About Match
Sporting CP (3rd, 14 pts) visit Benfica (2nd, 16 pts) with 2 points between them. In league terms the two rates read 3.5/0.67 for Benfica and 2.5/1 for Sporting CP (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.4. Three points here take Benfica to 19 and up to 1st, assuming other results stand.
Benfica arrive on a run of seven straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Sporting CP have not lost in 12 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 39 games: 18 Benfica wins, 8 for Sporting CP, 13 draws, at 2.49 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 38% of the wins in this fixture.
Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica in Lisboa stages the fixture, a ground that holds 68,100.




