Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Benfica & Sporting CP face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This is a local fight, usually meaning extra tension and importance.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Benfica form and stats
Benfica participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the semi-finals.Benfica have performed here at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa this season with 6 wins from 9 Primeira Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.
Weigl (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Weigl hit one key pass and had 89 successful passes (of 93 total).
Before that match, a Primeira Liga win away at Arouca.The match schedule is unforgiving for Benfica as they have a new game in only four days, a Primeira Liga match thankfully also at home. Gil Vicente are visiting.
Benfica are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in their league games, having scored an impressive 24 goals in 9 matches.
Sporting CP form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Sporting CP, as they won the League Cup.Sporting CP have an excellent away record in the Primeira Liga so far with 7-1-1 from 9 games.
Attacker Tabata got a player rating of 7.81 in the game. "Man of the match" Tabata hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 1-2 loss hosting Sporting Braga before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sporting CP manager Amorim as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Belenenses.
They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous ten meetings involving these two teams are: six wins for Benfica, one draw and three wins for Sporting CP. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Núñez Ribeiro 15 goals |  R. Fernandes Ferreira da Silva 7 goals |  R. Yaremchuk 6 goals |
Benfica missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Benfica | Sporting CP | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 10 | 21 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 59 | 33 | Scored | S | 31 | 55 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 12 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 12.9 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.4 | 14.9 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 6.7 | ||
| 43% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | ||
| 12 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Porto | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 38 | 53 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | Benfica | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 36 | 44 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Estoril | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 20 |
| 11 | Boavista | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 19 |
| 12 | Paços de Ferreira | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | Vizela | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 19 |
| 14 | Tondela | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 17 |
| 15 | Arouca | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -17 | 17 |
| 16 | Moreirense | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 17 | Famalicão | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -12 | 16 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -22 | 12 |
