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Sporting CP 0-1 Benfica - April 08, 1979 / Primeira Divisão 1978/1979

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Primeira Divisão 1978/1979 - Round 25

Estadio José Alvalade - Lisbon - Portugal

April 08, 1979

Sporting CP

0 - 1

Benfica

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46' - Substitution Fraguitois substituted by Ailton46

69' - Substitution Marinhois substituted by Ademar69

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sporting CP

0 - 1

Benfica

Sporting CP Benfica

Team line-ups

Sporting CP

Botelho

Antonio Botelho

Portugal

B.date08/05/1947

Age31 years

H1m75

positionGoalkeeper

Laranjeira

Joao Laranjeira

Portugal

B.date28/09/1951

Age27 years

positionDefender

Paulo Meneses

Brazil

B.date04/11/1956

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

Marinho69

Marinho

Portugal

B.date08/07/1954

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Inácio

Augusto Inácio

Portugal

B.date01/02/1955

Age24 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Artur Correia

Portugal

B.date18/04/1950

Age28 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Fraguito46

Fraguito

Portugal

B.date08/09/1951

Age27 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

Keita

Salif Keita

Mali

B.date06/12/1946

Age32 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Fernandes

Manuel Fernandes

Portugal

B.date05/06/1951

Age27 years

H1m72

positionStriker

Jordão

Portugal

B.date09/08/1952

Age26 years

H1m79

positionStriker

Manoel Costa

Brazil

B.date14/02/1953

Age26 years

H1m87

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Antonio Botelho		31	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joao Laranjeira		27	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paulo Meneses		22	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marinho	69	24	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Augusto Inácio		24	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Artur Correia		28	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fraguito	46	27	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Salif Keita		32	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Manuel Fernandes		27	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jordão		26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Manoel Costa		26	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

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Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Ailton	46	29	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ademar	69	20	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manoel Costa

Ademar

OUT

Paulo Meneses

Vitorino Bastos

OUT

Fraguito

Zandonaide

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

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Manager

Age

Match num

John Mortimore

109

Success rate in this team:

69 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Mortimore vs Sporting CP

4 victories

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 08, 1979

Videos

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Key figures

No key stat for this match

General ranking

1	FC Porto	40 pts	25 rd
2	Benfica	40 pts	25 rd
3	Sporting CP	35 pts	25 rd
4	Braga	29 pts	25 rd
5	Vitória Guimarães	29 pts	25 rd

General ranking

1	FC Porto	40 pts	25 rd
2	Benfica	40 pts	25 rd
3	Sporting CP	35 pts	25 rd
4	Braga	29 pts	25 rd
5	Vitória Guimarães	29 pts	25 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSporting CP 2-0 Varzim30/12/1978

VSporting CP 2-0 Boavista07/01/1979

VSporting CP 3-0 Naval 1 de Maio03/02/1979

VSporting CP 4-0 Estoril11/02/1979

VSporting CP 3-0 Beira Mar04/03/1979

VSporting CP 2-0 Barreirense25/03/1979

Overall

VPortalegrense 0-1 Sporting CP25/02/1979

VSporting CP 3-0 Beira Mar04/03/1979

VAcadémico Viseu 0-1 Sporting CP11/03/1979

VVitória Guimarães 1-3 Sporting CP18/03/1979

VSporting CP 2-0 Barreirense25/03/1979

DFC Porto 0-0 Sporting CP01/04/1979

Current form

Away

VAcadémico Viseu 2-6 Benfica30/12/1978

VBarreirense 0-4 Benfica07/01/1979

VBraga 0-2 Benfica11/02/1979

LBraga 2-1 Benfica25/02/1979

LMaritimo Funchal 2-1 Benfica04/03/1979

DVarzim 1-1 Benfica25/03/1979

Overall

VBenfica 2-1 Os Belenenses18/02/1979

LBraga 2-1 Benfica25/02/1979

LMaritimo Funchal 2-1 Benfica04/03/1979

VBenfica 6-1 Académica11/03/1979

DVarzim 1-1 Benfica25/03/1979

VBenfica 3-0 Boavista01/04/1979

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	8	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	11	18
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	0
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	11	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	1	3
Winless streak	3	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	9	19
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	2
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

24	Number of games (Competition total)	24
12	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
14	Victories (Competition total)	18
11	Victories (Home / Away)	7
7	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

36	Goals scored (Competition total)	59
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	16
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.46
2.17	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.75
0.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67
0.08	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.83

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
14	Clean sheets (Competition total)	11
11	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (2 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Salif Keita	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Manoel Costa	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Paulo Meneses	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	-
Paulo Meneses	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Manoel Costa	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

30 matches

13 v

8 d

9 l

45 gf

38 ga

Away

28 matches

3 v

7 d

18 l

31 gf

63 ga

Total

58 matches

16 v

15 d

27 l

76 gf

101 ga

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

18 v

7 d

3 l

63 gf

31 ga

Away

30 matches

9 v

8 d

13 l

38 gf

45 ga

Total

58 matches

27 v

15 d

16 l

101 gf

76 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	March 12, 1977
Home	3 - 0	March 12, 1977

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	November 19, 1978
Away	3 - 0	May 23, 1976

Latest head to head

November 19, 1978 - Primeira Divisão 1978/1979

Benfica

5 - 0

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

March 05, 1978 - Taça Portugal 1977/1978

Sporting CP

3 - 1

Benfica

February 12, 1978 - Primeira Divisão 1977/1978

Benfica

1 - 0

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

September 04, 1977 - Primeira Divisão 1977/1978

Sporting CP

1 - 1

Benfica

March 12, 1977 - Taça de Portugal 1976/1977

Sporting CP

3 - 0

Benfica

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Hector Yazalde	5 goals	1972 - 1974
Manuel Fernandes	4 goals	1976 - 1978
Manoel Costa	3 goals	1977 - 1977
Chico Faria	2 goals	1973 - 1974
Fernando Peyroteo	2 goals	1939 - 1939
Fraguito	2 goals	1975 - 1977

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
José Torres	8 goals	1963 - 1970
Nené	6 goals	1970 - 1974
Artur Jorge	6 goals	1970 - 1973
Jose Augusto	4 goals	1961 - 1965
António Simões	3 goals	1962 - 1970

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

Marinho	11 matches	1972 - 1977
Carlos Alberto Manaca	11 matches	1972 - 1978
Joao Laranjeira	11 matches	1972 - 1978
Vitor Damas	10 matches	1972 - 1975
Nelson Fernandes	10 matches	1972 - 1975
Dinis	10 matches	1972 - 1975

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	19 matches	1967 - 1975
Fernando Cruz	18 matches	1960 - 1969

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

They played in both sides

Nelson Fernandes

150 matches

41 matches

1965 - 1975

Carlos Alhinho

101 matches

2 matches

1972 - 1978

Artur Correia

62 matches

132 matches

1971 - 1979

Jordão

29 matches

110 matches

1971 - 1979

Jose Perides

4 matches

20 matches

1961 - 1965

Pedras

2 matches

31 matches

1962 - 1970

Total : 6 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Artur Correia

62 matches

132 matches

1971 - 1979

Jordão

29 matches

110 matches

1971 - 1979

Nelson Fernandes

150 matches

41 matches

1965 - 1975

Pedras

2 matches

31 matches

1962 - 1970

Jose Perides

4 matches

20 matches

1961 - 1965

Carlos Alhinho

101 matches

2 matches

1972 - 1978

Total : 6 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

April 08, 1979

Vitória S.

2 0

Beira Mar

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	FC Porto	40	25	16	8	1	49	17	+32
2	Benfica	40	25	19	2	4	60	16	+44
3	Sporting CP	35	25	14	7	4	36	17	+19
4	Braga	29	25	13	3	9	39	30	+9
5	Vitória Guimarães	29	25	12	5	8	39	29	+10
+16	Varzim	26	25	9	8	8	26	26	0
-17	Belenenses	25	25	9	7	9	41	33	+8
8	Estoril	25	25	8	9	8	24	32	-8
9	Boavista	23	25	10	3	12	30	32	-2
10	Vitória Setúbal	23	25	9	5	11	28	35	-7
+111	Maritimo Funchal	21	25	8	5	12	28	33	-5
+112	Famalicão	21	25	8	5	12	20	29	-9
+113	Barreirense	20	25	7	6	12	19	34	-15
-314	Beira Mar	19	25	9	1	15	37	47	-10
15	Académica	13	25	4	5	16	16	37	-21
16	Académico Viseu	11	25	5	1	19	12	57	-45

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Sporting CP 0-1 Benfica - April 08, 1979 / Primeira Divisão 1978/1979

Sporting CP

0 - 1

Benfica

Team line-ups

First 11

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Mortimore vs Sporting CP

Videos

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Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Best historical scorers against Sporting CP

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Players with most games played vs Sporting CP

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking