Sporting CP 1-0 Benfica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 29 December 2024

Result

Sporting CP 1-0 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Sunday 29 December 2024, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sporting CP 1-0 Benfica: match report

Sporting CP defeated Benfica 1-0 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 29 December 2024. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Geny Catamo of Sporting CP in the 29th minute.

Discipline: Sporting CP received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 3rd on 37 points from 15 and Benfica 2nd on 38 points from 15. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Benfica 2nd with 80.

Sporting CP lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Franco Israel of Sporting CP (7.6), level with Orkun Kökçü (7.6).

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

Going into the match Sporting CP's last five read D-W-L-L-W and Benfica's W-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Geny CatamoSporting CP · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Nicolás OtamendiBenfica
  • 58'Yellow card · Alexander BahBenfica
  • 58'Yellow cardBenfica
  • 59'Yellow card · Matheus ReisSporting CP
  • 63'Yellow card · Franco IsraelSporting CP
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Tomás AraújoBenfica

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sporting CP 1, draws 2, Benfica 1.

Team news

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Sporting CP line-up (4-2-3-1)

Franco Israel, Eduardo Quaresma, Ousmane Diomande, Jeremiah St. Juste, Matheus Reis, Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Geny Catamo, Francisco Trincão, Geovany Quenda, Viktor Gyökeres

Benfica line-up (4-3-3)

Anatoliy Trubin, Alexander Bah, Tomás Araújo, Nicolás Otamendi, Álvaro Carreras, Fredrik Aursnes, Florentino, Orkun Kökçü, Ángel Di María, Zeki Amdouni, Kerem Aktürkoğlu