Benfica 0-3 Sporting CP: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 25 October 2015
Result
Benfica 0-3 Sporting CP
Liga Portugal · Sunday 25 October 2015, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-3
Benfica 0-3 Sporting CP: match report
Benfica were beaten by Sporting CP 0-3 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 25 October 2015. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Teófilo Gutiérrez opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Benfica did not score. Sporting CP scored through Teófilo Gutiérrez (9'), Islam Slimani (21') and Bryan Ruiz (36').
Discipline: Benfica received 6 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 9th on 12 points from 6 and Sporting CP 2nd on 15 points from 7. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Sporting CP 2nd with 86.
Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sporting CP in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Benfica wins, 3 draws and 1 for Sporting CP.
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-L-W-W-L and Sporting CP's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Teófilo Gutiérrez
- 21'Goal · Islam Slimani
- 36'Goal · Bryan Ruiz
- 40'Yellow card · Andreas Samaris
- 43'Yellow card · Nicolás Gaitán
- 43'Yellow card · Islam Slimani
- 44'Yellow card · Bryan Ruiz
- 47'Yellow card · Ljubomir Fejsa
- 50'Yellow card · William Carvalho
- 50'Yellow card · Jonas
- 58'Yellow card · Adrien Silva
- 83'Yellow card · Konstantinos Mitroglou
- 83'Yellow card · Konstantinos Mitroglou
Head-to-head
Team news
Benfica expected line-up (4-4-2)
Júlio César, Luisão, Jardel, Eliseu, Nélson Semedo, Nico Gaitán, Andreas Samaris, Gonçalo Guedes, André Almeida, Jonas
Sporting CP expected line-up (4-3-3)
Rui Patrício, Ricardo Esgaio, Tobias Figueiredo, Jefferson, Adrien Silva, João Mário, Teófilo Gutiérrez, Bryan Ruiz