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Sporting CP 5-3 Benfica - April 16, 2008 / Taça de Portugal 2007/2008

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Taça de Portugal 2007/2008 - Semi-finals

Estadio José Alvalade - Lisbon - Portugal

April 16, 2008

37 204

Sporting CP

5 - 3

Benfica

Yannick Djaló

68'

Liédson

76'

Derlei

79'

Yannick Djaló

85'

Simon Vukcevic

90'

19'

Rui Costa

31'

Nuno Gomes

82'

Cristian Rodríguez

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19' - Goal Rui Costa

31' - Goal Nuno Gomes

35' - Substitution Adrien Silvais substituted by Marat Izmaylov35

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61' - Substitution Leandro Romagnoliis substituted by Derlei61

66' - Substitution Ángel Di Maríais substituted by Laszlo Sepsi

68' - Goal Yannick Djaló68

76' - Goal Liédson76

79' - Goal Derlei79

82' - Goal Cristian Rodríguez

85' - Goal Yannick Djaló85

85' - Substitution Armando Petitis substituted by Óscar Cardozo

86' - Substitution Yannick Djalóis substituted by Gladstone86

90' - Goal Simon Vukcevic90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sporting CP

5 - 3

Benfica

Sporting CP Benfica

Team line-ups

Sporting CP

1 Patricio

Rui Patricio

Portugal

B.date15/02/1988

Age20 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

13 Tonel

Tonel

Portugal

B.date13/04/1980

Age28 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

18 Grimi

Leandro Grimi

Argentina

B.date09/02/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

78 Abel

Abel

Portugal

B.date22/12/1978

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

24 Veloso

Miguel Veloso

Portugal

B.date11/05/1986

Age21 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

6 Silva35

Adrien Silva

Portugal

B.date15/03/1989

Age19 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

28 Moutinho

João Moutinho

Portugal

B.date08/09/1986

Age21 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

20 Djaló688586

Yannick Djaló

Portugal

B.date05/05/1986

Age21 years

H1m71

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

30 Romagnoli61

Leandro Romagnoli

Argentina

B.date17/03/1981

Age27 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

10 Vukcevic90

Simon Vukcevic

Montenegro

B.date29/01/1986

Age22 years

H1m79

positionOffensive Midfielder

31 Liédson76

Liédson

Portugal

B.date17/12/1977

Age30 years

H1m75

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Rui Patricio		20	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Tonel		28	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Leandro Grimi		23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
78	D	Abel		29	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Miguel Veloso		21	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Adrien Silva	35	19	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	João Moutinho		21	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Yannick Djaló	688586	21	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Leandro Romagnoli	61	27	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Simon Vukcevic	90	22	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	F	Liédson	76	30	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Benfica

12 Quim

Quim

Portugal

B.date13/11/1975

Age32 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

4 Luisão

Luisão

Brazil

B.date13/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

22 Nelson

Nelson

Portugal

B.date10/06/1983

Age24 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

5 Léo

Léo

Brazil

B.date06/07/1975

Age32 years

H1m69

positionLeft full-back

14 Pereira

Maxi Pereira

Uruguay

B.date08/06/1984

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

6 Petit85

Armando Petit

Portugal

B.date25/09/1976

Age31 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

8 Katsouranis

Costas Katsouranis

Greece

B.date21/06/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

20 Di María66

Ángel Di María

Argentina

B.date14/02/1988

Age20 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

10 Rui Costa19

Rui Costa

Portugal

B.date29/03/1972

Age36 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

26 Rodríguez82

Cristian Rodríguez

Uruguay

B.date30/09/1985

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

21 Gomes31

Nuno Gomes

Portugal

B.date05/07/1976

Age31 years

H1m81

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Quim		32	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Luisão		27	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Nelson		24	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Léo		32	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Maxi Pereira		23	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Armando Petit	85	31	208	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Costas Katsouranis		28	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Ángel Di María	66	20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Rui Costa	19	36	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Cristian Rodríguez	82	22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Gomes	31	31	323	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

128

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
26	D	Gladstone	86	23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Marat Izmaylov	35	25	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Derlei	7961	32	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
33	D		Laszlo Sepsi	66	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F		Óscar Cardozo	85	24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Adrien Silva

Pontus Farnerud

OUT

Leandro Romagnoli

Marat Izmaylov

OUT

Simon Vukcevic

Ronny

OUT

Leandro Grimi

Gladstone

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Maxi Pereira

Gilles Binya

OUT

Ángel Di María

Óscar Cardozo

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Paulo Bento

125

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

Paulo Bento vs Benfica

2 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on April 16, 2008

Paulo Bento vs Chalana

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 16, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Chalana

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

25 %

Chalana vs Sporting CP

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 16, 2008

Chalana vs Paulo Bento

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 16, 2008

Referee

Jorge Manuel Sousa

25 victories	5 draws	10 losses	Sporting CP40 matches	General total	Benfica44 matches	23 victories	11 draws	10 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Sporting CP1 match	Season total	Benfica1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 02, 2020					Latest figure on July 09, 2020

Videos

November 18, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Sporting CP keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs Benfica in Taça de Portugal running (since 26/01/2000). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Yannick Djaló scores at least 2 goals during the same game vs Benfica in his professional career

Derlei scored 5 goals vs Benfica in his professional career

Read the next 27 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSporting CP 1-1 Benfica02/03/2008

VSporting CP 1-0 Bolton Wanderers13/03/2008

VSporting CP 4-1 Nacional Madeira17/03/2008

VSporting CP 2-0 Braga06/04/2008

LSporting CP 0-2 Glasgow Rangers10/04/2008

VSporting CP 2-0 Leixões13/04/2008

Overall

DVitória Setúbal 0-0 Sporting CP22/03/2008

VNaval 1 de Maio 1-4 Sporting CP30/03/2008

DGlasgow Rangers 0-0 Sporting CP03/04/2008

VSporting CP 2-0 Braga06/04/2008

LSporting CP 0-2 Glasgow Rangers10/04/2008

VSporting CP 2-0 Leixões13/04/2008

Current form

Away

VNaval 1 de Maio 0-2 Benfica17/02/2008

DFC Nürnberg 2-2 Benfica21/02/2008

DSporting CP 1-1 Benfica02/03/2008

LGetafe 1-0 Benfica12/03/2008

DMaritimo Funchal 1-1 Benfica16/03/2008

DBoavista 0-0 Benfica06/04/2008

Overall

DBenfica 2-2 Leiria09/03/2008

LGetafe 1-0 Benfica12/03/2008

DMaritimo Funchal 1-1 Benfica16/03/2008

VBenfica 4-1 Paços de Ferreira30/03/2008

DBoavista 0-0 Benfica06/04/2008

LBenfica 0-3 Académica11/04/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	5	3
Scoring streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	5	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

25	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	64
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
4	Victories (Competition total)	4
4	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
2.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
4-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

9	Yellow cards (Competition total)	10
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Milan Purovic	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Óscar Cardozo
Milan Purovic	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Óscar Cardozo
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Nuno Gomes
Milan Purovic	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 4 matches	Óscar Cardozo

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

27 v

15 d

21 l

87 gf

75 ga

Away

63 matches

10 v

19 d

34 l

71 gf

118 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

8 ga

Total

129 matches

37 v

34 d

58 l

160 gf

201 ga

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

34 v

19 d

10 l

118 gf

71 ga

Away

63 matches

21 v

15 d

27 l

75 gf

87 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

8 gf

2 ga

Total

129 matches

58 v

34 d

37 l

201 gf

160 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 14, 1986
Home	7 - 1	December 14, 1986

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 12, 1986
Away	4 - 1	February 21, 1998

Latest head to head

March 02, 2008 - SuperLiga 2007/2008

Sporting CP

1 - 1

Benfica

September 29, 2007 - SuperLiga 2007/2008

Benfica

0 - 0

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April 29, 2007 - SuperLiga 2006/2007

Benfica

1 - 1

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

December 01, 2006 - SuperLiga 2006/2007

Sporting CP

0 - 2

Benfica

January 28, 2006 - SuperLiga 2005/2006

Benfica

1 - 3

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Best historical scorers against Benfica

Jordão	13 goals	1979 - 1984
Manuel Fernandes	12 goals	1976 - 1986
Liédson	7 goals	2005 - 2007
Hector Yazalde	5 goals	1972 - 1974
Ivaylo Yordanov	4 goals	1992 - 1999
Mário Jardel	3 goals	2001 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/03/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sporting CP

Eusebio	26 goals	1963 - 1973
Nené	8 goals	1970 - 1976
José Torres	8 goals	1963 - 1970
João Pinto	7 goals	1994 - 1998
Artur Jorge	6 goals	1970 - 1973
Isaías	5 goals	1990 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/03/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Manuel Fernandes	30 matches	1976 - 1987
Jordão	21 matches	1977 - 1986
Carlos Xavier	17 matches	1981 - 1995
Oceano	17 matches	1984 - 1998
Beto	17 matches	1996 - 2005
Vitor Damas	17 matches	1972 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/01/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sporting CP

António Simões	32 matches	1962 - 1975
Eusebio	29 matches	1962 - 1974
Mario Coluna	21 matches	1960 - 1969
Jose Augusto	20 matches	1960 - 1969
José Henrique	20 matches	1967 - 1976
Nuno Gomes	18 matches	1997 - 2007