Sporting CP 2-2 Benfica: result and report

Liga Portugal · Sunday 21 May 2023

Result

Sporting CP 2-2 Benfica

Liga Portugal · Sunday 21 May 2023, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Sporting CP 2-2 Benfica: match report

Sporting CP drew with Benfica 2-2 in Liga Portugal on Sunday 21 May 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Francisco Trincão opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Sporting CP's goals came from Francisco Trincão (39') and Ousmane Diomande (44'). Benfica scored through Fredrik Aursnes (71') and João Neves (90+4').

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

Going into the game Sporting CP were 4th on 70 points from 32 and Benfica 1st on 83 points from 32. Sporting CP went on to finish that season 4th with 74 points, and Benfica 1st with 87.

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 Manuel Ugarte of Sporting CP (8.1), level with Alejandro Grimaldo (8.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Francisco TrincãoSporting CP · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · António SilvaBenfica
  • 44'Goal · Ousmane DiomandeSporting CP · 2-0
  • 48'Yellow card · Ousmane DiomandeSporting CP
  • 71'Goal · Fredrik AursnesBenfica · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · ChiquinhoBenfica
  • 88'Yellow card · Sebastián CoatesSporting CP
  • 90+4'Goal · João NevesBenfica · 2-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Sporting CP 0, draws 1, Benfica 0.

Team news

Sporting CP line-up (3-4-3)

Franco Israel, Ousmane Diomande, Sebastián Coates, Gonçalo Inácio, Ricardo Esgaio, Manuel Ugarte, Hidemasa Morita, Nuno Santos, Marcus Edwards, Francisco Trincão, Pedro Gonçalves

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

Odysseas Vlachodimos, Fredrik Aursnes, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Alejandro Grimaldo, João Neves, Chiquinho, João Mário, Rafa Silva, David Neres, Gonçalo Ramos