Benfica 1-0 Sporting CP: result and report

Liga Portugal · Saturday 26 November 2011

Result

Benfica 1-0 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Saturday 26 November 2011, 20:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

Benfica · Sporting CP · Liga Portugal predictions

Benfica 1-0 Sporting CP: match report

Benfica defeated Sporting CP 1-0 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 26 November 2011. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Javi García of Benfica in the 42nd minute.

Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sporting CP received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 2nd on 24 points from 10 and Sporting CP 3rd on 23 points from 10. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 69 points, and Sporting CP 4th with 59.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Benfica wins, 4 draws and 1 for Sporting CP.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read D-W-W-W-D and Sporting CP's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · EliasSporting CP
  • 21'Yellow card · Daniel CarriçoSporting CP
  • 42'Goal · Javi GarcíaBenfica · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · P. AimarBenfica
  • 48'Yellow card · O. CardozoBenfica
  • 48'Yellow card · Ricky van WolfswinkelSporting CP
  • 63'Second yellow · O. CardozoBenfica
  • 81'Yellow card · André CarrilloSporting CP
  • 84'Yellow card · Andre SantosSporting CP
  • 87'Yellow card · Stijn SchaarsSporting CP

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Benfica 5, draws 4, Sporting CP 1.

Team news

Benfica line-up

Artur Moraes, Emerson, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Axel Witsel, Jardel, Javi García, Bruno César, Nico Gaitán, Óscar Cardozo, Pablo Aimar Giordano

Sporting CP line-up

Rui Patrício, Ânderson Polga, Oguchi Onyewu, João Pereira, Emiliano Insúa, Stijn Schaars, Diego Capel, Matías Fernández, Elias, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Daniel Carriço