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Benfica 2-0 Sporting CP - December 02, 1973 / Primeira Divisão 1973/1974

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Primeira Divisão 1973/1974 - Round 11

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

December 02, 1973

2 - 0

Sporting CP

Eusebio

54'

Eusebio

74'

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54' - Goal Eusebio54

71' - Substitution Fraguitois substituted by Marinho photo Fernando Tomé

71' - Substitution Carlos Alberto Manacais substituted by Fernando Tomé

72' - Substitution Malta da Silvais substituted by Adolfo Calisto72

74' - Goal Eusebio74

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

2 - 0

Sporting CP

Benfica Sporting CP

Team line-ups

Benfica

José Henrique

Portugal

B.date18/05/1943

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Malta da Silva72

Malta da Silva

Portugal

B.date19/02/1943

Age30 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Timula

Messias Timula

Portugal

B.date12/02/1948

Age25 years

positionDefender

Coelho

Humberto Coelho

Portugal

B.date20/04/1950

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Artur Correia

Portugal

B.date18/04/1950

Age23 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Toni

Portugal

B.date14/10/1946

Age27 years

positionCentre Midfield

António Simões

Portugal

B.date14/12/1943

Age29 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Nené

Portugal

B.date20/11/1949

Age24 years

H1m74

positionStriker

Eusebio7454

Eusebio

Portugal

B.date25/01/1942

Age31 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Jordão

Portugal

B.date09/08/1952

Age21 years

H1m79

positionStriker

Baptista

Vitor Baptista

Portugal

B.date18/10/1948

Age25 years

H1m78

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	José Henrique		30	234	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malta da Silva	72	30	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Messias Timula		25	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Humberto Coelho		23	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Artur Correia		23	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Toni		27	165	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	António Simões		29	388	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nené		24	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eusebio	7454	31	411	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jordão		21	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vitor Baptista		25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

172

Sporting CP

Damas

Vitor Damas

Portugal

B.date08/10/1947

Age26 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Alhinho

Carlos Alhinho

Portugal

B.date10/01/1949

Age24 years

H1m86

positionDefender

Laranjeira

Joao Laranjeira

Portugal

B.date28/09/1951

Age22 years

positionDefender

Carlos Pereira

Portugal

B.date23/02/1949

Age24 years

positionLeft full-back

Wagner Canotilho

Brazil

B.date29/03/1945

Age28 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fraguito71

Fraguito

Portugal

B.date08/09/1951

Age22 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

Nelson Fernandes

Portugal

B.date03/08/1946

Age27 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Manaca71

Carlos Alberto Manaca

Portugal

B.date22/09/1946

Age27 years

H1m79

positionForward

Dinis

Portugal

B.date01/12/1947

Age26 years

positionWinger

Yazalde

Hector Yazalde

Argentina

B.date29/05/1946

Age27 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Chico Faria

Portugal

B.date09/10/1949

Age24 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Vitor Damas		26	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos Alhinho		24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joao Laranjeira		22	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos Pereira		24	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wagner Canotilho		28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fraguito	71	22	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nelson Fernandes		27	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carlos Alberto Manaca	71	27	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dinis		26	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hector Yazalde		27	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chico Faria		24	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Adolfo Calisto	72	29	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Manuel Vitor Martins		23

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Fernando Tomé	71	26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Marinho	71	30	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Toni

Manuel Vitor Martins

OUT

Nené

Nelinho

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Fernando Cabrita

Success rate in this team:

64 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Cabrita vs Sporting CP

2 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 02, 1973

Cabrita vs Lino

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 02, 1973

Manager

Age

Match num

Mario Lino

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

67 %

Lino vs Benfica

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 02, 1973

Lino vs Cabrita

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 02, 1973

Videos

Comments

Key figures

The last time Benfica has ended with the score 2-0 vs Sporting CP at home, It was on the 02/03/1958

Benfica keeps its 10 matches with at least one goal scored vs Sporting CP running (since 01/03/1970). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/12/1963-28/04/1968 time period (10 matches).

Benfica keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw vs Sporting CP running (since 27/12/1970). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 15/12/1963 (6 matches)

Read the next 12 key stats

General ranking

	1	Vitória Setúbal	19 pts	11 rd
+1	2	Benfica	18 pts	11 rd
-1	3	Sporting CP	17 pts	11 rd
+1	4	FC Porto	14 pts	11 rd
-1	5	Fabril do Barreiro	14 pts	11 rd

General ranking

	1	Vitória Setúbal	19 pts	11 rd
+1	2	Benfica	18 pts	11 rd
-1	3	Sporting CP	17 pts	11 rd
+1	4	FC Porto	14 pts	11 rd
-1	5	Fabril do Barreiro	14 pts	11 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 1-0 Olympiacos19/09/1973

VBenfica 2-0 Oriental Lisbonne30/09/1973

VBenfica 1-0 Fabril do Barreiro21/10/1973

DBenfica 1-1 Ujpest24/10/1973

VBenfica 2-1 FC Porto04/11/1973

VBenfica 2-0 Beira Mar25/11/1973

Overall

DBenfica 1-1 Ujpest24/10/1973

VCD Montijo 0-1 Benfica28/10/1973

VBenfica 2-1 FC Porto04/11/1973

LUjpest 2-0 Benfica07/11/1973

DVitória Guimarães 0-0 Benfica18/11/1973

VBenfica 2-0 Beira Mar25/11/1973

Current form

Away

DCardiff City 0-0 Sporting CP19/09/1973

VLeixões 0-3 Sporting CP23/09/1973

VOriental Lisbonne 0-7 Sporting CP07/10/1973

LSunderland 2-1 Sporting CP24/10/1973

VFabril do Barreiro 0-3 Sporting CP28/10/1973

DFC Porto 1-1 Sporting CP18/11/1973

Overall

LSunderland 2-1 Sporting CP24/10/1973

VFabril do Barreiro 0-3 Sporting CP28/10/1973

VSporting CP 8-0 CD Montijo04/11/1973

VSporting CP 2-0 Sunderland07/11/1973

DFC Porto 1-1 Sporting CP18/11/1973

VSporting CP 3-0 Vitória Guimarães25/11/1973

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	67	2
Drawless streak	2	1
Scoring streak	17	1
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	5
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	5	11
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	2
3	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

10	Number of games (Competition total)	10
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	5
7	Victories (Competition total)	8
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

13	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	14
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.5
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.8
0.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.4
0.2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.4

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	8
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
7	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-0 (2 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Jordão	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	19 goals	Hector Yazalde
Eusebio	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Hector Yazalde
Eusebio	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	19 goals during the last 9 matches	Hector Yazalde

Historical head to head

Home

22 matches

14 v

5 d

3 l

52 gf

29 ga

Away

21 matches

7 v

6 d

8 l

26 gf

28 ga

Total

43 matches

21 v

11 d

11 l

78 gf

57 ga

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

8 v

6 d

7 l

28 gf

26 ga

Away

22 matches

3 v

5 d

14 l

29 gf

52 ga

Total

43 matches

11 v

11 d

21 l

57 gf

78 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 27, 1970
Home	5 - 1	December 27, 1970

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	June 27, 1971
Away	4 - 1	March 19, 1939

Latest head to head

January 28, 1973 - Primeira Divisão 1972/1973

Sporting CP

1 - 2

Benfica

October 08, 1972 - Primeira Divisão 1972/1973

Benfica

4 - 1

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

June 04, 1972 - Taça de Portugal 1971/1972

Benfica

3 - 2

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

May 21, 1972 - Primeira Divisão 1971/1972

Benfica

2 - 1

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

January 02, 1972 - Primeira Divisão 1971/1972

Sporting CP

0 - 3

Benfica

Best historical scorers against Sporting CP

Eusebio	24 goals	1963 - 1972
José Torres	8 goals	1963 - 1970
Artur Jorge	6 goals	1970 - 1973
Jose Augusto	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Nené	3 goals	1970 - 1973
António Simões	3 goals	1962 - 1970

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/03/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Fernando Peyroteo	2 goals	1939 - 1939
Hector Yazalde	2 goals	1972 - 1972
Fernando Peres	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Adolfo Albino Mourao	1 goal	1939 - 1939
Chico Faria	1 goal	1973 - 1973
Dinis	1 goal	1972 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 19/03/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sporting CP

António Simões	27 matches	1962 - 1973
Eusebio	27 matches	1962 - 1973
Mario Coluna	21 matches	1960 - 1969
Jose Augusto	20 matches	1960 - 1969
Fernando Cruz	18 matches	1960 - 1969
José Henrique	15 matches	1967 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/01/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Vitor Damas	5 matches	1972 - 1973
Nelson Fernandes	5 matches	1972 - 1973
Hector Yazalde	5 matches	1972 - 1973
Dinis	5 matches	1972 - 1973
Chico Faria	5 matches	1972 - 1973
Fernando Tomé	4 matches	1972 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/01/1939. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Nelson Fernandes

41 matches

91 matches

1965 - 1973

Pedras

31 matches

2 matches

1962 - 1970

Jose Perides

20 matches

4 matches

1961 - 1965

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Nelson Fernandes

41 matches

91 matches

1965 - 1973

Jose Perides

20 matches

4 matches

1961 - 1965

Pedras

31 matches

2 matches

1962 - 1970

Total : 3 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 13/09/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 02, 1973

Guimarães

1 0

Académica

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Vitória Setúbal	19	11	9	1	1	29	5	+24
+12	Benfica	18	11	8	2	1	15	4	+11
-13	Sporting CP	17	11	8	1	2	35	6	+29
+14	FC Porto	14	11	5	4	2	17	9	+8
-15	Fabril do Barreiro	14	11	5	4	2	20	13	+7
6	Belenenses	13	11	5	3	3	22	15	+7
7	Vitória Guimarães	12	11	4	4	3	10	10	0
+28	Farense	11	11	3	5	3	16	13	+3
-19	Boavista	10	11	4	2	5	15	20	-5
+210	Oriental Lisbonne	9	11	4	1	6	9	22	-13
-211	Olhanense	9	11	4	1	6	12	28	-16
+212	CD Montijo	7	11	3	1	7	7	19	-12
-213	Beira Mar	7	11	3	1	7	12	25	-13
-114	Barreirense	7	11	2	3	6	5	10	-5
15	Académica	5	11	2	1	8	8	21	-13
16	Leixões	4	11	1	2	8	10	22	-12

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Benfica 2-0 Sporting CP - December 02, 1973 / Primeira Divisão 1973/1974

Benfica

2 - 0

Sporting CP

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Cabrita vs Sporting CP

Cabrita vs Lino

Manager

Lino vs Benfica

Lino vs Cabrita

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Sporting CP

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Players with most games played vs Sporting CP

Players with most games played vs Benfica

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking