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Benfica 4-1 Sporting CP - October 08, 1972 / Primeira Divisão 1972/1973

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Primeira Divisão 1972/1973 - Round 5

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

October 08, 1972

4 - 1

Sporting CP

Eusebio

25'

Eusebio

34'

Eusebio

86'

Eusebio

89'

84'

Hector Yazalde

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25' - Goal Eusebio25

34' - Goal Eusebio34

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46' - Substitution Pedro Gomesis substituted by Chico Faria

66' - Substitution Wagner Canotilhois substituted by Dinis

84' - Goal Hector Yazalde

86' - Goal Eusebio86

89' - Goal Eusebio89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

4 - 1

Sporting CP

Benfica Sporting CP

Team line-ups

Benfica

José Henrique

Portugal

B.date18/05/1943

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Malta da Silva

Portugal

B.date19/02/1943

Age29 years

H1m83

positionDefender

Coelho

Humberto Coelho

Portugal

B.date20/04/1950

Age22 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Timula

Messias Timula

Portugal

B.date12/02/1948

Age24 years

positionDefender

Calisto

Adolfo Calisto

Portugal

B.date04/01/1944

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Toni

Portugal

B.date14/10/1946

Age25 years

positionCentre Midfield

António Simões

Portugal

B.date14/12/1943

Age28 years

H1m73

positionLeft Midfielder

Jaime Graça

Portugal

B.date10/01/1942

Age30 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

Jordão

Portugal

B.date09/08/1952

Age20 years

H1m79

positionStriker

Eusebio86258934

Eusebio

Portugal

B.date25/01/1942

Age30 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Nené

Portugal

B.date20/11/1949

Age22 years

H1m74

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	José Henrique		29	190	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Malta da Silva		29	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Humberto Coelho		22	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Messias Timula		24	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adolfo Calisto		28	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Toni		25	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	António Simões		28	346	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jaime Graça		30	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jordão		20	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eusebio	86258934	30	373	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nené		22	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

164

Sporting CP

Damas

Vitor Damas

Portugal

B.date08/10/1947

Age25 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Pedro Gomes46

Pedro Gomes

Portugal

B.date16/10/1941

Age30 years

positionDefender

Laranjeira

Joao Laranjeira

Portugal

B.date28/09/1951

Age21 years

positionDefender

Bastos

Vitorino Bastos

Portugal

B.date04/07/1950

Age22 years

positionDefender

Carlos Pereira

Portugal

B.date23/02/1949

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

Wagner Canotilho66

Wagner Canotilho

Brazil

B.date29/03/1945

Age27 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Fraguito

Portugal

B.date08/09/1951

Age21 years

H1m72

positionMidfield

Nelson Fernandes

Portugal

B.date03/08/1946

Age26 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Marinho

Portugal

B.date03/09/1943

Age29 years

positionForward

Manaca

Carlos Alberto Manaca

Portugal

B.date22/09/1946

Age26 years

H1m79

positionForward

Yazalde84

Hector Yazalde

Argentina

B.date29/05/1946

Age26 years

H1m76

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Vitor Damas		25	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pedro Gomes	46	30	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joao Laranjeira		21	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vitorino Bastos		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carlos Pereira		23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wagner Canotilho	66	27	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fraguito		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nelson Fernandes		26	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marinho		29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carlos Alberto Manaca		26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hector Yazalde	84	26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Dinis	66	24	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Chico Faria	46	22	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Hagan

Success rate in this team:

77 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Hagan vs Sporting CP

5 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 1972

Hagan vs Allen

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 1972

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Allen

Success rate in this team:

71 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Allen vs Benfica

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 1972

Allen vs Hagan

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 08, 1972

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time since the 20/02/1972 ( Eusebio1 with vs ) that a player ( Eusebio) scores at least 4 goals during the same Primeira Liga game

Benfica keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a loss vs Sporting CP at home running (since 09/10/1966). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 19/02/1956-18/10/1964 time period (10 matches).

Benfica keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored vs Sporting CP at home running (since 01/03/1970). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

	1	Benfica	10 pts	5 rd
	2	Sporting CP	8 pts	5 rd
	3	Belenenses	8 pts	5 rd
+5	4	Tomar	6 pts	5 rd
-1	5	Vitória Setúbal	6 pts	5 rd

General ranking

	1	Benfica	10 pts	5 rd
	2	Sporting CP	8 pts	5 rd
	3	Belenenses	8 pts	5 rd
+5	4	Tomar	6 pts	5 rd
-1	5	Vitória Setúbal	6 pts	5 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 3-1 Académica07/05/1972

VBenfica 2-1 Sporting CP21/05/1972

VBenfica 3-2 Sporting CP04/06/1972

VBenfica 6-0 Leixões10/09/1972

VBenfica 9-0 Beira Mar24/09/1972

VBenfica 4-1 Malmö FF27/09/1972

Overall

VBenfica 6-0 Leixões10/09/1972

LMalmö FF 1-0 Benfica13/09/1972

VBoavista 1-3 Benfica17/09/1972

VBenfica 9-0 Beira Mar24/09/1972

VBenfica 4-1 Malmö FF27/09/1972

VUnião Coimbra 0-4 Benfica01/10/1972

Current form

Away

VBeira Mar 0-1 Sporting CP07/05/1972

LBenfica 2-1 Sporting CP21/05/1972

LBenfica 3-2 Sporting CP04/06/1972

VFC Porto 0-1 Sporting CP11/09/1972

VFarense 1-3 Sporting CP24/09/1972

LHibernian 6-1 Sporting CP27/09/1972

Overall

VFC Porto 0-1 Sporting CP11/09/1972

VSporting CP 2-1 Hibernian13/09/1972

VSporting CP 4-0 Tomar17/09/1972

VFarense 1-3 Sporting CP24/09/1972

LHibernian 6-1 Sporting CP27/09/1972

VSporting CP 2-0 Vitória Guimarães01/10/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	4
Unbeaten streak	46	4
Drawless streak	7	13
Scoring streak	7	4
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	7	13
Scoring streak	7	13
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

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

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
4	Victories (Competition total)	4
2	Victories (Home / Away)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

22	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
5.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
7.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.25
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

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

Eusebio	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Hector Yazalde
Eusebio	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Hector Yazalde
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Hector Yazalde
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Hector Yazalde
Eusebio	9 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 4 matches	Hector Yazalde

Historical head to head

Home

21 matches

13 v

5 d

3 l

48 gf

28 ga

Away

20 matches

6 v

6 d

8 l

24 gf

27 ga

Total

41 matches

19 v

11 d

11 l

72 gf

55 ga

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

8 v

6 d

6 l

27 gf

24 ga

Away

21 matches

3 v

5 d

13 l

28 gf

48 ga

Total

41 matches

11 v

11 d

19 l

55 gf

72 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

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

June 27, 1971 - Taça de Portugal 1970/1971

Sporting CP

4 - 1

Benfica

December 27, 1970 - Primeira Divisão 1970/1971

Benfica

5 - 1

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

Best historical scorers against Sporting CP

Eusebio	20 goals	1963 - 1972
José Torres	8 goals	1963 - 1970
Artur Jorge	5 goals	1970 - 1970
Jose Augusto	4 goals	1961 - 1965
António Simões	3 goals	1962 - 1970
Joaquim Santana	3 goals	1960 - 1963

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
Fernando Peres	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Joao Cruz	1 goal	1939 - 1939
Hector Yazalde	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Dinis	1 goal	1972 - 1972
Adolfo Albino Mourao	1 goal	1939 - 1939

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	25 matches	1962 - 1972
Eusebio	25 matches	1962 - 1972
Mario Coluna	21 matches	1960 - 1969
Jose Augusto	20 matches	1960 - 1969
Fernando Cruz	18 matches	1960 - 1969
José Torres	15 matches	1963 - 1971

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

Nelson Fernandes	3 matches	1972 - 1972
Hector Yazalde	3 matches	1972 - 1972
Dinis	3 matches	1972 - 1972
Vitor Damas	3 matches	1972 - 1972
Joao Laranjeira	3 matches	1972 - 1972
Hilario	3 matches	1972 - 1972

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

47 matches

1965 - 1972

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

47 matches

1965 - 1972

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

October 08, 1972

Guimarães

3 1

Barreirense

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Benfica	10	5	5	0	0	26	2	+24
2	Sporting CP	8	5	4	0	1	11	5	+6
3	Belenenses	8	5	3	2	0	8	4	+4
+54	Tomar	6	5	3	0	2	5	7	-2
-15	Vitória Setúbal	6	5	3	0	2	14	6	+8
-16	Vitória Guimarães	6	5	3	0	2	10	5	+5
+47	Beira Mar	5	5	2	1	2	5	13	-8
-28	Fabril do Barreiro	4	5	2	0	3	7	10	-3
+49	FC Porto	4	5	1	2	2	3	5	-2
+510	Leixões	4	5	2	0	3	6	11	-5
-411	Boavista	4	5	2	0	3	7	11	-4
-412	CD Montijo	4	5	2	0	3	5	6	-1
-313	Barreirense	3	5	1	1	3	6	12	-6
-214	União Coimbra	3	5	1	1	3	2	8	-6
-115	Farense	3	5	1	1	3	5	10	-5
16	Atlético Portugal	2	5	0	2	3	3	8	-5

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Benfica 4-1 Sporting CP - October 08, 1972 / Primeira Divisão 1972/1973

Benfica

4 - 1

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

Hagan vs Sporting CP

Hagan vs Allen

Manager

Allen vs Benfica

Allen vs Hagan

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