Sporting CP 1-1 Benfica: result and report

Sporting CP 1-1 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Saturday 22 April 2017, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sporting CP drew with Benfica 1-1 in Liga Portugal on Saturday 22 April 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Adrien Silva opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Sporting CP's goal came from Adrien Silva (5', penalty). Benfica scored through Victor Lindelöf (66').

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

Going into the game Sporting CP were 3rd on 63 points from 29 and Benfica 1st on 71 points from 29. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Benfica 1st with 82.

Sporting CP lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Adrien Silva of Sporting CP (8.2), ahead of Ezequiel Schelotto (7.5).

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

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