Benfica 2-1 Sporting CP: result and report

Benfica 2-1 Sporting CP

Liga Portugal · Sunday 11 December 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Benfica defeated Sporting CP 2-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 11 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Eduardo Salvio opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Benfica's goals came from Eduardo Salvio (24') and Raúl Jiménez (47'). Sporting CP scored through Bas Dost (69').

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

Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 29 points from 12 and Sporting CP 3rd on 27 points from 12. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 82 points, and Sporting CP 3rd with 70.

Benfica lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sporting CP in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nélson Semedo of Benfica (8.2), ahead of Bas Dost (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Benfica wins, 3 draws and 2 for Sporting CP.

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