Benfica 2-0 Sporting CP: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 21 April 2013

Result

Benfica 2-0 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Sunday 21 April 2013, 19:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Benfica 2-0 Sporting CP: match report

Benfica beat Sporting CP 2-0 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 21 April 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Eduardo Salvio opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Benfica's goals came from Eduardo Salvio (36') and Lima (75'). Sporting CP did not score.

Discipline: Benfica received 1 yellow card; Sporting CP received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 67 points from 25 and Sporting CP 8th on 33 points from 25. Benfica went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Sporting CP 6th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Benfica wins, 2 draws and 2 for Sporting CP.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Eduardo SalvioBenfica · 1-0
  • 66'Yellow card · LuisãoBenfica
  • 75'Goal · LimaBenfica · 2-0
  • 84'Yellow card · Valentín ViolaSporting CP
  • 84'Yellow card · Valentín ViolaSporting CP
  • 89'Yellow card · Fabián RinaudoSporting CP

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Benfica 6, draws 2, Sporting CP 2.

Team news

Benfica line-up

Artur Moraes, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Ezequiel Garay, Eduardo Salvio, Nico Gaitán, Nemanja Matić, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Enzo Pérez, Óscar Cardozo, Lima

Sporting CP line-up

Rui Patrício, Joãozinho, Miguel Lopes, Marcos Rojo, Tiago Ilori, Eric Dier, Fabián Rinaudo, André Martins, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Diego Capel, Bruma