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Benfica
Boavista
Braga
Casa Pia
Chaves
Estoril
Famalicao logo
Gil Vicente logo
Maritimo
Pacos de Ferreira logo
Portimonense
Porto
Rio Ave
Santa Clara
Sporting Lisbon
Vitoria de Guimaraes
Vizela
Benfica
Primeira Liga | Gameweek 33
May 15, 2021 at 6pm UK
Estádio da Luz
Sporting Lisbon
Benfica
4 - 3
Sporting Lisbon
Seferovic (12', 49' pen.), Pizzi (29'), Verissimo (37')
Grimaldo (7'), Verissimo (38'), Otamendi (43'), Gabriel (57'), Tavares (87'), Nunez (90+2')
FT(HT: 3-1)
Goncalves (45+1', 77' pen.), Santos (62')
Reis (31'), Mendes (57'), Mario (65'), Goncalves (90+2')
The Match
Preview
Sports Mole previews Saturday's Primeira Liga clash between Benfica and Sporting Lisbon, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Benfica win with a probability of 41.18%. A win for Sporting Lisbon had a probability of 32.88% and a draw had a probability of 25.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Benfica win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.96%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.74%) and 2-0 (7.06%). The likeliest Sporting Lisbon win was 0-1 (8.7%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.33%). The actual scoreline of 4-3 was predicted with a 0.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Benfica would win this match.

Result
BenficaDrawSporting Lisbon
41.18%25.94%32.88%
Both teams to score 53.81%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
49.55%50.45%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
27.62%72.38%
Benfica Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
75.77%24.24%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
41.42%58.59%
Sporting Lisbon Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
71.02%28.98%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
35.12%64.88%
Score Analysis
    Benfica 41.18%
    Sporting Lisbon 32.88%
    Draw 25.94%
BenficaDrawSporting Lisbon
1-0 @ 9.96%
2-1 @ 8.74%
2-0 @ 7.06%
3-1 @ 4.13%
3-0 @ 3.33%
3-2 @ 2.56%
4-1 @ 1.46%
4-0 @ 1.18%
4-2 @ 0.91%
Other @ 1.86%
Total : 41.18%
1-1 @ 12.33%
0-0 @ 7.02%
2-2 @ 5.41%
3-3 @ 1.06%
Other @ 0.12%
Total : 25.94%
0-1 @ 8.7%
1-2 @ 7.64%
0-2 @ 5.39%
1-3 @ 3.15%
2-3 @ 2.23%
0-3 @ 2.22%
1-4 @ 0.98%
Other @ 2.57%
Total : 32.88%

How you voted: Benfica vs Sporting Lisbon

Benfica
45.0%
Draw
30.0%
Sporting Lisbon
25.0%
40
Head to Head
Feb 1, 2021 9.30pm
gameweek 16
Sporting Lisbon
1-0
Benfica
Nunes (90+2')
Tomas (15'), Neto (40'), Tabata (90+5')

Gilberto (13'), Weigl (16'), Otamendi (53'), Pizzi (75'), Gabriel (79')
Jul 25, 2020 9.15pm
gameweek 34
Benfica
2-1
Sporting Lisbon
Seferovic (28'), Vinicius (88')
Dias (20'), Gabriel (22'), Almeida (73'), Vinicius (90+4')
Sporar (69')
Neto (36'), Cabral (71'), Wendel (77')
Jan 17, 2020 9.15pm
gameweek 17
Sporting Lisbon
0-2
Benfica

Acuna (30'), Phellype (57'), Plata (90'), Mathieu (93')
Silva (80', 99')
Gabriel (26'), Chiquinho (58'), Cervi (95'), Vlachodimos (99')
Aug 4, 2019 8.45pm
Portuguese Super Cup
Benfica
5-0
Sporting Lisbon
Silva (40'), Pizzi (60', 75'), Grimaldo (64'), Chiquinho (90')
Dias (45'), Grimaldo (46'), Ferro (50'), Seferovic (70'), De Tomas (72')

Acuna (20'), Doumbia (32'), Raphinha (49'), Coates (62'), Fernandes (62')
Doumbia (89')
Apr 3, 2019 8.45pm
Semi-Finals
Sporting Lisbon
1-0
Benfica
Fernandes (75')
Gudelj (44'), Gaspar (54'), Phellype (59'), Acuna (77'), Raphinha (82'), Borja (95')

Felix (44'), Silva (64')
Silva (95')
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Tables
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Benfica33273379205984
2Porto33264370224882
3Braga33243672304275
4Sporting Lisbon33225669313871
5Vitoria de GuimaraesGuimaraes33165123436-253
6AroucaArouca33149103437-351
7ChavesChaves331210113436-246
8FamalicaoFamalicao33134163745-843
9Casa Pia33118143139-841
10BoavistaBoavista33118143953-1441
11Vizela33117153336-340
12Rio AveRio Ave33109143441-739
13PortimonensePortimonense33104192546-2134
14Gil Vicente3397173141-1034
15Estoril PraiaEstoril3395193048-1832
16Maritimo3375213160-2926
17Pacos de FerreiraPacos de Ferreira3365222659-3323
18Santa ClaraSanta Clara3357212655-2922

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