Sporting CP 1:2 Benfica: Primeira Liga Match Result

Primeira Liga

Sporting CP WWWWDD

1:2

Finished

Kick-off was 19 Apr, 18:15 BST

Benfica WWWWWL

Venue: Estádio José Alvalade City: Lisbon

In the Primeira Liga game on 19 April 2026, Benfica beat Sporting CP 1:2. Match numbers: shots on target 6:5, corners 3:8.

Key numbers

Possession, % 61 – 39

Shots on target 6 – 5

Shots off target 9 – 5

Expected goals 1.63 – 2.27

✗ 19' L. Suarez — Penalty missed ⚽ 27' A. Schjelderup — Penalty 🟨 36' M. Hjulmand — Yellow card 🟨 53' R. Silva — Yellow card ⇄ 60' O. Diomande — Substitution ⇄ 61' E. Quaresma — Substitution ⇄ 68' Pote — Substitution ⚽ 72' H. Morita — Goal 🟨 75' A. Trubin — Yellow card ⇄ 78' A. Schjelderup — Substitution ⇄ 78' F. Ivanovic — Substitution ⇄ 78' T. Araujo — Substitution ⇄ 78' G. Prestianni — Substitution ⇄ 88' H. Morita — Substitution ⇄ 88' G. Catamo — Substitution ⚽ 90+3' Rafa Silva — Goal ⇄ 90+5' L. Barreiro — Substitution

Match events

19' 0:0 Sporting CP Penalty missed L. Suarez assist: L. Suarez
27' 0:1 Benfica Penalty A. Schjelderup
36' 0:1 Sporting CP Yellow card M. Hjulmand
53' 0:1 Sporting CP Yellow card R. Silva
60' 0:1 Sporting CP Substitution O. Diomande off: Z. Debast
61' 0:1 Sporting CP Substitution E. Quaresma off: G. Vagiannidis
68' 0:1 Sporting CP Substitution Pote off: G. Quenda
72' 1:1 Sporting CP Goal H. Morita assist: Z. Debast
75' 1:1 Benfica Yellow card A. Trubin
78' 1:1 Benfica Substitution A. Schjelderup off: Rafa Silva
78' 1:1 Benfica Substitution F. Ivanovic off: V. Pavlidis
78' 1:1 Benfica Substitution T. Araujo off: A. Silva
78' 1:1 Benfica Substitution G. Prestianni off: D. Lukebakio
88' 1:1 Sporting CP Substitution H. Morita off: D. Braganca
88' 1:1 Sporting CP Substitution G. Catamo off: R. Nel
90+3' 1:2 Benfica Goal Rafa Silva assist: L. Barreiro
90+5' 1:2 Benfica Substitution L. Barreiro off: E. Barrenechea

Statistics

61 Possession, % 39

6 Shots on target 5

9 Shots off target 5

1.63 Expected goals 2.27

2 Big chances 4

89 Attacks 58

3 Corners 8

13 Fouls 8

8 Free kicks 12

1 Offsides 1

2 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

8 Goal kicks 14

22 Throw-ins 14

All statistics

17/2763% Aerial duels 10/2737%

76 Backward passes 35

4 Blocked shots 4

14 Clearances 17

4/1233% Crosses 6/1638%

15/2756% Dribbles 6/1833%

0.89 Expected assists 1.11

72 Failed passes 76

3 Goalkeeper saves 5

3 Interceptions 9

13 Key passes 10

22/4450% Long passes 17/5233%

130 Passes into the final third 94

300 Passes in the opposition half 224

203 Passes in own half 95

0.32 Shot accuracy 0.36

7 Shots from outside the box 5

12 Shots inside the box 9

10/2050% Tackles 13/2065%

491 Total passes 303

Line-ups

Sporting CP

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Rui Silva	1
20	Maximiliano Javier Araújo Vilches	20
25	Gonçalo Bernardo Inácio	25
26	Ousmane Diomande	26
72	Eduardo Quaresma	72
5	Hidemasa Morita	5
8	Pedro António Pereira Gonçalves	8
10	Geny Cipriano Catamo	10
17	Francisco António Machado Mota de Castro Trincão	17
42	Morten Blom Due Hjulmand	42
97	Luis Javier Suárez Charris	97

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	João Manuel Neves Virgínia	12
6	Zeno Debast	6
13	Georgios Vagiannidis	13
70	Salvador Blop	70
91	Ricardo Mangas	91
7	G. Kwenda	7
14	Giorgi Kochorashvili	14
23	Daniel Bragança	23
90	Rafael Nel	90

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Benfica

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Anatoliy Trubin	1
17	Amar Dedić	17
26	Samuel Dahl	26
30	Nicolás Otamendi	30
44	Tomás Lemos Araújo	44
8	Fredrik Aursnes	8
18	Leandro Barreiro Martins	18
20	Richard Ríos	20
21	Andreas Schjelderup	21
25	G. Prestianni	25
9	Franjo Ivanović	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
24	Samuel Soares	24
4	António João Pereira de Albuquerque Tavares	4
6	Alexander Hartmann Bah	6
15	Sidny Lopes Cabral	15
5	Enzo Barrenechea	5
10	Heorhii Sudakov	10
27	Rafa Silva	27
11	Dodi Lukebakio	11
14	Vangelis Pavlidis	14