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Benfica 2-1 Sporting CP - May 21, 1972 / Primeira Divisão 1971/1972

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Primeira Divisão 1971/1972 - Round 29

Estadio da Luz - Lisbon - Portugal

May 21, 1972

Benfica

2 - 1

Sporting CP

Eusebio

29'

56'

Hector Yazalde

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1' - Goal Eusebio1

29' - Goal Eusebio29

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56' - Goal Hector Yazalde

78' - Substitution Chico Fariais substituted by Joao Lourenco photo Dinis

78' - Substitution Carlos Alberto Manacais substituted by Dinis

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Benfica

2 - 1

Sporting CP

Benfica Sporting CP

Team line-ups

Benfica

José Henrique

Portugal

B.date18/05/1943

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

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

Artur Correia

Portugal

B.date18/04/1950

Age22 years

H1m70

positionRight full-back

Zeca

José Fernandez Zeca

Portugal

B.date11/08/1943

Age28 years

positionLeft full-back

Toni

Portugal

B.date14/10/1946

Age25 years

positionCentre Midfield

Vitor Martins

Manuel Vitor Martins

Portugal

B.date27/03/1950

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Jaime Graça

Portugal

B.date10/01/1942

Age30 years

H1m82

positionOffensive Midfielder

Nené

Portugal

B.date20/11/1949

Age22 years

H1m74

positionStriker

Eusebio129

Eusebio

Portugal

B.date25/01/1942

Age30 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Jordão

Portugal

B.date09/08/1952

Age19 years

H1m79

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	José Henrique		29	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Messias Timula		24	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adolfo Calisto		28	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Artur Correia		22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	José Fernandez Zeca		28	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Toni		25	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Manuel Vitor Martins		22	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jaime Graça		30	196	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nené		22	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Eusebio	129	30	364	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jordão		19	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

116

Sporting CP

Damas

Vitor Damas

Portugal

B.date08/10/1947

Age24 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

Calo

Portugal

B.date05/09/1946

Age25 years

positionDefender

Laranjeira

Joao Laranjeira

Portugal

B.date28/09/1951

Age20 years

positionDefender

Hilario

Portugal

B.date19/03/1939

Age33 years

positionDefender

Fernando Peres

Portugal

B.date08/01/1943

Age29 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Nelson Fernandes

Portugal

B.date03/08/1946

Age25 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Chico Faria78

Chico Faria

Portugal

B.date09/10/1949

Age22 years

positionForward

Manaca78

Carlos Alberto Manaca

Portugal

B.date22/09/1946

Age25 years

H1m79

positionForward

Fernando Tomé

Portugal

B.date10/07/1947

Age24 years

positionRight Winger

Yazalde56

Hector Yazalde

Argentina

B.date29/05/1946

Age25 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Nando

Angola

B.date20/09/1952

Age19 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Vitor Damas		24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Calo		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joao Laranjeira		20	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hilario		33	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Fernando Peres		29	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nelson Fernandes		25	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chico Faria	78	22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carlos Alberto Manaca	78	25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Tomé		24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Hector Yazalde	56	25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nando		19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Dinis	78	24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Joao Lourenco	78	30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nené

José Diamantino Costa

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Calo

José Carlos

OUT

Fernando Tomé

Dinis

OUT

Hector Yazalde

Pedro Gomes

OUT

Nando

Wagner Canotilho

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jimmy Hagan

Success rate in this team:

76 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Hagan vs Sporting CP

3 victories

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 21, 1972

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Videos

Comments

Key figures

Eusebio scored 17 goals vs Sporting CP in his professional career with Benfica

Benfica keeps its 3 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

Eusebio scored 16 goals vs Sporting CP in Primeira Liga with Benfica

Read the next 11 key stats

General ranking

1	Benfica	53 pts	29 rd
2	Vitória Setúbal	44 pts	29 rd
3	Sporting CP	41 pts	29 rd
4	Fabril do Barreiro	35 pts	29 rd
5	FC Porto	31 pts	29 rd

General ranking

1	Benfica	53 pts	29 rd
2	Vitória Setúbal	44 pts	29 rd
3	Sporting CP	41 pts	29 rd
4	Fabril do Barreiro	35 pts	29 rd
5	FC Porto	31 pts	29 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBenfica 5-1 Feyenoord Rotterdam22/03/1972

VBenfica 5-1 Atlético Portugal09/04/1972

VBenfica 5-1 Marinhense12/04/1972

DBenfica 0-0 Ajax Amsterdam19/04/1972

VBenfica 6-0 FC Porto30/04/1972

VBenfica 3-1 Académica07/05/1972

Overall

VLeixões 0-1 Benfica16/04/1972

DBenfica 0-0 Ajax Amsterdam19/04/1972

VCova Piedade 3-6 Benfica23/04/1972

VBenfica 6-0 FC Porto30/04/1972

VBenfica 3-1 Académica07/05/1972

VVitória Guimarães 1-3 Benfica14/05/1972

Current form

Away

DAcadémica 3-3 Sporting CP20/02/1972

VMaritimo Funchal 1-2 Sporting CP05/03/1972

DFarense 1-1 Sporting CP19/03/1972

DFabril do Barreiro 0-0 Sporting CP09/04/1972

VOs Belenenses 2-3 Sporting CP30/04/1972

VBeira Mar 0-1 Sporting CP07/05/1972

Overall

DFabril do Barreiro 0-0 Sporting CP09/04/1972

DSporting CP 0-0 Vitória Setúbal16/04/1972

VSporting CP 4-1 Leixões23/04/1972

VOs Belenenses 2-3 Sporting CP30/04/1972

VBeira Mar 0-1 Sporting CP07/05/1972

VSporting CP 3-2 Tirsense14/05/1972

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	41	8
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	12	18
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

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

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

28	Number of games (Competition total)	28
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
24	Victories (Competition total)	16
12	Victories (Home / Away)	6
3	Draws (Competition total)	9
2	Draws (Home / Away)	7
1	Losses (Competition total)	3
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

74	Goals scored (Competition total)	48
41	Goals scored (Home / Away)	21
13	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
2.64	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.71
2.93	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
0.46	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.86
0.36	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.93

Betting aid

17	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	15
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
16	Clean sheets (Competition total)	13
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	6
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
11	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	13
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (4 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

Artur Jorge	28 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Fernando Peres
Artur Jorge	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Hector Yazalde
Artur Jorge	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Fernando Peres
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Fernando Peres
Artur Jorge	13 goals during the last 10 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Fernando Peres

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

11 v

5 d

3 l

43 gf

25 ga

Away

20 matches

6 v

6 d

8 l

24 gf

27 ga

Total

39 matches

17 v

11 d

11 l

67 gf

52 ga

Historical head to head

Home

20 matches

8 v

6 d

6 l

27 gf

24 ga

Away

19 matches

3 v

5 d

11 l

25 gf

43 ga

Total

39 matches

11 v

11 d

17 l

52 gf

67 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 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

September 20, 1970 - Primeira Divisão 1970/1971

Sporting CP

1 - 1

Benfica

June 14, 1970 - Taça de Portugal 1969/1970

Benfica

3 - 1

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

Best historical scorers against Sporting CP

Eusebio	15 goals	1963 - 1972
José Torres	8 goals	1963 - 1970
Artur Jorge	5 goals	1970 - 1970
Jose Augusto	4 goals	1961 - 1965
Joaquim Santana	3 goals	1960 - 1963
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
Adolfo Albino Mourao	1 goal	1939 - 1939
Joao Cruz	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	23 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

Joao Cruz	2 matches	1939 - 1939
Adolfo Albino Mourao	2 matches	1939 - 1939
Joao Mendonça Azevedo	2 matches	1939 - 1939
Fernando Peyroteo	2 matches	1939 - 1939
Fernando Tomé	1 match	1972 - 1972
Chico Faria	1 match	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

38 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

38 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

May 21, 1972

Vitória S.

0 1

Barreiro

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Benfica	53	29	25	3	1	76	14	+62
2	Vitória Setúbal	44	29	17	10	2	62	16	+46
3	Sporting CP	41	29	16	9	4	49	26	+23
4	Fabril do Barreiro	35	29	11	13	5	38	27	+11
5	FC Porto	31	29	12	7	10	45	32	+13
6	Vitória Guimarães	28	29	10	8	11	47	46	+1
7	Belenenses	28	29	11	6	12	35	33	+2
8	Barreirense	27	29	11	5	13	34	44	-10
9	Farense	25	29	9	7	13	32	43	-11
+110	Boavista	24	29	7	10	12	27	44	-17
-111	Beira Mar	23	29	7	9	13	28	46	-18
+112	Tomar	23	29	9	5	15	25	40	-15
-113	Atlético Portugal	23	29	7	9	13	34	52	-18
14	Leixões	21	29	7	7	15	26	50	-24
+115	Tirsense	19	29	6	7	16	26	60	-34
-116	Académica	19	29	6	7	16	27	38	-11

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Benfica 2-1 Sporting CP - May 21, 1972 / Primeira Divisão 1971/1972

Benfica

2 - 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

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