow card · Gabriel Pires
- 72'Yellow card · Renan Ribeiro
- 73'Penalty goal · Pizzi
- 83'Yellow card · Raphinha
- 85'Red card · Odysseas Vlachodimos
- 89'Penalty goal · Bas Dost
Head-to-head
Team news
Sporting CP line-up (4-3-3)
Renan Ribeiro, Bruno Gaspar, Sebastián Coates, André Pinto, Jefferson, Bruno Fernandes, Nemanja Gudelj, Wendel, Raphinha, Bas Dost, Nani
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Rúben Dias, Jardel, Alejandro Grimaldo, Pizzi, Andreas Samaris, Gabriel Pires, Rafa Silva, João Félix, Haris Seferovic