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Benfica

Benfica (PRT)

Sporting Braga

Sporting Braga (PRT)

Starting lineups

Benfica

Starting lineups confirmed

4-2-3-1

Lineups formation

Overall player rating

80.4 %

From the perfect composition

64%

Attacking

57%

Technical

56%

Defending

54%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
1	Anatolii Trubin	G	22	0,4M+	60.7
44	Tomas Araùjo	D	21		59.5
30	Nicolás Otamendi	D	35	19,2M+	59.7
4	António Silva	D	20		59.3
3	Alvaro Fernandez	D	20		54.9
8	Fredrik Aursnes	M	27	1,0M+	60.3
61	Florentino Luís	M	24	19,4M+	59.9
11	Ángel Di María	M	35	42,0M+	67.3
10	Orkun Kökçü	M	22	6,7M+	64.7
21	Andreas Schjelderup	M	19		56.1
14	Vangelis Pavlidis	F	24	2,4M+	54.9

Substitute
24	Samuel Soares	G	21
6	Alexander Bah	D	25	0,6M+	61.3
37	Jan-Niklas Beste	D	24	0,4M+	61.5
84	João Rêgo	M
18	Leandro Barreiro	M	23	1,7M+	57.7
85	Renato Sanches	M	26	19,3M+	57.7
17	Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu	F	25	0,1M+	58.7
7	Mohamed Amdouni	F	22	0,3M+	55.9
9	Arthur	F	25	3,1M+	52.5

Sporting Braga

Starting lineups confirmed

3-4-3

Lineups formation

Overall player rating

51.9 %

From the perfect composition

63%

Attacking

52%

Technical

54%

Defending

50%

Tactical

#	Player	Position	Age	€	Rating
1	Matheus	G	31	3,2M+	70.5
13	João Ferreira	D	22	1,1M+	51.9
3	Robson Bambu	D	26	0,3M+	47.3
19	Adrián Marín	D	26	0,8M+	55.7
2	Victor Gómez	M	23	2,4M+	56.1
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
39	Fran Navarro	F	25	0,3M+	52.5
7	Bruma	F	29	10,8M+	57.7

Substitute
91	Lukas Hornicek	G	21
53	Jonatás Noro	D
26	Bright Arrey-Mbi	D	20		48.9
20	Ismael Gharbi	M	19
11	Roger Fernandes	F	17
10	André Horta	M	27	5,2M+	56.3
50	Diego Henrique	M
9	Amine El Ouazzani	F
90	Roberto Fernández	F

Events: Benfica


Primeira Liga
Round 23
2025-02-23	Benfica - Boavista	-
Round 22
2025-02-16	Santa Clara - Benfica	-
Round 21
2025-02-09	Benfica - Moreirense	-

Taça de Portugal
Round 27
2025-02-05	Benfica - Sporting Braga	postponed

Primeira Liga
Round 20
2025-02-02	CF Estrela Amadora - Benfica	-

UEFA Champions League
Round 8
2025-01-29	Juventus - Benfica	0 - 2

Primeira Liga
Round 19
2025-01-25	Casa Pia - Benfica	3 - 1

UEFA Champions League
Round 7
2025-01-21	Benfica - Barcelona	4 - 5

Primeira Liga
Round 18
2025-01-17	Benfica - Famalicão	4 - 0

Taça de Portugal
Round 5
2025-01-14	SC Farense - Benfica	1 - 3

Odds

Full time

Books	1	X	2
Bet365	1.55	4.33	5.25

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Match stats

Benfica

Sporting Braga

61%	Ball possession	39%
21	Total shots	1
7	Corner kicks	1
12	Fouls	11
570	Passes	370
18	Tackles	15
11	Free kicks	12
21	Total shots	1
6	Shots on target	0
1	Hit woodwork	0
8	Shots off target	1
7	Blocked shots	0
14	Shots inside box	1
7	Shots outside box	0
35	Touches in penalty area	6
502	Accurate passes	305
14	Throw-ins	18
60	Final third entries	38
110/148 (74%)	Final third phase	33/57 (58%)
32/47 (68%)	Long balls	19/56 (34%)
4/17 (24%)	Crosses	0/5 (0%)
57%	Duels	43%
42/72 (58%)	Ground duels	30/72 (42%)
6/12 (50%)	Aerial duels	6/12 (50%)
14/23 (61%)	Dribbles	5/17 (29%)
83%	Tackles won	53%
18	Total tackles	15
13	Interceptions	9
51	Recoveries	40
7	Clearances	20
5	Big chances	0
4	Big chances missed	0
3	Offsides	1
6	Dispossessed	6
3	Goal kicks	12
0	Goalkeeper saves	2
3	Fouled in final third	0
0	Total saves	2
0	Punches	1
1	Big chances scored	0
1	Errors lead to a shot	1
1	High claims	1
0	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	1

61%	Ball possession	39%
10	Total shots	0
3	Corner kicks	1
297	Passes	189
10	Tackles	5
3	Free kicks	6
10	Total shots	0
4	Shots on target	0
1	Hit woodwork	0
4	Shots off target	0
2	Blocked shots	0
8	Shots inside box	0
2	Shots outside box	0
257	Accurate passes	152
6	Throw-ins	9
31	Final third entries	21
15/25 (60%)	Long balls	10/31 (32%)
2/7 (29%)	Crosses	0/5 (0%)
62%	Duels	38%
20/31 (65%)	Ground duels	11/31 (35%)
4/8 (50%)	Aerial duels	4/8 (50%)
7/10 (70%)	Dribbles	1/7 (14%)
80%	Tackles won	40%
10	Total tackles	5
9	Interceptions	4
28	Recoveries	19
7	Clearances	9
2	Big chances	0
1	Big chances missed	0
2	Offsides	1
2	Dispossessed	4
1	Goal kicks	5
0	Goalkeeper saves	1
1	Fouled in final third	0
0	Total saves	1
1	Big chances scored	0
0	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0

61%	Ball possession	39%
3	Big chances	0
11	Total shots	1
0	Goalkeeper saves	1
4	Corner kicks	0
273	Passes	181
8	Tackles	10
8	Free kicks	6
11	Total shots	1
2	Shots on target	0
0	Hit woodwork	0
4	Shots off target	1
5	Blocked shots	0
6	Shots inside box	1
5	Shots outside box	0
0	Big chances scored	0
3	Big chances missed	0
2	Fouled in final third	0
1	Offsides	0
245	Accurate passes	153
8	Throw-ins	9
29	Final third entries	17
17/22 (77%)	Long balls	9/25 (36%)
2/10 (20%)	Crosses	0/0 (0%)
53%	Duels	47%
4	Dispossessed	2
22/41 (54%)	Ground duels	19/41 (46%)
2/4 (50%)	Aerial duels	2/4 (50%)
7/13 (54%)	Dribbles	4/10 (40%)
88%	Tackles won	60%
8	Total tackles	10
4	Interceptions	5
23	Recoveries	21
0	Clearances	11
0	Total saves	1
2	Goal kicks	7
0	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	1

Series 7

General

Benfica Less than 2.5 goals 6 of 8

Benfica First to score 5 of 7

Benfica More than 10.5 corners 6 of 8

Sporting Braga More than 2.5 goals 5 of 6

Sporting Braga More than 4.5 cards 6 of 7

Personal meetings

Benfica + Sporting Braga More than 4.5 cards 4 of 5

Benfica + Sporting Braga Less than 10.5 corners 5 of 6

Benfica Wins 4

Benfica Without clean sheet 3

Sporting Braga Without clean sheet 6

Media

Benfica 3 - 0 Braga

Full Highlights

2025-01-09

Benfica 3 - 0 Braga

37' Ángel Di María

2025-01-09

Benfica 2 - 0 Braga

28' Álvaro Carreras

2025-01-09

Benfica 1 - 0 Braga

27' Ángel Di María

2025-01-09

Benfica - Sporting Braga

Portugal, Taça da Liga, match Benfica - Sporting Braga, start time 2025-01-08 19:45:00 international time.

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

Head Referee - Claudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira. Accounting for yellow and red cards: Claudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira played 120 matches, noted 636 of yellow cards and 14 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 22
2025-02-16	Vitória SC - Sporting Braga	-
Round 21
2025-02-09	Sporting Braga - Gil Vicente	-

Taça de Portugal
Round 27
2025-02-05	Benfica - Sporting Braga	postponed

Primeira Liga
Round 20
2025-02-03	Moreirense - Sporting Braga	-

UEFA Europa League
Round 8
2025-01-30	Sporting Braga - Lazio	-

Primeira Liga
Round 19
2025-01-26	Sporting Braga - Boavista	3 - 0

UEFA Europa League
Round 7
2025-01-23	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise - Sporting Braga	2 - 1

Primeira Liga
Round 18
2025-01-19	CF Estrela Amadora - Sporting Braga	0 - 1

Taça de Portugal
Round 5
2025-01-15	Sporting Braga - Lusitano Évora	2 - 1

Taça da Liga
Round 28
2025-01-08	Benfica - Sporting Braga	3 - 0

Referee

Claudio Filipe Ruivo Pereira

120

Total games

5.3

Average per match

0.26

Average per match