Benfica Lisbon vs Sporting Lisbon Prediction & Betting Tips - Liga Portugal
by Daniel Ngulu in Liga Portugal Prediction
Sporting Lisbon have the chance to haul themselves back into title contention when they travel to Benfica for this big game on Sunday. Sporting will go into this game placed fourth in the league standings with 28 points, 12 behind league leaders Benfica. Hosts Benfica have stabilized in the last two matches and will be looking to open a nine-point gap with three points in this game. Benfica are coming from their second straight win after a run of two winless matches – they beat Varzim 2-0 in the Portuguese Cup in their last game, which also marked their second straight clean sheet. They are the league’s best scoring side with 38 goals and also have the joint best defence in the league, having conceded 10 times in 15 matches, which gives them the best goal difference too. With these numbers and a massive gap in points ahead of Sporting, Benfica are outright favorites, also going into this match with eight straight wins at home in the league. The league leaders have lost only once this season in the league.
Sporting Lisbon hit a new low at the start of 2023, losing their opening league game of the year and it wasn’t against a very strong opponent. They fell 1-0 to relegation threatened Maritimo, in what was Maritimo’s only second win of the league this season. Sporting have to rise from that and it could be a turning point to their season if they do it here. Much of their impressive performances recently have come from the League Cup and they will hope to transfer the same to the league. They have four wins in five matches and come into this game six points below the automatic Champions League spot. In the last six matches, Sporting have kept five clean sheets but four of those clean sheets have been in the League Cup. Four of the seven wins in their last eight matches have been in the cup competition. They don’t have a great defensive run in the league, keeping just two clean sheets in the last nine but they’ve scored two or more goals in three of the last four.
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Benfica Lisbon vs Sporting Lisbon Form
Benfica Lisbon and Sporting Lisbon's standings in the Liga Portugal
| Teams | Pts | P | W | D | L | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1
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87 | 34 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 62 |
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4
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74 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 39 |
Benfica Lisbon and Sporting Lisbon Last Matches
4/6 (67%)
1/6 (17%)
1/6 (17%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
10 Jan 2023 - Taca de Portugal
6 Jan 2023 - Liga Portugal
30 Dec 2022 - Liga Portugal
17 Dec 2022 - League Cup
26 Nov 2022 - League Cup
20 Nov 2022 - League Cup
5/6 (83%)
0/6 (0%)
1/6 (17%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
8 Jan 2023 - Liga Portugal
29 Dec 2022 - Liga Portugal
19 Dec 2022 - League Cup
13 Dec 2022 - League Cup
7 Dec 2022 - League Cup
30 Nov 2022 - League Cup
Benfica Lisbon against Sporting Lisbon : Head to Head (H2H)
50 %
0 %
50 %
Average stats (last H2H results)
17 Apr 2022 - Liga Portugal
29 Jan 2022 - League Cup
3 Dec 2021 - Liga Portugal
15 May 2021 - Liga Portugal
1 Feb 2021 - Liga Portugal
25 Jul 2020 - Liga Portugal
Benfica Lisbon against Sporting Lisbon Lineups: Starting 11
Formation : 4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Formation : 3 - 4 - 3
Benfica Lisbon - Sporting Lisbon Key Points
- Benfica have eight straight wins in the league at home.
- Benfica have one loss in their 15 league matches this season.
- Sporting Lisbon have four losses in seven away league games.
- Sporting have failed to score in two of their last five league matches.
- Sporting have managed just two clean sheets in their last nine league games.
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Our Benfica Lisbon vs Sporting Lisbon Prediction
Benfica haven’t lost at home this season; they’ve won all their eight home league matches and take on a Sporting side that has struggled away from home. Benfica rarely fail to score and they will have extra motivation for this game, taking on a struggling Sporting, but having conceded five times in the last five league games means they are vulnerable at the back. For the Benfica v Sporting Lisbon game, we will go for a Benfica win but both teams scoring.
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