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Sporting CP 1-2 Benfica - January 03, 1999 / Primeira Divisão 1998/1999

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Primeira Divisão 1998/1999 - Round 17

Estadio José Alvalade - Lisbon - Portugal

January 03, 1999

45 000

Sporting CP

1 - 2

Benfica

Delfim

81'

27'

Beto (o.g)

79'

Beto (o.g)

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27' - Own goal Beto

45' - Substitution Edmilsonis substituted by Pedro Barbosa45

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66' - Substitution Karel Poborskyis substituted by Jorge Paulo Cadete

71' - Substitution Nuno Gomesis substituted by Dean Saunders

76' - Substitution Taher El-Khalejis substituted by José António Calado

79' - Substitution José Luis Vidigalis substituted by Rui Jorge79

79' - Own goal Beto

81' - Goal Delfim81

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sporting CP

1 - 2

Benfica

Sporting CP Benfica

Team line-ups

Sporting CP

1 Ferreira

Tiago Ferreira

Portugal

B.date16/04/1975

Age23 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

28 Heinze

Gabriel Heinze

Argentina

B.date19/04/1978

Age20 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

22 Beto2779

Beto

Portugal

B.date03/05/1976

Age22 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

5 Aurélio

Marco Aurélio

Brazil

B.date18/02/1967

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2 Saber

Abdelilah Saber

Morocco

B.date11/06/1975

Age23 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

6 Delfim81

Delfim

Portugal

B.date05/02/1977

Age21 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

10 Edmilson45

Edmilson

Brazil

B.date17/09/1971

Age27 years

H1m77

positionRight Midfielder

4 Vidigal79

José Luis Vidigal

Portugal

B.date15/03/1973

Age25 years

H1m84

positionRight central midfielder

20 Simão

Simão

Portugal

B.date30/10/1979

Age19 years

H1m70

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

13 Krpan

Petar Krpan

Croatia

B.date01/07/1974

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

27 Acosta

Alberto Acosta

Argentina

B.date23/08/1966

Age32 years

H1m78

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Tiago Ferreira		23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Gabriel Heinze		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Beto	2779	22	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Marco Aurélio		31	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Abdelilah Saber		23	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Delfim	81	21	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Edmilson	45	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	José Luis Vidigal	79	25	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Simão		19	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Petar Krpan		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Alberto Acosta		32	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Benfica

12 Ovchinnikov

Sergei Ovchinnikov

Russia

B.date10/11/1970

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

13 Guiaro

Ronaldo Guiaro

Brazil

B.date18/02/1974

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

5 Madeira

Paulo Madeira

Portugal

B.date06/09/1970

Age28 years

H1m70

positionCentral defender

16 Minto

Scott Minto

England

B.date06/08/1971

Age27 years

positionLeft full-back

2 El-Khalej76

Taher El-Khalej

Morocco

B.date16/06/1968

Age30 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

7 Poborsky66

Karel Poborsky

Czech Republic

B.date30/03/1972

Age26 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

20 Leal

Hugo Leal

Portugal

B.date21/05/1980

Age18 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

4 Thomas

Michael Thomas

England

B.date24/08/1967

Age31 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

8 Pinto

João Pinto

Portugal

B.date19/08/1971

Age27 years

H1m71

positionOffensive Midfielder

15 Pembridge

Mark Pembridge

Wales

B.date29/11/1970

Age28 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

21 Gomes71

Nuno Gomes

Portugal

B.date05/07/1976

Age22 years

H1m81

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Sergei Ovchinnikov		28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ronaldo Guiaro		24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Paulo Madeira		28	157	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Scott Minto		27	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Taher El-Khalej	76	30	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Karel Poborsky	66	26	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Hugo Leal		18	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Michael Thomas		31	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	João Pinto		27	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Mark Pembridge		28	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Gomes	71	22	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
23	D		Rui Jorge	79	25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M		Pedro Barbosa	45	28	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	M	José António Calado	76	24	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Dean Saunders	71	34	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Jorge Paulo Cadete	66	30	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Alberto Acosta

Aldo Duscher

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Pembridge

José António Calado

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mirko Jozic

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Jozic vs Benfica

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 03, 1999

Jozic vs Souness

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 03, 1999

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Souness vs Sporting CP

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 03, 1999

Souness vs Jozic

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on January 03, 1999

Referee

Martins dos Santos

6 victories	8 draws	4 losses	Sporting CP18 matches	General total	Benfica15 matches	10 victories	2 draws	3 losses
0 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Sporting CP2 matches	Season total	Benfica2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 20, 2003					Latest figure on April 24, 2004

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Key figures

It's the first time in his career that Beto scores an own goal %comp with Sporting CP

Graeme Souness has registered 50 goal(s) conceded since the 02/11/1997 as the manager of Benfica next after this match..

Benfica keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw in Primeira Liga running (since 15/11/1998).

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

+1	2	Benfica	36 pts	17 rd
-1	3	Boavista	35 pts	17 rd
	4	Sporting CP	32 pts	17 rd
	5	Estrela da Amadora	29 pts	16 rd
	6	Leiria	28 pts	17 rd

General ranking

	1	FC Porto	38 pts	16 rd
+1	2	Benfica	36 pts	17 rd
-1	3	Boavista	35 pts	17 rd
	4	Sporting CP	32 pts	17 rd
	5	Estrela da Amadora	29 pts	16 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSporting CP 3-0 Estrela da Amadora25/09/1998

DSporting CP 0-0 Beira Mar17/10/1998

VSporting CP 2-0 Maritimo Funchal30/10/1998

VSporting CP 2-0 Alverça15/11/1998

VSporting CP 2-0 Leiria28/11/1998

VSporting CP 4-1 Braga12/12/1998

Overall

VSporting CP 2-0 Alverça15/11/1998

DBoavista 2-2 Sporting CP22/11/1998

VSporting CP 2-0 Leiria28/11/1998

LSalgueiros 1911-2005 2-1 Sporting CP04/12/1998

VSporting CP 4-1 Braga12/12/1998

LFC Porto 3-2 Sporting CP19/12/1998

Current form

Away

LBoavista 2-1 Benfica25/10/1998

DSalgueiros 1911-2005 1-1 Benfica10/11/1998

LFC Porto 3-1 Benfica21/11/1998

VCampomaiorense 0-5 Benfica29/11/1998

DPSV Eindhoven 2-2 Benfica09/12/1998

VChaves 0-4 Benfica14/12/1998

Overall

VBenfica 2-1 Kaiserslautern24/11/1998

VCampomaiorense 0-5 Benfica29/11/1998

VBenfica 2-0 Vitória Setúbal04/12/1998

DPSV Eindhoven 2-2 Benfica09/12/1998

VChaves 0-4 Benfica14/12/1998

VBenfica 3-0 Académica20/12/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	7	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	4	4
Scoring streak	4	9
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	6	10
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

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

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
9	Victories (Competition total)	10
7	Victories (Home / Away)	4
5	Draws (Competition total)	3
1	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

31	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
18	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
14	Goals conceded (Competition total)	11
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
1.94	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.19
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.69
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.88

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
2-0 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-0 (2 times)

Bookings

37	Yellow cards (Competition total)	44
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	24
1	Red cards (Competition total)	6
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	4

Key players

Ivaylo Yordanov	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	15 goals	Nuno Gomes
Ivaylo Yordanov	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Nuno Gomes
Simão	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Nuno Gomes
Simão	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Nuno Gomes
Ivaylo Yordanov	5 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	15 goals during the last 15 matches	Nuno Gomes

Historical head to head

Home

53 matches

24 v

13 d

16 l

77 gf

63 ga

Away

51 matches

6 v

13 d

32 l

51 gf

101 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

8 ga

Total

107 matches

30 v

26 d

51 l

130 gf

172 ga

Historical head to head

Home

51 matches

32 v

13 d

6 l

101 gf

51 ga

Away

53 matches

16 v

13 d

24 l

63 gf

77 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

8 gf

2 ga

Total

107 matches

51 v

26 d

30 l

172 gf

130 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

February 21, 1998 - Primeira Divisão 1997/1998

Sporting CP

1 - 4

Benfica

September 27, 1997 - Primeira Divisão 1997/1998

Benfica

0 - 0

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

April 05, 1997 - Primeira Divisão 1996/1997

Benfica

1 - 0

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

October 27, 1996 - Primeira Divisão 1996/1997

Sporting CP

1 - 0

Benfica

May 18, 1996 - Taça de Portugal 1995/1996

Benfica

3 - 1

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Hector Yazalde	5 goals	1972 - 1974
Manuel Fernandes	4 goals	1976 - 1978
Manoel Costa	3 goals	1977 - 1977
Krasimir Balakov	3 goals	1992 - 1995
Ivaylo Yordanov	2 goals	1992 - 1995
Fernando Peyroteo	2 goals	1939 - 1939

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
João Pinto	7 goals	1994 - 1998
Nené	6 goals	1970 - 1974
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

Joao Laranjeira	12 matches	1972 - 1979
Carlos Alberto Manaca	11 matches	1972 - 1978
Marinho	11 matches	1972 - 1977
Vitor Damas	10 matches	1972 - 1975
Oceano	10 matches	1989 - 1998
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

Joao Laranjeira

166 matches

9 matches

1971 - 1981

Nelson Fernandes

150 matches

41 matches

1965 - 1975

Carlos Alhinho

101 matches

2 matches

1972 - 1978

Antonio Botelho

77 matches

1 match

1972 - 1981

Marinho

73 matches

45 matches

1989 - 1997

Artur Correia

63 matches

132 matches

1971 - 1979

Total : 17 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

António Pacheco

28 matches

220 matches

1987 - 1995

Artur Correia

63 matches

132 matches

1971 - 1979

Paulo Sousa

37 matches

112 matches

1989 - 1994

Jordão

45 matches

110 matches

1971 - 1986

Carlos Manuel

18 matches

49 matches

1980 - 1990

Marinho

73 matches

45 matches

1989 - 1997

Total : 17 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

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1 2

Braga

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January 04, 1999

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	FC Porto	38	16	12	2	2	37	15	+22
+12	Benfica	36	17	11	3	3	37	12	+25
-13	Boavista	35	17	10	5	2	27	14	+13
4	Sporting CP	32	17	9	5	3	32	16	+16
5	Estrela da Amadora	29	16	8	5	3	20	16	+4
6	Leiria	28	17	8	4	5	17	12	+5
7	Salgueiros 1911-2005	25	17	6	7	4	25	24	+1
+28	Braga	21	17	5	6	6	24	31	-7
-19	Vitória Setúbal	21	16	6	3	7	15	22	-7
+110	Vitória Guimarães	20	17	5	5	7	23	18	+5
-211	Rio Ave	19	17	5	4	8	14	25	-11
12	Farense	18	17	5	3	9	14	24	-10
+213	Beira Mar	17	17	3	8	6	14	18	-4
-114	Alverça	17	17	3	8	6	15	21	-6
+215	Chaves	15	17	4	3	10	18	32	-14
-216	Campomaiorense	15	17	4	3	10	18	30	-12
-117	Maritimo Funchal	15	17	3	6	8	16	21	-5
18	Académica	10	16	2	4	10	16	31	-15

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Sporting CP 1-2 Benfica - January 03, 1999 / Primeira Divisão 1998/1999

Sporting CP

1 - 2

Benfica

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Jozic vs Benfica

Jozic vs Souness

Manager

Souness vs Sporting CP

Souness vs Jozic

Referee

Videos

Comments

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