Sporting CP 2-1 Benfica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 6 April 2024

Result

Sporting CP 2-1 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Saturday 6 April 2024, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Sporting CP · Benfica · Liga Portugal predictions

Sporting CP 2-1 Benfica: match report

Sporting CP defeated Benfica 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 6 April 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Geny Catamo opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Sporting CP's goals came from Geny Catamo (1') and Geny Catamo (90+1'). Benfica scored through Alexander Bah (45+3').

Discipline: Sporting CP received 4 yellow cards; Benfica received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 1st on 68 points from 26 and Benfica 2nd on 67 points from 27. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Benfica 2nd with 80.

Sporting CP lined up in a 3-4-3 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Geny Catamo of Sporting CP (9.5), ahead of Sebastián Coates (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sporting CP wins, 2 draws and 1 for Benfica.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Geny CatamoSporting CP · 1-0
  • 4'Yellow card · Geny CatamoSporting CP
  • 5'Yellow card · Nuno SantosSporting CP
  • 27'Yellow card · Morten HjulmandSporting CP
  • 27'Yellow card · Nicolás OtamendiBenfica
  • 39'Yellow card · David NeresBenfica
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Alexander BahBenfica
  • 45+3'Goal · Alexander BahBenfica · 1-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Casper TengstedtBenfica
  • 86'Yellow card · Fredrik AursnesBenfica
  • 90+1'Goal · Geny CatamoSporting CP · 2-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · PaulinhoSporting CP
  • 90+8'Second yellow · Fredrik AursnesBenfica
  • 90+9'Yellow card · António SilvaBenfica

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Sporting CP 0, draws 2, Benfica 1.

Team news

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Sporting CP line-up (3-4-3)

Franco Israel, Jeremiah St. Juste, Sebastián Coates, Gonçalo Inácio, Geny Catamo, Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Matheus Reis, Francisco Trincão, Pedro Gonçalves, Viktor Gyökeres

Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)

Anatoliy Trubin, Alexander Bah, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Fredrik Aursnes, Florentino, João Neves, Ángel Di María, Rafa Silva, David Neres, Casper Tengstedt