Sporting CP 1-1 Benfica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 2 March 2008

Result

Sporting CP 1-1 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Sunday 2 March 2008, 20:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sporting CP 1-1 Benfica: match report

Sporting CP drew with Benfica 1-1 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 2 March 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Simon Vukcevic opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Sporting CP's goal came from Simon Vukcevic (11'). Benfica scored through O. Cardozo (40').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 5th on 33 points from 20 and Benfica 2nd on 38 points from 20. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 2nd with 55 points, and Benfica 4th with 52.

Sporting CP lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sporting CP wins, 2 draws and 1 for Benfica.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Simon VukcevicSporting CP · 1-0
  • 40'Goal · O. CardozoBenfica · 1-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Sporting CP 2, draws 2, Benfica 1.

Team news

Sporting CP expected line-up (4-3-1-2)

Tonel, Ânderson Polga, Miguel Veloso, João Moutinho, Marat Izmailov, Ronny, Liédson, Yannick Djaló, Abel Ferreira, Leandro Romagnoli

Benfica expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Quim, Léo, Luisão, Brandon Truter, Gilles Binya, Luis Filipe, Edcarlos, Kostas Katsouranis, Cristian Gabriel Rodríguez Barrotti, Rui Costa, Óscar Cardozo