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20/12/2026, José Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon, Portugal, Live on National TV
Primeira, Liga Portugal

Sporting Vs Benfica

Sporting play in a 4-4-2 Diamond formation, and line up with: R Marte (GK) , C Barbosa (CB) , C Lebron (CB) , S Gularte (RB) , C Cornelio (LB) , N Pinheiro (CDM) , T Dembele (CAM) , F Granado (RM) , M Lias (LM) , L Lenglen (ST) , S Pao (ST) And the subs are: D Lowry (CB) , Q Alva (CB) , M Matlaba (CM) , R Criado (CM) , I Furtado (ST)

Benfica play in a 5-4-1 formation, and line up with: O Camilo (GK) , G Malraux (CB) , R Galaz (CB) , N Kaynetli (CB) , J Parreira (RB) , P Mosso (LB) , L Sule (CDM) , C Criado (CAM) , M Ponte (RM) , C Navarra (LM) , N Pimentel (ST) And the subs are: K Kabbal (CB) , D Hallier (CB) , A Spinola (CM) , C Noda (CM) , E Amparo (ST)

Welcome to José Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, Portugal where Sporting CP will face Benfica.  This is a league fixture taking place in the Primeira, Liga Portugal.  The attendance is 50999.

1' - Sporting kick the ball off for the start of the game.  

5' - Neron Pinheiro slides the ball to Cruz Lebron.  Cruz Lebron finds Tugdual Dembele with a short pass.  Malvolio Ponte tackles Tugdual Dembele and gains possession for his team.  Malvolio Ponte slides the ball to Lordson Sule.  Lordson Sule sees Cruz Criado making a run.  He attempts a long throughball to his teammate, but Cruz Criado is caught offside!  

14' - Laramie Lenglen passes the ball to Roman Marte.  Roman Marte plays a short pass to Neron Pinheiro.  Neron Pinheiro slides the ball to Carlos Barbosa.  Nemesio Pimentel dispossesses Carlos Barbosa and takes the ball.  Tugdual Dembele successfully tackles Nemesio Pimentel and the ball goes loose.  Cruz Lebron slides the ball to Tugdual Dembele.  Tugdual Dembele plays a long ball to Carlos Barbosa.  Carlos Barbosa spots a run from Laramie Lenglen.  He attempts a quick throughball, but Laramie Lenglen is caught offside!  

16' - Lordson Sule passes to Pancho Mosso.  Pancho Mosso spots a run from Cruz Criado.  He tries to release him with a long ball over the top, but Cruz Criado has strayed offside!  

25' - Laramie Lenglen passes to Tugdual Dembele.  Nemesio Pimentel dispossesses Tugdual Dembele and the ball goes loose.  Benfica try to launch a counter attack.  Cruz Lebron successfully tackles Carlos Navarra and takes possession.  Cruz Lebron plays a long ball to Carlos Barbosa.  Rodrigo Galaz successfully tackles Carlos Barbosa and the ball goes loose.  Lordson Sule chips a long ball to Pancho Mosso.  Pancho Mosso passes to Lordson Sule.  Lordson Sule spots a run from Malvolio Ponte.  He tries to release him with a throughball, and Malvolio Ponte is able to control the ball.  Malvolio Ponte tries to shoot the ball into the top of the net...but the shot bounces off the post!  Tugdual Dembele manages to clear the ball for the defending team.

31' - Neron Pinheiro successfully tackles Cruz Criado and the ball goes loose.  Cruz Lebron passes the ball to Carlos Barbosa.  Lordson Sule dispossesses Carlos Barbosa and gains possession for his team.  Benfica launch a counter attack.  Lordson Sule curves the ball into the box, finding Cruz Criado.  Cruz Criado powers a header attempting to beat the keeper...but the shot goes wide!

37' - Carlos Navarra sees Malvolio Ponte making a run.  He tries to release him with a long throughball, and Malvolio Ponte runs on to the ball.  Malvolio Ponte takes a shot...but the shot is saved by Roman Marte!  

42' - Roman Marte chips a long ball to Santiago Gularte.  Lordson Sule tackles Santiago Gularte and takes the ball.  Lordson Sule plays the ball to Carlos Navarra.  Carlos Navarra tries to beat Cruz Lebron using his ball skills.  The opposing player is unable to stop Carlos Navarra who takes the ball forward!  

42' - Carlos Navarra curves the ball into the box, but he only manages to find opposing player Tugdual Dembele.  

45' - The referee blows the whistle for half time. 

46' - Benfica kick the ball off for the start of the second half.  

48' - Granger Malraux plays the ball to Cruz Criado.  Cruz Criado passes the ball to Pancho Mosso.  Pancho Mosso attempts to speed past Tugdual Dembele, but is brought down.    The referee pulls out a card...it's yellow.  He books Tugdual Dembele.  That will be a freekick for Benfica.  

49' - Cruz Criado spots a run from Nemesio Pimentel.  He attempts a long ball over the top, but the linesman signals for offside!  

52' - Neron Pinheiro plays a long pass to Tugdual Dembele.  Santiago Gularte runs with the ball, beating Cruz Criado.  

53' - Santiago Gularte sees Tugdual Dembele making a run.  He attempts a long ball over the top, and Tugdual Dembele takes the ball.  Tugdual Dembele attempts to strike the ball into the top of the net...and its in! It's a great goal from Tugdual Dembele for Sporting!  The keeper got a hand to the ball but it wasn't enough!

54' - Benfica kick the ball off for the restart.  

58' - Granger Malraux plays a short pass to Cruz Criado.  Cruz Criado slides the ball to Nazar Kaynetli.  Nazar Kaynetli spots a run from Carlos Navarra.  He tries to split the defence with a throughball, and Carlos Navarra is able to take the ball.  Carlos Navarra tries to slide the ball past the keeper...but the shot is deflected out of play by the keeper!  The linesman flags for a corner for  Benfica.  Lordson Sule places the ball to take the corner.  He curves the ball into the box, but Cisco Cornelio intercepts and takes possession.  

62' - Santiago Gularte plays the ball to Roman Marte.  Roman Marte chips a long ball to Neron Pinheiro.  Cruz Criado dispossesses Neron Pinheiro and gains possession for his team.  With a turn of pace, Cruz Criado beats Franco Granado.  

63' - Cruz Criado spots a run from Lordson Sule.  He attempts a long throughball to his teammate, and Lordson Sule runs on to the ball.  Lordson Sule looks to place the ball past the keeper...and Lordson Sule scores!  That's a magnificent goal from the Benfica player!  The ball went in off the upright!

63' - Sporting kick the ball off for the restart.  

68' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Cruz Lebron is going to be taken off.  Quico Alva is brought on from the bench.  

69' - Carlos Navarra curves the ball into the box, but Tugdual Dembele intercepts and takes possession.  

73' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Santiago Pao will come off.  Iago Furtado is brought on from the bench.  

76' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Malvolio Lias is going to be taken off.  Mduduzi Matlaba is brought on from the bench.  

77' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Nemesio Pimentel will come off.  Emanuel Amparo joins the game from the bench.  

79' - There is going to be a subsitution.  Rodrigo Galaz will come off.  Dior Hallier joins the game from the bench.  

80' - There is going to be a subsitution.  It looks like Granger Malraux is going to be taken off.  Kadeen Kabbal is going to be brought on.  

87' - Nazar Kaynetli finds Kadeen Kabbal with a short pass.  Kadeen Kabbal passes the ball to Nazar Kaynetli.  Nazar Kaynetli chips a long ball to Malvolio Ponte.  Malvolio Ponte finds Cruz Criado with a short pass.  Cruz Criado spots a run from Emanuel Amparo.  He tries to release him with a throughball, but the linesman raises his flag for offside!  

89' - Laramie Lenglen chips a long ball to Carlos Barbosa.  Kadeen Kabbal tackles Carlos Barbosa and takes possession.  Kadeen Kabbal sees a run from Emanuel Amparo.  He tries to release him with a long ball over the top, and Emanuel Amparo is able to control the ball.  Emanuel Amparo attempts to strike the ball into the top of the net...but its over!



The match has ended Sporting CP 1 - 1 Benfica.