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Sporting CP 1-4 Benfica - February 21, 1998 / Primeira Divisão 1997/1998

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Primeira Divisão 1997/1998 - Round 22

Estadio José Alvalade - Lisbon - Portugal

February 21, 1998

40 000

Sporting CP

1 - 4

Benfica

Leandro Machado

66'

44'

Karel Poborsky

64'

Sousa

69'

Brian Deane

83'

João Pinto

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44' - Goal Karel Poborsky

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54' - Substitution Pedro Martinsis substituted by Cesar Ramirez54

57' - Substitution Nuno Gomesis substituted by João Pinto

64' - Goal Sousa

66' - Goal Leandro Machado66

67' - Substitution Tiagois substituted by Erwin Sanchez

69' - Substitution Simãois substituted by Roberto Assis69

69' - Goal Brian Deane

76' - Substitution Brian Deaneis substituted by Bruno Basto

83' - Goal João Pinto

84' - Substitution Luis Miguelis substituted by Quim Berto84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sporting CP

1 - 4

Benfica

Sporting CP Benfica

Team line-ups

Sporting CP

12 Ferreira

Tiago Ferreira

Portugal

B.date16/04/1975

Age22 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

4 Oceano

Oceano

Portugal

B.date29/07/1962

Age35 years

H1m79

positionCentral defender

22 Beto

Beto

Portugal

B.date03/05/1976

Age21 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

3 Vinícius

Vinícius

Brazil

B.date07/03/1977

Age20 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

17 Aurélio

Marco Aurélio

Brazil

B.date18/02/1967

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

6 Martins54

Pedro Martins

Portugal

B.date17/07/1970

Age27 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

13 Miguel84

Luis Miguel

Angola

B.date22/07/1971

Age26 years

positionMidfield

31 Simão69

Simão

Portugal

B.date30/10/1979

Age18 years

H1m70

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

7 Yordanov

Ivaylo Yordanov

Bulgaria

B.date22/04/1968

Age29 years

H1m79

positionStriker

18 Machado66

Leandro Machado

Brazil

B.date22/03/1976

Age21 years

H1m85

positionForward

25 Marioni

Bruno Marioni

Argentina

B.date15/06/1975

Age22 years

H1m76

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Tiago Ferreira		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Oceano		35	301	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Beto		21	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Vinícius		20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Marco Aurélio		31	131	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Pedro Martins	54	27	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Luis Miguel	84	26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	M	Simão	69	18	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Ivaylo Yordanov		29	158	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Leandro Machado	66	21	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	F	Bruno Marioni		22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Benfica

1 Preud'homme

Michel Preud'homme

Belgium

B.date24/01/1959

Age39 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

5 Madeira

Paulo Madeira

Portugal

B.date06/09/1970

Age27 years

H1m70

positionCentral defender

13 Guiaro

Ronaldo Guiaro

Brazil

B.date18/02/1974

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

16 Minto

Scott Minto

England

B.date06/08/1971

Age26 years

positionLeft full-back

36 Sousa64

Sousa

Portugal

B.date09/10/1977

Age20 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

6 Tiago67

Tiago

Portugal

B.date04/07/1975

Age22 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

26 Carlos

Luís Carlos

Portugal

B.date21/08/1972

Age25 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

25 Poborsky44

Karel Poborsky

Czech Republic

B.date30/03/1972

Age25 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

22 Calado

José António Calado

Portugal

B.date01/03/1974

Age23 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

21 Gomes57

Nuno Gomes

Portugal

B.date05/07/1976

Age21 years

H1m81

positionStriker

28 Deane6976

Brian Deane

England

B.date07/02/1968

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentre forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Michel Preud'homme		39	159	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Paulo Madeira		27	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ronaldo Guiaro		24	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Scott Minto		26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	D	Sousa	64	20	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Tiago	67	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	M	Luís Carlos		25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Karel Poborsky	44	25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	José António Calado		23	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Nuno Gomes	57	21	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Brian Deane	6976	30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
15	D	Quim Berto	84	26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Roberto Assis	69	27	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Cesar Ramirez	54	20	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
39	D	Bruno Basto	76	19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	João Pinto	8357	26	220	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Erwin Sanchez	67	28	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Oceano

Afonso Martins

OUT

Luis Miguel

Quim Berto

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tiago

Erwin Sanchez

OUT

José António Calado

José Soares

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Carlos Manuel

Octavio Machado

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Carlos Manuel vs Benfica

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Carlos Manuel vs Souness

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

Nelo Vingada

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Souness vs Sporting CP

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Souness vs Carlos Manuel

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 21, 1998

Referee

Isidoro Rodrigues

11 victories	4 draws	2 losses	Sporting CP17 matches	General total	Benfica11 matches	6 victories	4 draws	1 loss
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Sporting CP3 matches	Season total	Benfica2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 25, 2003					Latest figure on September 21, 2002

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Comments

Key figures

Sporting CP keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 19/01/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 02/05/1993-11/09/1993 time period (9 matches).

The last time Benfica has won with a difference of 3 goals away from home, It was on the 03/01/1997 (vs )

Ivaylo Yordanov played his game number 10 vs Benfica in Primeira Liga

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

+3	5	Estrela da Amadora	34 pts	22 rd
-1	6	Boavista	33 pts	22 rd
-1	7	Sporting CP	32 pts	22 rd
-1	8	Maritimo Funchal	32 pts	22 rd
	9	Salgueiros 1911-2005	31 pts	22 rd

General ranking

	1	FC Porto	50 pts	22 rd
	2	Benfica	42 pts	22 rd
	3	Vitória Guimarães	37 pts	22 rd
	4	Rio Ave	34 pts	22 rd
+3	5	Estrela da Amadora	34 pts	22 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSporting CP 2-0 Campomaiorense06/12/1997

VSporting CP 2-1 Lierse SK10/12/1997

VSporting CP 1-0 Académica21/12/1997

DSporting CP 1-1 Braga19/01/1998

VSporting CP 3-2 Farense25/01/1998

DSporting CP 1-1 Vitória Guimarães08/02/1998

Overall

DSporting CP 1-1 Braga19/01/1998

VSporting CP 3-2 Farense25/01/1998

LChaves 3-2 Sporting CP30/01/1998

LBraga 3-1 Sporting CP04/02/1998

DSporting CP 1-1 Vitória Guimarães08/02/1998

LBoavista 1-0 Sporting CP13/02/1998

Current form

Away

LMaritimo Funchal 1-0 Benfica12/12/1997

LFC Porto 2-0 Benfica03/01/1998

VLeça 1-2 Benfica18/01/1998

VCampomaiorense 1-2 Benfica24/01/1998

DGil Vicente 1-1 Benfica04/02/1998

VAcadémica 1-2 Benfica07/02/1998

Overall

VCampomaiorense 1-2 Benfica24/01/1998

VBenfica 2-0 Vitória Setúbal01/02/1998

DGil Vicente 1-1 Benfica04/02/1998

VAcadémica 1-2 Benfica07/02/1998

VBenfica 1-0 Gil Vicente11/02/1998

VBenfica 2-1 Rio Ave15/02/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	0
Winless streak	1	4
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	9	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	4	9
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	4	9
Conceding streak	7	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

6	General ranking (Competition total)	2
7	General ranking (Home / Away)	2

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

21	Number of games (Competition total)	21
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
8	Victories (Competition total)	11
6	Victories (Home / Away)	5
8	Draws (Competition total)	6
4	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	32
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.52
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.81	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.9
0.8	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.09

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	11
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
9	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
7	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	6
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (4 times)

Bookings

58	Yellow cards (Competition total)	54
16	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	29
8	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Leandro Machado	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Nuno Gomes
Oceano	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Edgar
Oceano	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Nica Panduru
Oceano	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	João Pinto
Leandro Machado	3 goals during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 3 matches	Nuno Gomes

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

24 v

13 d

15 l

76 gf

59 ga

Away

51 matches

6 v

13 d

32 l

51 gf

101 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

8 ga

Total

106 matches

30 v

26 d

50 l

129 gf

168 ga

Historical head to head

Home

51 matches

32 v

13 d

6 l

101 gf

51 ga

Away

52 matches

15 v

13 d

24 l

59 gf

76 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

8 gf

2 ga

Total

106 matches

50 v

26 d

30 l

168 gf

129 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	December 14, 1986
Home	7 - 1	December 14, 1986

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 12, 1986
Away	6 - 3	May 15, 1994

Latest head to head

September 27, 1997 - Primeira Divisão 1997/1998

Benfica

0 - 0

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April 05, 1997 - Primeira Divisão 1996/1997

Benfica

1 - 0

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

October 27, 1996 - Primeira Divisão 1996/1997

Sporting CP

1 - 0

Benfica

May 18, 1996 - Taça de Portugal 1995/1996

Benfica

3 - 1

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

February 17, 1996 - Primeira Divisão 1995/1996

Benfica

0 - 0

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Jordão	13 goals	1979 - 1984
Manuel Fernandes	12 goals	1976 - 1986
Hector Yazalde	5 goals	1972 - 1974
Krasimir Balakov	3 goals	1992 - 1995
Mário Jorge	3 goals	1986 - 1987
Manoel Costa	3 goals	1977 - 1977

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 Sporting CP

Eusebio	26 goals	1963 - 1973
Nené	8 goals	1970 - 1976
José Torres	8 goals	1963 - 1970
João Pinto	6 goals	1994 - 1997
Artur Jorge	6 goals	1970 - 1973
Isaías	5 goals	1990 - 1994

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 Benfica

Manuel Fernandes	30 matches	1976 - 1987
Jordão	21 matches	1977 - 1986
Carlos Xavier	17 matches	1981 - 1995
Vitor Damas	17 matches	1972 - 1987
Oceano	16 matches	1984 - 1997
Venâncio	15 matches	1982 - 1992

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 Sporting CP

António Simões	32 matches	1962 - 1975
Eusebio	29 matches	1962 - 1974
Mario Coluna	21 matches	1960 - 1969
Jose Augusto	20 matches	1960 - 1969
José Henrique	20 matches	1967 - 1976
Fernando Cruz	18 matches	1960 - 1969

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

Jordão

279 matches

126 matches

1971 - 1986

Joao Laranjeira

169 matches

9 matches

1971 - 1981

Nelson Fernandes

150 matches

41 matches

1965 - 1975

Eurico

116 matches

31 matches

1975 - 1982

Carlos Alhinho

101 matches

2 matches

1972 - 1978

Artur Correia

83 matches

146 matches

1971 - 1980

Total : 17 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

António Pacheco

35 matches

220 matches

1987 - 1995

Artur Correia

83 matches

146 matches

1971 - 1980

Jordão

279 matches

126 matches

1971 - 1986

Paulo Sousa

44 matches

112 matches

1989 - 1994

Carlos Manuel

18 matches

49 matches

1980 - 1990

Marinho

79 matches

45 matches

1989 - 1997

Total : 17 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

February 20, 1998

Braga

1 2

Boavista

Line-ups available

Campomaiorense

2 2

FC Porto

Line-ups available

February 21, 1998

Line-ups available

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	FC Porto	50	22	15	5	2	49	24	+25
2	Benfica	42	22	12	6	4	36	20	+16
3	Vitória Guimarães	37	22	11	4	7	26	16	+10
4	Rio Ave	34	22	9	7	6	29	25	+4
+35	Estrela da Amadora	34	22	9	7	6	30	25	+5
-16	Boavista	33	22	8	9	5	28	20	+8
-17	Sporting CP	32	22	8	8	6	25	21	+4
-18	Maritimo Funchal	32	22	9	5	8	24	22	+2
9	Salgueiros 1911-2005	31	22	8	7	7	30	25	+5
10	Leça	28	22	8	4	10	22	29	-7
+211	Farense	28	22	6	10	6	29	29	0
-112	Campomaiorense	27	22	7	6	9	31	37	-6
-113	Braga	27	22	6	9	7	31	29	+2
14	Académica	23	22	5	8	9	17	27	-10
15	Varzim	23	22	5	8	9	20	32	-12
16	Vitória Setúbal	22	22	5	7	10	22	27	-5
17	Chaves	18	22	5	3	14	19	38	-19
18	Belenenses	13	22	2	7	13	12	34	-22

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Sporting CP 1-4 Benfica - February 21, 1998 / Primeira Divisão 1997/1998

Sporting CP

1 - 4

Benfica

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

Carlos Manuel vs Benfica

Carlos Manuel vs Souness

Manager

Souness vs Sporting CP

Souness vs Carlos Manuel

Referee

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 Benfica

Best historical scorers against Sporting CP

Players with most games played vs Benfica

Players with most games played vs Sporting CP

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking