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Sporting CP 2-1 Benfica - February 29, 2024 / Taça de Portugal 2023/2024

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Taça de Portugal 2023/2024 - Semi-finals

Estadio José Alvalade - Lisbon - Portugal

February 29, 2024 - 19:45

45 393

Sporting CP

2 - 1

Benfica

Assist by Morten Hjulmand (header) Pedro Goncalves

Assist by Geny Catamo (left foot) Viktor Gyökeres

54'

68'

Fredrik Aursnes (right foot) Assist by Ángel Di María

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9' - Goal Pedro Goncalves9

31' - Yellow card Nicolás Otamendi

33' - Yellow card Morten Hjulmand33

41' - Yellow card Paulinho41

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46' - Substitution Alexander Bahis substituted by Morato

54' - Goal Viktor Gyökeres54

61' - Substitution David Neresis substituted by Casper Tengstedt

68' - Goal Fredrik Aursnes

74' - Substitution Marcus Edwardsis substituted by Ricardo Esgaio74

74' - Yellow card Ángel Di María

75' - Yellow card Orkun Kökcü

78' - Yellow card Rafa Silva

86' - Substitution Geny Catamois substituted by Nuno Santos86

88' - Substitution Orkun Kökcüis substituted by Tiago Gouveia

92' - Substitution Eduardo Quaresmais substituted by Jerry St. Juste photo Daniel Braganca

92' - Substitution Morten Hjulmandis substituted by Daniel Braganca photo Paulinho

92' - Substitution Pedro Goncalvesis substituted by Paulinho92

92' - Substitution Rafa Silvais substituted by Arthur Cabral

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sporting CP

2 - 1

Benfica

Sporting CP Benfica

Team line-ups

Sporting CP

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Gyökeres54

Viktor Gyökeres

Sweden

B.date04/06/1998

Age25 years

H1m87

positionStriker

8Goncalves990+2

Pedro Goncalves

Portugal

B.date28/06/1998

Age25 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

10Edwards74

Marcus Edwards

England

B.date03/12/1998

Age25 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

42Hjulmand90+233

Morten Hjulmand

Denmark

B.date25/06/1999

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

5Morita

Hidemasa Morita

Japan

B.date10/05/1995

Age28 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

2Matheus Reis

Matheus Reis

Brazil

B.date18/02/1995

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

21Catamo86

Geny Catamo

Mozambique

B.date26/01/2001

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight Winger

26Diomande

Ousmane Diomande

Ivory Coast

B.date04/12/2003

Age20 years

positionCentral defender

4Coates

Sebastián Coates

Uruguay

B.date07/10/1990

Age33 years

H1m96

positionRight central defender

72Quaresma90+2

Eduardo Quaresma

Portugal

B.date02/03/2002

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

12Israel

Franco Israel

Uruguay

B.date22/04/2000

Age23 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Franco Israel		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
72	D	Eduardo Quaresma	90+2	21	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Ousmane Diomande		20	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Sebastián Coates		33	355	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Matheus Reis		29	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Hidemasa Morita		28	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
42	M	Morten Hjulmand	90+233	24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Pedro Goncalves	990+2	25	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Marcus Edwards	74	25	101	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Geny Catamo	86	23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Viktor Gyökeres	54	25	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

Benfica

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

27Rafa Silva90+278

Rafa Silva

Portugal

B.date17/05/1993

Age30 years

H1m70

positionRight Winger

10Kökcü8875

Orkun Kökcü

Turkey

B.date29/12/2000

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

7Neres61

David Neres

Brazil

B.date03/03/1997

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

87Neves

João Neves

Portugal

B.date27/09/2004

Age19 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

20João Mário

João Mário

Portugal

B.date19/01/1993

Age31 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

11Di María74

Ángel Di María

Argentina

B.date14/02/1988

Age36 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Aursnes68

Fredrik Aursnes

Norway

B.date10/12/1995

Age28 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

30Otamendi31

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

B.date12/02/1988

Age36 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

4A. Silva

Antonio Silva

Portugal

B.date30/10/2003

Age20 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

6Bah46

Alexander Bah

Denmark

B.date09/12/1997

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

1Trubin

Anatoliy Trubin

Ukraine

B.date01/08/2001

Age22 years

H1m100

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Anatoliy Trubin		22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Antonio Silva		20	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Nicolás Otamendi	31	36	164	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Alexander Bah	46	26	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Fredrik Aursnes	68	28	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Orkun Kökcü	8875	23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	João Mário		31	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ángel Di María	74	36	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
87	M	João Neves		19	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Rafa Silva	90+278	30	314	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	David Neres	61	26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27 years

Average number of matches played for the team

108

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Antonio Adán		36
3	D	Jerry St. Juste	90+2	27	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Luís Neto		35
47	D	Ricardo Esgaio	74	30	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Iván Fresneda		19
23	M	Daniel Braganca	90+2	24	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Nuno Santos	86	29	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
80	M	Koba Koindredi		22
20	F	Paulinho	90+241	31	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
24	G	Samuel Soares		21
5	D	Morato	46	22	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
44	D	Tomás Araújo		21
3	D	Álvaro Carreras		20
61	M	Florentino		24
19	F	Casper Tengstedt	61	23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
47	F	Tiago Gouveia	88	22	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Arthur Cabral	90+2	25	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
36	F	Marcos Leonardo		20

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Franco Israel

Antonio Adán

OUT

Matheus Reis

Nuno Santos

OUT

Marcus Edwards

Francisco Trincão

OUT

Eduardo Quaresma

Gonçalo Inacio

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ruben Amorim

197

Success rate in this team:

70 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

70 %

Amorim vs Benfica

5 victories

2 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on February 29, 2024

Amorim vs Schmidt

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 29, 2024

Manager

Age

Match num

Roger Schmidt

Success rate in this team:

73 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

59 %

Schmidt vs Sporting CP

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 29, 2024

Schmidt vs Amorim

1 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on February 29, 2024

Referee

Fabio Verissimo

18 victories	4 draws	5 losses	Sporting CP27 matches	General total	Benfica34 matches	23 victories	5 draws	6 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Sporting CP1 match	Season total	Benfica1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 16, 2024					Latest figure on February 29, 2024

Videos

March 01, 2024

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Fredrik Aursnes scores 1 goal vs Sporting CP in Taça de Portugal

Sporting CP keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a draw vs Benfica in Taça de Portugal running (since 16/04/2008). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Viktor Gyökeres scores 1 goal vs Benfica in Taça de Portugal

Read the next 5 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSporting CP 2-0 FC Porto18/12/2023

VSporting CP 5-1 Estoril05/01/2024

VSporting CP 4-0 Tondela09/01/2024

VSporting CP 8-0 Casa Pia29/01/2024

VSporting CP 5-0 Braga11/02/2024

DSporting CP 1-1 BSC Young Boys22/02/2024

Overall

VLeiria 0-3 Sporting CP07/02/2024

VSporting CP 5-0 Braga11/02/2024

VBSC Young Boys 1-3 Sporting CP15/02/2024

VMoreirense 0-2 Sporting CP19/02/2024

DSporting CP 1-1 BSC Young Boys22/02/2024

DRio Ave 3-3 Sporting CP25/02/2024

Current form

Away

VBraga 0-1 Benfica17/12/2023

VArouca 0-3 Benfica06/01/2024

VEstrela da Amadora 1-4 Benfica29/01/2024

VVizela 1-2 Benfica08/02/2024

DVitória Guimarães 2-2 Benfica11/02/2024

DToulouse FC 0-0 Benfica22/02/2024

Overall

VVizela 1-2 Benfica08/02/2024

DVitória Guimarães 2-2 Benfica11/02/2024

VBenfica 2-1 Toulouse FC15/02/2024

VBenfica 6-1 Vizela18/02/2024

DToulouse FC 0-0 Benfica22/02/2024

VBenfica 4-0 Portimonense25/02/2024

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	13	7
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	38	7
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	8	22
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

18	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	12
3	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

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

18	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
4.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.75
6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

8	Yellow cards (Competition total)	7
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Viktor Gyökeres	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Rafa Silva
Paulinho	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	João Mário
Nuno Santos	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Nuno Santos	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Nuno Santos	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Fredrik Aursnes
Nuno Santos	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	3 assists	Fredrik Aursnes
Viktor Gyökeres	5 goals, 2 assists during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 4 matches	Arthur Cabral

Historical head to head

Home

82 matches

33 v

21 d

28 l

109 gf

104 ga

Away

82 matches

12 v

23 d

47 l

93 gf

153 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

2 v

1 d

4 l

6 gf

15 ga

Total

171 matches

47 v

45 d

79 l

208 gf

272 ga

Historical head to head

Home

82 matches

47 v

23 d

12 l

153 gf

93 ga

Away

82 matches

28 v

21 d

33 l

104 gf

109 ga

Neutral ground

7 matches

4 v

1 d

2 l

15 gf

6 ga

Total

171 matches

79 v

45 d

47 l

272 gf

208 ga

Largest victory

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

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	August 04, 2019
Away	4 - 1	February 09, 2010

Latest head to head

November 12, 2023 - Liga Portugal Bwin 2023/2024

Benfica

2 - 1

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

May 21, 2023 - Liga Portugal Bwin 2022/2023

Sporting CP

2 - 2

Benfica

January 15, 2023 - Liga Portugal Bwin 2022/2023

Benfica

2 - 2

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

April 17, 2022 - Liga Portugal Bwin 2021/2022

Sporting CP

0 - 2

Benfica

January 29, 2022 - Allianz Cup 2021/2022

Benfica

1 - 2

Sporting CP logo Sporting CP

Best historical scorers against Benfica

Liédson	11 goals	2005 - 2010
Hector Yazalde	5 goals	1972 - 1974
Islam Slimani	4 goals	2013 - 2015
Manuel Fernandes	4 goals	1976 - 1978
Ivaylo Yordanov	4 goals	1992 - 1999
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
Óscar Cardozo	12 goals	2008 - 2013
José Torres	8 goals	1963 - 1970
Nené	6 goals	1970 - 1974
Artur Jorge	6 goals	1970 - 1973
Pizzi	5 goals	2019 - 2021

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

Rui Patricio	26 matches	2008 - 2018
Anderson Polga	20 matches	2004 - 2012
Beto	17 matches	1996 - 2005
Liédson	17 matches	2004 - 2010
Sebastián Coates	16 matches	2016 - 2023
Pedro Barbosa	16 matches	1995 - 2005

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
Luisão	27 matches	2004 - 2017
Nuno Gomes	22 matches	1997 - 2009
Mario Coluna	21 matches	1960 - 1969
Pizzi	20 matches	2015 - 2022