Sporting CP 0-2 Benfica: result and report

Sporting CP 0-2 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Sunday 17 April 2022, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Sporting CP lost to Benfica 0-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 17 April 2022. The half-time score was 0-1.

Darwin Núñez opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Sporting CP did not score. Benfica scored through Darwin Núñez (14') and Gil Dias (90+2').

Discipline: Sporting CP received 2 yellow cards; Benfica received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sporting CP were 2nd on 73 points from 29 and Benfica 3rd on 61 points from 28. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Benfica 3rd with 71.

Sporting CP lined up in a 3-4-3 and Benfica in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Darwin Núñez of Benfica (8.9), ahead of Nuno Santos (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sporting CP wins, 0 draws and 1 for Benfica.

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