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Benfica v Sporting Lisbon : Liga NOS match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 5th Dec, 20:15 BST, Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Benfica and their boss José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho will be looking to get one over on Rui Manuel Gomes Borges and his Sporting Lisbon side on Friday night, as the pair meet at the Estádio da Luz in the Liga NOS. For each and every Liga NOS match, KickOff delves into the stats for all of the biggest markets. Meaningful stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then published alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
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Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Benfica
38%
--
Draw
24%
--
S. Lisbon
39%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
S. Lisbon 2-1
8%
--
Benfica 2-1
8%
--
S. Lisbon 1-0
7%
--
Benfica 1-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
7%
--
S. Lisbon 2-0
5%
--
Benfica 2-0
5%
--
S. Lisbon 3-1
4%
--
Benfica 3-1
4%
--
Draw 0-0
4%
--
S. Lisbon 3-2
3%
--
Benfica 3-2
3%
--
S. Lisbon 3-0
3%
--
Benfica 3-0
3%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
61%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
39%
--
Home 1st Goal
49%
--
Away 1st Goal
49%
--
No 1st Goal
2%
--
BTTS - Yes
63%
--
BTTS - No
37%
--
BTTS - Home Win
21%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
22%
--
Home/draw
61%
--
Away/draw
62%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
82%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
18%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
39%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
61%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
21%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
79%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
--
Home DNB
54%
--
Away DNB
55%
--
Benfica win to nil
16%
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S. Lisbon win to nil
17%
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Win / draw / win Liga NOS table

Benfica have played 11 matches so far this season and are in 3rd position in the league. Benfica are unbeaten in 1 games against teams above them in the league and kept 1 clean sheet out of 1 games. Benfica are winless in the 1 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in 0 of those games. Benfica are unbeaten at home after 6 games and have kept 2 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams above them in the league

1 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost zero games, drawn 1 and won zero. Benfica have conceded zero goals, scored none, failed to score in 1 match and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Benfica have played 6 games at home, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 0 fixtures. They have scored 14 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and scored in every home league game.

S. Lisbon lay in 2nd place on 28 points in the Liga NOS league table having played 11 matches. S. Lisbon are unbeaten in 10 games against teams below them in the league and kept 6 clean sheets out of 10 games. S. Lisbon have a great away record this season winning all their away games and keeping 3 clean sheets.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 10 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 1 and losing 0 games. They have scored 26 goals and kept 6 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. S. Lisbon have conceded 4 goals and scored in every game.

Away league performance

S. Lisbon have played 6 away games, winning 6, drawing 0 and losing 0 games. They have scored an average of 2.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Benfica
S. Lisbon
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Porto1110102131 
Mar 8
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-2A
Feb 8
2
S. Lisbon119112128 
Dec 5
Apr 18
-
-
3
Benfica117401725 
-
-
Apr 18
Dec 5
4
Gil Vicente117221123 
w
 
2-1A
Mar 1
May 16
Jan 4
5
Famalicao11542619 
Dec 21
May 2
Feb 15
w
 
1-2A
6
Moreirense11605118 
Apr 25
Dec 14
w
 
3-0F
Feb 22
7
Braga11443816 
May 9
Dec 28
d
 
1-1F
Mar 8
8
V. Guimaraes11425-714 
Mar 22
w
 
0-3F
May 2
Dec 21
9
Estoril11344213 
Jan 4
May 16
Mar 1
w
 
0-1F
10
Nacional11335-412 
Apr 11
Nov 29
Feb 1
w
 
1-4A
11
Rio Ave11263-512 
d
 
1-1F
Jan 18
Dec 28
May 9
12
Estrela Amadora11254-111 
Jan 25
w
 
0-1F
Nov 30
Apr 11
13
Santa Clara11326-411 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 15
Apr 3
w
 
1-2A
14
Alverca11326-711 
Feb 8
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
Mar 22
15
Casa Pia11236-119 
d
 
2-2F
Apr 3
Jan 18
w
 
0-2F
16
Arouca11236-179 
w
 
5-0F
Mar 15
w
 
6-0F
Jan 25
17
Tondela11137-146 
w
 
3-0F
Feb 1
Mar 15
w
 
0-3F
18
AVS11038-173 
Feb 22
w
 
0-3F
Dec 14
Apr 25
Win / draw / win form
6
S. Lisbon have won 6 consecutive away league games
14
Benfica have not lost in 14 consecutive home league games
16
S. Lisbon have not lost in 16 consecutive away league games
Benfica 3RD
20 league games
Home
14
Overall
Goals: Scored
58
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
14
Draw
5
L
1
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Benfica2 - 2Casa Pia
Benfica5 - 0Arouca
Benfica2 - 1Gil Vicente
Benfica1 - 1Rio Ave
Benfica1 - 1Santa Clara
Benfica3 - 0Tondela
Benfica1 - 1S. Lisbon
Benfica6 - 0AVS
Benfica2 - 2Arouca
Benfica3 - 2Sporting Farense
Benfica3 - 0Nacional
Benfica3 - 0Boavista
Benfica3 - 2Moreirense
Benfica4 - 0Famalicao
Benfica1 - 2Braga
Benfica3 - 0Estoril
Benfica1 - 0V. Guimaraes
Benfica4 - 1Porto
Benfica5 - 0Rio Ave
Benfica5 - 1Gil Vicente
Goals: Scored
48
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
13
Draw
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBenfica2 - 2Casa Pia
ABenfica3 - 0V. Guimaraes
HBenfica5 - 0Arouca
ABenfica0 - 0Porto
HBenfica2 - 1Gil Vicente
HBenfica1 - 1Rio Ave
ABenfica3 - 0AVS
HBenfica1 - 1Santa Clara
ABenfica2 - 1Alverca
HBenfica3 - 0Tondela
ABenfica1 - 0Estrela Amadora
ABenfica1 - 1Braga
HBenfica1 - 1S. Lisbon
ABenfica2 - 1Estoril
HBenfica6 - 0AVS
ABenfica3 - 0V. Guimaraes
HBenfica2 - 2Arouca
ABenfica4 - 1Porto
HBenfica3 - 2Sporting Farense
ABenfica3 - 0Gil Vicente
S. Lisbon 2ND
20 league games
Away
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
48
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
14
Draw
5
L
1
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Santa Clara1 - 2S. Lisbon
Tondela0 - 3S. Lisbon
Estoril0 - 1S. Lisbon
Famalicao1 - 2S. Lisbon
Nacional1 - 4S. Lisbon
Casa Pia0 - 2S. Lisbon
Benfica1 - 1S. Lisbon
Boavista0 - 5S. Lisbon
Santa Clara0 - 1S. Lisbon
Estrela Amadora0 - 3S. Lisbon
Casa Pia1 - 3S. Lisbon
AVS2 - 2S. Lisbon
Porto1 - 1S. Lisbon
Rio Ave0 - 3S. Lisbon
V. Guimaraes4 - 4S. Lisbon
Gil Vicente0 - 0S. Lisbon
Moreirense2 - 1S. Lisbon
Braga2 - 4S. Lisbon
Famalicao0 - 3S. Lisbon
Estoril0 - 3S. Lisbon
Goals: Scored
48
Conceded
11
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
16
D
3
L
1
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AS. Lisbon2 - 1Santa Clara
HS. Lisbon2 - 0Alverca
AS. Lisbon3 - 0Tondela
HS. Lisbon1 - 1Braga
AS. Lisbon1 - 0Estoril
HS. Lisbon3 - 0Moreirense
AS. Lisbon2 - 1Famalicao
HS. Lisbon1 - 2Porto
AS. Lisbon4 - 1Nacional
HS. Lisbon6 - 0Arouca
AS. Lisbon2 - 0Casa Pia
HS. Lisbon2 - 0V. Guimaraes
AS. Lisbon1 - 1Benfica
HS. Lisbon2 - 1Gil Vicente
AS. Lisbon5 - 0Boavista
HS. Lisbon3 - 1Moreirense
AS. Lisbon1 - 0Santa Clara
HS. Lisbon1 - 1Braga
AS. Lisbon3 - 0Estrela Amadora
HS. Lisbon3 - 1Famalicao
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Benfica since 2015
Benfica
S. Lisbon
Goals: Scored
16
17
Games: Scored
9 / 10
10 / 10
Clean sheets
0 / 10
1 / 10
BEF
4
D
4
SCL
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Benfica
Draw1 - 1Draw
Benfica2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
1 - 3S. Lisbon
Benfica4 - 3
Benfica2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Benfica2 - 1
0 - 3S. Lisbon
League games at S. Lisbon since 2016
S. Lisbon
Benfica
Goals: Scored
9
13
Games: Scored
6 / 10
7 / 10
Clean sheets
3 / 10
4 / 10
BEF
4
D
3
SCL
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT S. Lisbon
S. Lisbon1 - 0
S. Lisbon2 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 2Benfica
S. Lisbon1 - 0
0 - 2Benfica
2 - 4Benfica
Draw0 - 0Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1Benfica
Goal Statistics

Sporting Lisbon have been steady in front of goal of late, finding the net in 30 consecutive Liga NOS outings. Their PG of 1.6 against Benfica on Friday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

Benfica 3rd S. Lisbon 2nd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
7%
There is a 79% probability that Benfica will score 1 or more goals
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that S. Lisbon will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+18
Benfica have scored 18% more goals at home than predicted
+12
S. Lisbon have scored 12% more goals when away than predicted
2.9
average goals scored
2.4
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
0.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Liga NOS - 2025/2025 season
Benfica
PG (predicted goals)
S. Lisbon
1.6
1.6
Attack rating
BEF
SCL
16%
better
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Games scored10
11
Failed to score1
0
Scored first9
7
Goals scored23
27
Avg. goals scored2.1
2.5
Avg. shots per game12
15
Avg. shots per goal6
6
Conversion rate for18
16
Avg. XG for2.3
2.3
KickOff rating
+16%
Defence rating
13%
better
BEF
SCL
view stats
Games conceded5
5
Clean sheets6
6
Conceded first1
4
Goals conceded6
6
Avg. goals conceded0.5
0.5
Avg. shots/game conceded7
5
Avg. shots/goal conceded13
10
Conversion rate against8%
10%
Avg. XG against0.9
0.7
KickOff rating
+13%

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Benfica Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11935
R RíosV PavlidisV PavlidisR Ríos
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Dahl DEF111
1
-
R Ríos MID11
5
-
F Aursnes MID1111
-
L Barreiro MID112
-
V Pavlidis FWD1193
1
-
N Otamendi DEF101
5
-
E Barrenechea MID10
4
-
A Trubin GLK9
-
T Araújo DEF91
-
F Ivanovic FWD93
1
-
A Schjelderup FWD911
-
A Silva DEF8
2
-
A Dedic DEF811
2
1
H Sudakov MID83
2
-
G Prestianni FWD811
2
-
J. Seno Luis Rêgo MID61
-
D Lukébakio FWD63
1
-
H Araújo FWD5
-
S Soares GLK2
1
-
J. Fins Veloso MID2
-
R Obrador DEF1
-
S. Lisbon Liga NOS squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
11853
G InácioP GonçalvesP GonçalvesM Hjulmand
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Inácio DEF112
2
-
M Hjulmand MID1121
3
-
L Suárez FWD1172
1
-
P Gonçalves FWD1185
3
-
G. Quenda FWD1114
-
F Trincão FWD1132
-
R Silva GLK9
-
I Fresneda DEF9
3
-
G Kochorashvili MID9
-
G Catamo  MID91
1
-
A Santos FWD91
-
M Vilches DEF81
1
1
Z Debast DEF8
2
-
G Vagiannidis DEF81
2
-
H Morita MID8
-
F Ioannidis FWD72
-
R Mangas DEF62
2
-
J. Arnauth Barrocas Simões MID5
1
-
O Diomande DEF4
1
-
J Virgínia GLK2
-
M Reis DEF21
-
E Quaresma DEF1
-