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Sporting CP 3-0 Benfica - April 29, 2001 / Primeira Liga 2000/2001

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Primeira Liga 2000/2001 - Round 30

Estadio José Alvalade - Lisbon - Portugal

April 29, 2001

27 000

Sporting CP

3 - 0

Benfica

Alberto Acosta

Pedro Barbosa

21'

Beto

57'

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2' - Goal Alberto Acosta2

21' - Goal Pedro Barbosa21

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57' - Goal Beto57

60' - Substitution Rogeris substituted by João Tomas

65' - Substitution Abdel Sattar Sabryis substituted by Rui Baião

69' - Substitution Ricardo Sa Pintois substituted by Pavel Horvath69

75' - Substitution Ednilsonis substituted by Maniche

82' - Substitution João Pintois substituted by Rodrigo Fabri82

85' - Substitution Betois substituted by Hugo85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sporting CP

3 - 0

Benfica

Sporting CP Benfica

Team line-ups

Sporting CP

1 Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age37 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

22 Beto5785

Beto

Portugal

B.date03/05/1976

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

50 Cruz

André Cruz

Brazil

B.date20/09/1968

Age32 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

5 Babb

Phil Babb

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/11/1970

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

23 Rui Jorge

Rui Jorge

Portugal

B.date27/03/1973

Age28 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

29 César Prates

César Prates

Brazil

B.date08/02/1975

Age26 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

17 Paulo Bento

Paulo Bento

Portugal

B.date20/06/1969

Age31 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

8 Barbosa21

Pedro Barbosa

Portugal

B.date06/08/1970

Age30 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

25 Pinto82

João Pinto

Portugal

B.date19/08/1971

Age29 years

H1m71

positionOffensive Midfielder

7 Sa Pinto69

Ricardo Sa Pinto

Portugal

B.date10/10/1972

Age28 years

H1m76

positionStriker

11 Acosta2

Alberto Acosta

Argentina

B.date23/08/1966

Age34 years

H1m78

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Peter Schmeichel		37	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Beto	5785	24	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
50	D	André Cruz		32	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Phil Babb		30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Rui Jorge		28	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	D	César Prates		26	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Paulo Bento		31	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Pedro Barbosa	21	30	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	João Pinto	82	29	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Ricardo Sa Pinto	69	28	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Alberto Acosta	2	34	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Benfica

12 Bossio

Carlos Bossio

Argentina

B.date01/12/1973

Age27 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

6 Meira

Fernando Meira

Portugal

B.date05/06/1978

Age22 years

H1m92

positionRight central defender

13 Guiaro

Ronaldo Guiaro

Brazil

B.date18/02/1974

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

2 Dudic

Ivan Dudic

Serbia

B.date13/02/1977

Age24 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

23 Miguel

Miguel

Portugal

B.date04/01/1980

Age21 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

36 Luis

Diogo Luis

Portugal

B.date10/08/1980

Age20 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

29 Ednilson75

Ednilson

Guinea-Bissau

B.date25/09/1982

Age18 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

8 Chano

Chano

Spain

B.date28/02/1965

Age36 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

10 Sabry65

Abdel Sattar Sabry

Egypt

B.date19/06/1974

Age26 years

H1m79

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

25 Roger60

Roger

Brazil

B.date17/08/1978

Age22 years

H1m71

positionOffensive Midfielder

9 van Hooijdonk

Pierre van Hooijdonk

Netherlands

B.date29/11/1969

Age31 years

H1m93

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Carlos Bossio		27	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Fernando Meira		22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ronaldo Guiaro		27	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Ivan Dudic		24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Miguel		21	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	D	Diogo Luis		20	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Ednilson	75	18	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Chano		36	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Abdel Sattar Sabry	65	26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Roger	60	22	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Pierre van Hooijdonk		31	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
15	D	Hugo	85	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Pavel Horvath	69	26	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Rodrigo Fabri	82	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
28	M	Rui Baião	65	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Maniche	75	23	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	João Tomas	60	25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Beto

Hugo

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Miguel

Ricardo Esteves

OUT

Ivan Dudic

Alejandro Escalona

OUT

Diogo Luis

Carlitos

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Augusto Inácio

Fernando Mendes

Manuel Fernandes

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Inácio vs Benfica

4 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on April 29, 2001

Inácio vs Toni

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 29, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Toni

192

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Toni vs Sporting CP

6 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on April 29, 2001

Toni vs Inácio

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 29, 2001

Referee

João Lopes Ferreira

13 victories	5 draws	3 losses	Sporting CP21 matches	General total	Benfica34 matches	19 victories	9 draws	6 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Sporting CP2 matches	Season total	Benfica3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on March 12, 2011					Latest figure on November 03, 2012

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Comments

Key figures

Only back at the time of Anselmo Fernandez head of (01/07/1963-01/07/1965), you can see a maanger go beneath Fernando Mendes with 37% of clean sheets in Primeira Liga (35%).

It's the first time Pedro Barbosa scores a goal vs in Primeira Liga with since the 01/10/1995 (with vs )

No Sporting CP manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Fernando Mendes has reached 1.25 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 9 key stats

General ranking

1	Boavista	68 pts	30 rd
2	FC Porto	64 pts	30 rd
3	Sporting CP	58 pts	30 rd
4	Braga	54 pts	30 rd
5	Benfica	52 pts	30 rd

General ranking

	3	Sporting CP	58 pts	30 rd
	4	Braga	54 pts	30 rd
	5	Benfica	52 pts	30 rd
+1	6	Leiria	49 pts	30 rd
-1	7	Belenenses	48 pts	30 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DSporting CP 0-0 FC Porto31/01/2001

LSporting CP 1-2 Braga04/02/2001

VSporting CP 3-1 Gil Vicente24/02/2001

VSporting CP 2-0 Aves11/03/2001

VSporting CP 2-1 Beira Mar02/04/2001

VSporting CP 1-0 Estrela da Amadora14/04/2001

Overall

DFC Porto 2-2 Sporting CP19/03/2001

LFC Porto 2-1 Sporting CP22/03/2001

VSporting CP 2-1 Beira Mar02/04/2001

LLeiria 2-0 Sporting CP07/04/2001

VSporting CP 1-0 Estrela da Amadora14/04/2001

LBoavista 1-0 Sporting CP21/04/2001

Current form

Away

VBeira Mar 1-3 Benfica28/01/2001

VEstrela da Amadora 1-2 Benfica16/02/2001

LBraga 3-1 Benfica04/03/2001

LOs Belenenses 1-0 Benfica10/03/2001

DCampomaiorense 1-1 Benfica31/03/2001

DFarense 2-2 Benfica13/04/2001

Overall

LOs Belenenses 1-0 Benfica10/03/2001

LBenfica 2-3 Paços de Ferreira18/03/2001

DCampomaiorense 1-1 Benfica31/03/2001

VBenfica 3-0 Maritimo Funchal08/04/2001

DFarense 2-2 Benfica13/04/2001

VBenfica 1-0 Vitória Guimarães22/04/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	5
Scoring streak	5	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	5
Conceding streak	10	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	5
5	General ranking (Home / Away)	8

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	29
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
17	Victories (Competition total)	15
10	Victories (Home / Away)	4
4	Draws (Competition total)	7
2	Draws (Home / Away)	4
8	Losses (Competition total)	7
2	Losses (Home / Away)	6

Goals

50	Goals scored (Competition total)	49
24	Goals scored (Home / Away)	17
32	Goals conceded (Competition total)	31
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.72	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.69
1.71	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.21
1.1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.07
0.64	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.36

Betting aid

16	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	8
10	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
15	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	16
7	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
2-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

57	Yellow cards (Competition total)	76
20	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	38
2	Red cards (Competition total)	9
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	6

Key players

Alberto Acosta	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	18 goals	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Alberto Acosta	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	João Tomas
Alberto Acosta	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	6 penalties	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Alberto Acosta	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Pierre van Hooijdonk
Alberto Acosta	6 goals during the last 11 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	João Tomas

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

24 v

13 d

18 l

78 gf

66 ga

Away

55 matches

7 v

15 d

33 l

57 gf

108 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

8 ga

Total

113 matches

31 v

28 d

54 l

137 gf

182 ga

Historical head to head

Home

55 matches

33 v

15 d

7 l

108 gf

57 ga

Away

55 matches

18 v

13 d

24 l

66 gf

78 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

8 gf

2 ga

Total

113 matches

54 v

28 d

31 l

182 gf

137 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 12, 1986
Away	4 - 1	February 21, 1998

Latest head to head

December 03, 2000 - Primeira Liga 2000/2001

Benfica

3 - 0

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

May 06, 2000 - Primeira Liga 1999/2000

Sporting CP

0 - 1

Benfica

January 26, 2000 - Taça de Portugal 1999/2000

Benfica

1 - 3

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

January 09, 2000 - Primeira Liga 1999/2000

Benfica

0 - 0

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

May 30, 1999 - Primeira Divisão 1998/1999

Benfica

3 - 3

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
Ivaylo Yordanov	4 goals	1992 - 1999
Manoel Costa	3 goals	1977 - 1977
Krasimir Balakov	3 goals	1992 - 1995

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	7 goals	1994 - 1998
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
Oceano	17 matches	1984 - 1998
Carlos Xavier	17 matches	1981 - 1995
Vitor Damas	17 matches	1972 - 1987
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

Jorge Paulo Cadete

198 matches

20 matches

1987 - 1999

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

Total : 24 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

João Pinto

32 matches

300 matches

1992 - 2001

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

Dimas

12 matches

99 matches

1994 - 2001

Total : 24 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

April 28, 2001

Guimarães

1 1

Os Belenenses

Line-ups available

Alverça

1 2

Boavista

Line-ups available

April 29, 2001

Line-ups available

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Boavista	68	30	20	8	2	53	17	+36
2	FC Porto	64	30	20	4	6	60	25	+35
3	Sporting CP	58	30	18	4	8	53	32	+21
4	Braga	54	30	15	9	6	53	38	+15
5	Benfica	52	30	15	7	8	49	34	+15
+16	Leiria	49	30	13	10	7	39	34	+5
-17	Belenenses	48	30	13	9	8	38	30	+8
8	Beira Mar	45	30	13	6	11	39	42	-3
9	Paços de Ferreira	44	30	11	11	8	41	32	+9
10	Salgueiros 1911-2005	39	30	12	3	15	37	48	-11
+211	Maritimo Funchal	37	30	10	7	13	30	33	-3
-112	Farense	36	30	9	9	12	35	43	-8
-113	Alverça	36	30	10	6	14	39	46	-7
14	Gil Vicente	28	30	7	7	16	25	37	-12
15	Vitória Guimarães	27	30	6	9	15	36	48	-12
16	Campomaiorense	26	30	5	11	14	26	53	-27
17	Aves	17	30	3	8	19	23	58	-35
18	Estrela da Amadora	15	30	3	6	21	22	48	-26

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Sporting CP 3-0 Benfica - April 29, 2001 / Primeira Liga 2000/2001

Sporting CP

3 - 0

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

Inácio vs Benfica

Inácio vs Toni

Manager

Toni vs Sporting CP

Toni vs Inácio

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