Benfica 2-2 Sporting CP: result and report
Liga Portugal · Sunday 15 January 2023
Result
Benfica 2-2 Sporting CP
Liga Portugal · Sunday 15 January 2023, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Benfica 2-2 Sporting CP: match report
Benfica drew with Sporting CP 2-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 15 January 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Benfica's goals came from Gonçalo Ramos (37') and Gonçalo Ramos (64'). Sporting CP scored through an own goal by Alexander Bah (27') and Pedro Gonçalves (53', penalty).
Discipline: Benfica received 2 yellow cards; Sporting CP received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Benfica were 1st on 40 points from 15 and Sporting CP 4th on 28 points from 15. Benfica went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Sporting CP 4th with 74.
Benfica lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sporting CP in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Gonçalo Ramos of Benfica (8.2), ahead of Enzo Fernández (7.7).
Going into the match Benfica's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Sporting CP's L-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Nicolás Otamendi
- 27'Own goal · Alexander Bah
- 37'Goal · Gonçalo Ramos
- 41'Yellow card · Rafa Silva
- 45+3'Yellow card · Pedro Gonçalves
- 46'Yellow card · Francisco Trincão
- 53'Penalty goal · Pedro Gonçalves
- 61'Yellow card · M. Ugarte
- 64'Goal · Gonçalo Ramos
- 86'Yellow card · Jeremiah St. Juste
- 88'Yellow card · Youssef Chermiti
Team news
Benfica line-up (4-2-3-1)
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Alexander Bah, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Alejandro Grimaldo, Florentino, Enzo Fernández, João Mário, Rafa Silva, Fredrik Aursnes, Gonçalo Ramos
Sporting CP line-up (3-4-3)
Antonio Adán, Gonçalo Inácio, Sebastián Coates, Matheus Reis, Pedro Porro, Pedro Gonçalves, Manuel Ugarte, Nuno Santos, Marcus Edwards, Francisco Trincão, Paulinho