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Benfica 1-2 Sporting CP - January 29, 2022 / Allianz Cup 2021/2022

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Allianz Cup 2021/2022 - Final

Estadio Municipal - Leiria - Portugal

January 29, 2022

Benfica

1 - 2

Sporting CP

Assist by Alejandro Grimaldo (left foot) Everton

22'

49'

Gonçalo Inacio (header) Assist by Pablo Sarabia

78'

Pablo Sarabia (left foot) Assist by Pedro Porro

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22' - Goal Everton22

31' - Yellow card Luís Neto

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49' - Goal Gonçalo Inacio

53' - Yellow card Jan Vertonghen53

53' - Yellow card Paulinho

58' - Yellow card Everton58

59' - Yellow card Matheus Nunes

61' - Substitution Roman Yaremchukis substituted by Gonçalo Ramos61

66' - Substitution Luís Netois substituted by Pedro Porro

74' - Substitution Diogo Goncalvesis substituted by Gil Dias74

77' - Yellow card Ricardo Esgaio

78' - Goal Pablo Sarabia

83' - Substitution Moratois substituted by Pizzi photo Henrique Araújo

83' - Substitution Souahilo Meïtéis substituted by Henrique Araújo photo Adel Taarabt

83' - Substitution Evertonis substituted by Adel Taarabt83

85' - Substitution Matheus Nunesis substituted by Manuel Ugarte

88' - Substitution Pablo Sarabiais substituted by Nuno Santos photo Tiago Tomas

88' - Substitution Paulinhois substituted by Tiago Tomas

92' - Yellow card João Mário92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match

Benfica

1 - 2

Sporting CP

Benfica Sporting CP

Team line-ups

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

15Yaremchuk61

Roman Yaremchuk

Ukraine

B.date27/11/1995

Age26 years

H1m91

positionStriker

7Everton228358

Everton

Brazil

B.date22/03/1996

Age25 years

H1m74

positionLeft Winger

17Goncalves74

Diogo Goncalves

Portugal

B.date06/02/1997

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft Winger

20João Mário92

João Mário

Portugal

B.date19/01/1993

Age29 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

11Meïté83

Souahilo Meïté

France

B.date17/03/1994

Age27 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

28Weigl

Julian Weigl

Germany

B.date08/09/1995

Age26 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Grimaldo

Alejandro Grimaldo

Spain

B.date15/09/1995

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

91Morato83

Morato

Brazil

B.date30/06/2001

Age20 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

5Vertonghen53

Jan Vertonghen

Belgium

B.date24/04/1987

Age34 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

22Lazaro

Valentino Lazaro

Austria

B.date24/03/1996

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

99Vlachodimos

Odisseas Vlachodimos

Greece

B.date26/04/1994

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
99	G	Odisseas Vlachodimos		27	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
91	D	Morato	83	20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jan Vertonghen	53	34	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Alejandro Grimaldo		26	233	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Valentino Lazaro		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Souahilo Meïté	83	27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Julian Weigl		26	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	João Mário	92	29	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Everton	228358	25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Diogo Goncalves	74	24	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Roman Yaremchuk	61	26	28	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

Sporting CP

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

21Paulinho8853

Paulinho

Portugal

B.date09/11/1992

Age29 years

H1m87

positionSecond striker

17Sarabia7888

Pablo Sarabia

Spain

B.date11/05/1992

Age29 years

H1m74

positionRight Winger

28Goncalves

Pedro Goncalves

Portugal

B.date28/06/1998

Age23 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

8Matheus Nunes8559

Matheus Nunes

Portugal

B.date27/08/1998

Age23 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

6Palhinha

João Palhinha

Portugal

B.date09/07/1995

Age26 years

H1m90

positionDefensive Midfielder

2Matheus Reis

Matheus Reis

Brazil

B.date18/02/1995

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

47Ricardo Esgaio77

Ricardo Esgaio

Portugal

B.date16/05/1993

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

3Feddal

Zouhair Feddal

Morocco

B.date01/01/1989

Age33 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

25Inacio49

Gonçalo Inacio

Portugal

B.date25/08/2001

Age20 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

13Neto6631

Luís Neto

Portugal

B.date26/05/1988

Age33 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

1Adán

Antonio Adán

Spain

B.date13/05/1987

Age34 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Antonio Adán		34	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Luís Neto	6631	33	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Zouhair Feddal		33	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Gonçalo Inacio	49	20	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Matheus Reis		26	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
47	D	Ricardo Esgaio	77	28	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	João Palhinha		26	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Pedro Goncalves		23	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Matheus Nunes	8559	23	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Paulinho	8853	29	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Pablo Sarabia	7888	29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
77	G	Helton Leite		31
97	D	Ferro		24
34	D	André Almeida		31
21	M	Pizzi	83	32	359	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
55	M	Paulo Bernardo		20
49	M	Adel Taarabt	83	32	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	M	Gil Dias	74	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
39	F	Henrique Araújo	83	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
88	F	Gonçalo Ramos	61	20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	Joao Virginia		22
24	D	Pedro Porro	66	22	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Manuel Ugarte	85	20	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
68	M	Daniel Braganca		22
11	M	Nuno Santos	88	26	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Bruno Tabata		24
19	F	Tiago Tomas	88	19	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Jovane Cabral		23
57	F	Geny Catamo		21

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Souahilo Meïté

Paulo Bernardo

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Matheus Nunes

Bruno Tabata

OUT

Zouhair Feddal

Nuno Santos

OUT

Paulinho

Manuel Ugarte

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Verissimo

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Verissimo vs Sporting CP

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 29, 2022

Verissimo vs Amorim

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 29, 2022

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruben Amorim

Success rate in this team:

75 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

75 %

Amorim vs Benfica

4 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on January 29, 2022

Amorim vs Verissimo

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on January 29, 2022

Referee

Manuel Mota

21 victories	1 draw	2 losses	Benfica24 matches	General total	Sporting CP25 matches	20 victories	3 draws	2 losses
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Benfica1 match	Season total	Sporting CP2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on August 05, 2022					Latest figure on February 27, 2023

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Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Benfica after 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Sporting CP in Taça da Liga (since 21/03/2009). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Gonçalo Inacio scores 1 goal in Taça da Liga

Benfica keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Sporting CP in Taça da Liga running (since 09/02/2010). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 15 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

LFC Porto 2-0 Benfica23/12/2020

LBraga 2-1 Benfica20/01/2021

DBenfica 1-1 Arsenal18/02/2021

LArsenal 3-2 Benfica25/02/2021

LBraga 2-0 Benfica23/05/2021

DBenfica 1-1 Boavista25/01/2022

Overall

LFC Porto 3-0 Benfica23/12/2021

LFC Porto 3-1 Benfica30/12/2021

VBenfica 2-0 Paços de Ferreira09/01/2022

DBenfica 1-1 Moreirense15/01/2022

VArouca 0-2 Benfica21/01/2022

DBenfica 1-1 Boavista25/01/2022

Current form

Neutral ground

VSporting CP 3-1 Istanbul Basaksehir20/02/2020

VSporting CP 2-1 FC Porto19/01/2021

VSporting CP 1-0 Braga23/01/2021

VSporting CP 2-1 Braga31/07/2021

VOs Belenenses 0-4 Sporting CP15/10/2021

VSporting CP 2-1 Santa Clara26/01/2022

Overall

VSporting CP 3-2 Portimonense29/12/2021

LSanta Clara 3-2 Sporting CP07/01/2022

VLeça 0-4 Sporting CP11/01/2022

VVizela 0-2 Sporting CP16/01/2022

LSporting CP 1-2 Braga22/01/2022

VSporting CP 2-1 Santa Clara26/01/2022

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Winless streak	8	1
Scoring streak	1	5
Conceding streak	8	1

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	6	1
Unbeaten streak	6	1
Drawless streak	7	27
Scoring streak	6	23
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

14	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	13
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	2

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.67
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	8
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1

Key players

Darwin Núñez	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Pablo Sarabia
Everton	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Pablo Sarabia
Darwin Núñez	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Pablo Sarabia
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Pablo Sarabia
Pizzi	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Everton	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Pablo Sarabia

Historical head to head

Home

80 matches

46 v

22 d

12 l

149 gf

90 ga

Away

80 matches

27 v

20 d

33 l

100 gf

107 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

4 v

1 d

1 l

14 gf

4 ga

Total

166 matches

77 v

43 d

46 l

263 gf

201 ga

Historical head to head

Home

80 matches

33 v

20 d

27 l

107 gf

100 ga

Away

80 matches

12 v

22 d

46 l

90 gf

149 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

1 v

1 d

4 l

4 gf

14 ga

Total

166 matches

46 v

43 d

77 l

201 gf

263 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 04, 2019
Neutral ground	5 - 0	August 04, 2019

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 14, 1986
Neutral ground	1 - 0	August 09, 2015

Latest head to head

December 03, 2021 - Liga Portugal Bwin 2021/2022

Benfica

1 - 3

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

May 15, 2021 - Liga NOS 2020/2021

Benfica

4 - 3

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

February 01, 2021 - Liga NOS 2020/2021

Sporting CP

1 - 0

Benfica

July 25, 2020 - Liga NOS 2019/2020

Benfica

2 - 1

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

January 17, 2020 - Liga NOS 2019/2020

Sporting CP

0 - 2

Benfica

Best historical scorers against Sporting CP

Eusebio	26 goals	1963 - 1973
Óscar Cardozo	12 goals	2008 - 2013
Nené	8 goals	1970 - 1976
José Torres	8 goals	1963 - 1970
João Pinto	7 goals	1994 - 1998
Artur Jorge	6 goals	1970 - 1973

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 Benfica

Liédson	11 goals	2005 - 2010
Hector Yazalde	5 goals	1972 - 1974
Islam Slimani	4 goals	2013 - 2015
Ivaylo Yordanov	4 goals	1992 - 1999
Manuel Fernandes	4 goals	1976 - 1978
Manoel Costa	3 goals	1977 - 1977

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 Sporting CP

António Simões	32 matches	1962 - 1975
Eusebio	29 matches	1962 - 1974
Luisão	27 matches	2004 - 2017
Nuno Gomes	22 matches	1997 - 2009
Mario Coluna	21 matches	1960 - 1969
Jose Augusto	20 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.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Rui Patricio	26 matches	2008 - 2018
Anderson Polga	20 matches	2004 - 2012
Beto	17 matches	1996 - 2005
Liédson	17 matches	2004 - 2010
Pedro Barbosa	16 matches	1995 - 2005
João Moutinho	15 matches	2005 - 2010