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Benfica

Benfica (Portugal)

Sporting Braga

Sporting Braga (Portugal)

Starting lineups

Benfica

Starting lineups confirmed

4-3-3

Lineups formation

59.1

Overall player rating

90.5 %

From the perfect composition

64%

Attacking

58%

Technical

54%

Defending

54%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
1	Anatolii Trubin	G	22	0,4M+	60.7
6	Alexander Bah	D	25	0,6M+	61.3
44	Tomas Araùjo	D	21		59.5
30	Nicolás Otamendi	D	35	19,2M+	59.7
3	Alvaro Fernandez	D	20		54.9
8	Fredrik Aursnes	M	27	1,0M+	60.3
10	Orkun Kökçü	M	22	6,7M+	64.7
18	Leandro Barreiro	M	23	1,7M+	57.7
11	Ángel Di María	F	35	42,0M+	67.3
14	Vangelis Pavlidis	F	24	2,4M+	54.9
17	Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu	F	25	0,1M+	58.7

Substitute
24	Samuel Soares	G	21
4	António Silva	D	20		59.3
37	Jan-Niklas Beste	D	24	0,4M+	61.5
85	Renato Sanches	M	26	19,3M+	57.7
32	Benjamín Rollheiser	F	23	0,9M+	59.3
61	Florentino Luís	M	24	19,4M+	59.9
21	Andreas Schjelderup	F	19		56.1
7	Mohamed Amdouni	F	22	0,3M+	55.9
9	Arthur	F	25	3,1M+	52.5

Sporting Braga

Starting lineups confirmed

4-2-3-1

Lineups formation

55.9

Overall player rating

50 %

From the perfect composition

61%

Attacking

52%

Technical

55%

Defending

51%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
1	Matheus	G	31	3,2M+	70.5
2	Victor Gómez	M	23	2,4M+	56.1
3	Robson Bambu	D	26	0,3M+	47.3
4	Sikou Niakate	D	24	1,2M+	51.9
19	Adrián Marín	D	26	0,8M+	55.7
6	Vitor Carvalho	M	26	0,3M+	54.7
29	Jean-Baptiste Gorby	M	21
77	Gabriel Martínez	M	19
21	Ricardo Horta	F	29	10,7M+	63.9
7	Bruma	F	29	10,8M+	57.7
39	Fran Navarro	F	25	0,3M+	52.5

Substitute
91	Lukas Hornicek	G	21
13	João Ferreira	D	22	1,1M+	51.9
26	Bright Arrey-Mbi	D	20		48.9
20	Ismael Gharbi	M	19
50	Diego Henrique	M
8	João Moutinho	M	37	10,5M+	58.7
10	André Horta	M	27	5,2M+	56.3
11	Roger Fernandes	F	17
9	Amine El Ouazzani	F

Events: Benfica


Club World Cup
Round 3
2025-06-24	Benfica - FC Bayern München	-
Round 2
2025-06-20	Benfica - Auckland City	-
Round 1
2025-06-16	Boca Juniors - Benfica	-

Taça de Portugal
Round 29
2025-05-25	Benfica - Sporting	1 - 3

Primeira Liga
Round 34
2025-05-17	Sporting Braga - Benfica	1 - 1
Round 33
2025-05-10	Benfica - Sporting	1 - 1
Round 32
2025-05-03	Estoril Praia - Benfica	1 - 2
Round 31
2025-04-27	Benfica - AVS - Futebol SAD	6 - 0

Odds

Full time

Books	1	X	2
Bet365	1.38	5.25	7

Double chance

Books	1X	X2	12
Bet365	1.1	3	1.17

1st half

Books	1	X	2
Bet365	1.83	2.63	6.5

Draw no bet

Books	1	2
Bet365	1.14	5.5

Both teams to score

Books	Yes	No
Bet365	1.7	2.05

Match goals 0.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.02	21

Match goals 1.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.13	6

Match goals 2.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	1.44	2.7

Match goals 3.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	2.1	1.67

Match goals 4.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	3.5	1.29

Match goals 5.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	7	1.1

Match goals 6.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	13	1.04

Match goals 7.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	26	1.01

Match goals 8.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	51	1

Asian handicap

Books	(-1.5) Benfica	(1.5) Sporting Braga
Bet365	2.04	1.86

First team to score

Books	Benfica	No goal	Sporting Braga
Bet365	1.29	21	3.6

Corners 2-Way 10.5

Books	Over	Under
Bet365	2	1.73

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Match stats

Benfica

Sporting Braga

59%	Ball possession	41%
8	Fouls	11
562	Passes	396
16	Tackles	24
11	Free kicks	8
21	Total shots	6
5	Shots on target	2
1	Hit woodwork	0
10	Shots off target	2
6	Blocked shots	2
12	Shots inside box	4
9	Shots outside box	2
470	Accurate passes	302
39	Throw-ins	24
92	Final third entries	30
150/217 (69%)	Final third phase	21/42 (50%)
25/48 (52%)	Long balls	23/67 (34%)
54%	Duels	46%
9	Dispossessed	8
34/72 (47%)	Ground duels	38/72 (53%)
8/23 (35%)	Dribbles	7/15 (47%)
63%	Tackles won	50%
16	Total tackles	24
5	Interceptions	8
64	Recoveries	57
6	Clearances	38
1.66	Expected goals	0.56
2	Big chances	2
21	Total shots	6
8	Corner kicks	2
0	Big chances scored	2
2	Big chances missed	0
29	Touches in penalty area	5
2	Offsides	1
7/24 (29%)	Crosses	1/2 (50%)
18/25 (72%)	Aerial duels	7/25 (28%)
-0.79	Goals prevented	0.35
2	Goal kicks	15
0	Goalkeeper saves	4
4	Yellow cards	3
0	Total saves	4
1	Big saves	0
1	Punches	1
5	Fouled in final third	0
0	High claims	1

56%	Ball possession	44%
284	Passes	227
8	Tackles	9
2	Free kicks	2
5	Total shots	4
1	Shots on target	2
1	Hit woodwork	0
2	Shots off target	1
2	Blocked shots	1
4	Shots inside box	3
1	Shots outside box	1
240	Accurate passes	184
16	Throw-ins	15
44	Final third entries	10
11/21 (52%)	Long balls	12/31 (39%)
56%	Duels	44%
3	Dispossessed	4
14/27 (52%)	Ground duels	13/27 (48%)
4/10 (40%)	Dribbles	2/6 (33%)
63%	Tackles won	44%
8	Total tackles	9
2	Interceptions	4
28	Recoveries	26
3	Clearances	16
0.88	Expected goals	0.47
2	Big chances	2
5	Total shots	4
4	Corner kicks	2
0	Big chances scored	2
2	Big chances missed	0
2	Offsides	0
3/9 (33%)	Crosses	1/2 (50%)
5/7 (71%)	Aerial duels	2/7 (29%)
1	Goal kicks	4
0	Goalkeeper saves	1
0	Yellow cards	1
0	Total saves	1
0	Fouled in final third	0

63%	Ball possession	37%
0.78	Expected goals	0.09
0	Big chances	0
16	Total shots	2
0	Goalkeeper saves	3
4	Corner kicks	0
278	Passes	169
8	Tackles	15
9	Free kicks	6
4	Yellow cards	2
16	Total shots	2
4	Shots on target	0
0	Hit woodwork	0
8	Shots off target	1
4	Blocked shots	1
8	Shots inside box	1
8	Shots outside box	1
0	Big chances scored	0
0	Big chances missed	0
0	Offsides	1
230	Accurate passes	118
23	Throw-ins	9
48	Final third entries	20
14/27 (52%)	Long balls	11/36 (31%)
4/15 (27%)	Crosses	0/0 (0%)
52%	Duels	48%
6	Dispossessed	4
13/18 (72%)	Aerial duels	5/18 (28%)
63%	Tackles won	53%
8	Total tackles	15
3	Interceptions	4
36	Recoveries	31
3	Clearances	22
0	Total saves	3
1	Goal kicks	11
5	Fouled in final third	0
20/45 (44%)	Ground duels	25/45 (56%)
4/13 (31%)	Dribbles	5/9 (56%)

Media

Benfica 1-2 Sporting Braga

Full Highlights

2025-01-04

Benfica 1 - 2 Braga

77' Arthur Cabral

2025-01-04

Benfica 0 - 2 Braga

40' Robson Bambu

2025-01-04

Benfica 0 - 1 Braga

17' Fran Navarro

2025-01-04

Benfica - Sporting Braga

Portugal, Primeira Liga, match Benfica - Sporting Braga, start time 2025-01-04 18:00:00 international time.

Benfica and Sporting Braga takes part in the championship Primeira Liga, Portugal.

The match will take place at the stadium Estádio da Luz in the city Lisbon, Portugal. Stadium capacity Estádio da Luz is 65 647 people.

Head Referee - Luis Godinho. At the moment he is 37 years old. Accounting for yellow and red cards: Luis Godinho played 243 matches, noted 1339 of yellow cards and 49 of red.

You can see the list of players in the squad, head coach and upcoming matches. Also evaluate in more detail the effectiveness and arithmetic average of the teams before the game:

Events: Sporting Braga


Primeira Liga
Round 34
2025-05-17	Sporting Braga - Benfica	1 - 1
Round 33
2025-05-10	Casa Pia - Sporting Braga	2 - 1
Round 32
2025-05-03	Sporting Braga - Santa Clara	1 - 1
Round 31
2025-04-25	Famalicão - Sporting Braga	1 - 1
Round 30
2025-04-19	Estoril Praia - Sporting Braga	0 - 2

Standings

Liga Portugal: 2024-2025

Standings table
#	Teams	P	W	D	L	Goals	PTS
1	Sporting	34	25	7	2	88:27	82
2	Benfica	34	25	5	4	84:28	80
3	FC Porto	34	22	5	7	65:30	71
4	Sporting Braga	34	19	9	6	55:30	66
5	Santa Clara	34	17	6	11	36:32	57
6	Vitória SC	34	14	12	8	47:37	54
7	Famalicão	34	12	11	11	44:39	47
8	Estoril Praia	34	12	10	12	48:53	46
9	Casa Pia	34	12	9	13	39:44	45
10	Moreirense	34	10	10	14	42:50	40
11	Rio Ave	34	9	11	14	39:55	38
12	Arouca	34	9	11	14	35:49	38
13	Gil Vicente	34	8	10	16	34:47	34
14	CD Nacional	34	9	7	18	32:50	34
15	CF Estrela Amadora	34	7	8	19	24:50	29
16	AVS - Futebol SAD	34	5	12	17	25:60	27
17	SC Farense	34	6	9	19	25:46	27
18	Boavista	34	6	6	22	24:59	24

Referee

Luis Godinho

Age

243

Total games

5.51

Average per match

0.37

Average per match

Location

Portugal

Country

Lisbon

City

Estádio da Luz

Stadium

65 647

Capacity