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Sporting Braga v Benfica

Liga Portugal
Sporting Braga
2:2
Full time
Benfica

Sporting Braga v Benfica in Liga Portugal ended 2:2. Here you will find the final score, the goals and goalscorers, every key moment of the match, the full statistics with xG and the video highlights. See the match prediction or browse the full fixture list.

Prediction and probabilities: Sporting Braga v Benfica

How the models performed

Pro AI (XGBoost) predicted Home win · Sporting Braga at 37.2% - the match finished 2:2, so the prediction was wrong.
Model 1 · Sporting Braga X 2 · Benfica Prediction Result
Pro AI (XGBoost) 37.2% 26.1% 36.7% Home win · Sporting Braga ✘ Missed
Final score 2:2 Draw
Predictions are published before kick-off and are never edited afterwards. For information purposes only – not betting advice. 18+ · Methodology

Match events: Sporting Braga v Benfica

  1. 15′Tomás Araújo · Yellow card
  2. 29′Nicolás Otamendi · Goal (assist: Georgiy Sudakov)
  3. 30′João Moutinho · Yellow card
  4. 38′Rodrigo Zalazar · Penalty
  5. 45+1′Pau Víctor · Goal
  6. 53′Fredrik Aursnes · Goal (assist: Vangelis Pavlidis)
  7. 65′Ricardo Horta · Yellow card
  8. 74′Richard Ríos · Yellow card
  9. 77′Florian Grillitsch · Substitution (off: João Moutinho)
  10. 77′Gabri Martínez · Substitution (off: Mario Dorgeles)
  11. 77′Fran Navarro · Substitution (off: Pau Víctor)
  12. 80′Franjo Ivanović · Substitution (off: Leandro Barreiro)
  13. 80′Gianluca Prestianni · Substitution (off: Georgiy Sudakov)
  14. 86′Gabriel Moscardo · Substitution (off: Rodrigo Zalazar)
  15. 88′Gabriel Moscardo · Yellow card
  16. 90+3′Ricardo Horta · Second yellow
  17. 90+6′Paulo Oliveira · Substitution (off: Víctor Gómez)

Match statistics: Sporting Braga v Benfica

Statistic Sporting Braga Benfica
Possession 49% 51%
Shots on target 3 6
Total shots 11 14
Shots off target 4 7
Blocked shots 4 1
Corners 2 2
Fouls 14 9
Offsides 1 1
Yellow cards 9 2
Red cards 5 11
Saves 2 0
Passes 488 500
Pass accuracy 84% 82%

Line-ups: Sporting Braga v Benfica

Sporting Braga 3-4-2-1

Starting XI

  1. 1 Lukas Hornicek 6.7
  2. 2 Víctor Gómez 6.1
  3. 5 Leonardo Lelo 6.7
  4. 6 Vítor Carvalho 7.1
  5. 8 João Moutinho 6.8
  6. 10 Rodrigo Zalazar 7.7
  7. 18 Pau Víctor 7.2
  8. 20 Mario Dorgeles 6.3
  9. 21 Ricardo Horta 6.6
  10. 26 Bright Arrey-Mbi 6.4
  11. 29 Gorby 6.4
Substitutes (9)
  1. 12 Tiago Sá
  2. 15 Paulo Oliveira
  3. 17 Gabriel Moscardo 6.2
  4. 27 Florian Grillitsch 6.4
  5. 39 Fran Navarro 6.5
  6. 41 Yanis da Rocha
  7. 50 Diego Rodrigues
  8. 62 Nuno Matos
  9. 77 Gabri Martínez 6.7

Benfica 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

  1. 1 Anatoliy Trubin 6.5
  2. 5 Enzo Barrenechea 6.8
  3. 8 Fredrik Aursnes 7.4
  4. 10 Georgiy Sudakov 7.6
  5. 14 Vangelis Pavlidis 7.0
  6. 17 Amar Dedić 6.9
  7. 18 Leandro Barreiro 6.5
  8. 20 Richard Ríos 7.0
  9. 26 Samuel Dahl 6.3
  10. 30 Nicolás Otamendi 7.5
  11. 44 Tomás Araújo 6.7
Substitutes (9)
  1. 4 António Silva
  2. 9 Franjo Ivanović 6.5
  3. 16 Manu Silva
  4. 21 Andreas Schjelderup
  5. 25 Gianluca Prestianni 6.6
  6. 50 Diogo Ferreira
  7. 64 Gonçalo Oliveira
  8. 67 Rodrigo Rêgo
  9. 84 João Rego

Form and head-to-head: Sporting Braga v Benfica

Sporting Braga

WLWWD

Benfica

WWWWW

Head-to-head – last 1 meetings

Sporting Braga wins: 0; draws: 1; Benfica wins: 0.

Date Home Score Away Competition
Benfica 2–2 Sporting Braga Liga Portugal

Liga Portugal standings

# Team P W D L GD Pts Form
1 Porto 34 28 4 2 +48 88 WWWWWWWWDD
2 Sporting CP 34 25 7 2 +65 82 WWLDWWWWWW
3 Benfica 34 23 11 0 +49 80 DWWDWWWWWD
4 Sporting Braga 34 16 11 7 +28 59 DLWWDWWWWW
5 Famalicão 34 15 11 8 +13 56 WWLWWWWLWD
6 Gil Vicente 34 13 11 10 +9 50 LLDWDWWDLW
7 Moreirense 34 12 7 15 -12 43 LLLDWLLLDL
8 Vitória Guimarães 34 12 6 16 -12 42 LDLDLWWLWW
9 Arouca 34 12 6 16 -17 42 LWWLDLLDLW
10 Estoril 34 10 9 15 -3 39 DWDWLLLWLL
11 Alverca 34 10 9 15 -17 39 DLWLLLWDDW
12 Santa Clara 34 9 9 16 -9 36 WWWWLLWLDD
13 Rio Ave 34 8 12 14 -22 36 LLWWWDDLLL
14 Nacional 34 9 7 18 -8 34 LWWLLDLWWL
15 Estrela Amadora 34 6 12 16 -18 30 LWDLLWLLDL
16 Casa Pia 34 6 12 16 -26 30 DLLLLLLLWD
17 Tondela 34 6 10 18 -28 28 WLWLLDDLDL
18 AVS 34 3 12 19 -40 21 LDLDLDLLLL

Managers: Sporting Braga v Benfica

C. Vicens
Sporting BragaManagerC. Vicens
José Mourinho
BenficaManagerJosé Mourinho

Match information: Sporting Braga v Benfica

Kick-off
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Competition
Liga Portugal
Round
16
City
Braga
Surface
grass
Capacity
30,286

Live commentary: Sporting Braga v Benfica

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