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Preview Benfica vs Sporting CP December 27, 2026 — Preview and Prediction

Benfica
Benfica
Home · last 5 D W
Kick-off
Sun 27 Dec · 16:00
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Pre-match · scheduled
Sporting CP
Sporting CP
D W Away · last 5
Home Win · BEN
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Draw
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Away Win · SPO
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Last 5 matches · all competitions
Benfica
W/D/L 3-2-0
Goals (for / against) 21 / 4
Avg goals / match 5.0
Scored in 5/5
Clean sheets 2/5
Both teams scored 3/5
Over 2.5 4/5
Home (W-D-L) 2-1-0
Away (W-D-L) 1-1-0
xG (for / against) 3.08 / 0.65
Sporting CP
W/D/L 4-1-0
Goals (for / against) 17 / 6
Avg goals / match 4.6
Scored in 5/5
Clean sheets 1/5
Both teams scored 4/5
Over 2.5 5/5
Home (W-D-L) 3-0-0
Away (W-D-L) 1-1-0
xG (for / against) 2.24 / 0.82

Head-to-Head Performance

last 10 H2H · per match
4.50
Goals Scored
2.50
1
Goals Conceded
2
3.08
Expected Goals (xG)
1.88
9.50
Shots on Target
5.50
6.50
Corners
4.50
63
Possession (%)
56
Efficiency index
Adjusted index
Eff. index — performance vs season baseline. Adj. index — efficiency normalised for opponent strength.

📡 Team strength

0–100 rating vs league · season-to-date
94
OFF · home
41
65
DEF · home
59
94
OFF · away
88
100
DEF · away
65
Each axis is rated 0–100 against all teams in the same league this season. 100 = league best on that axis, 0 = league worst. Higher is better.

🎯 Scenario insights

Benfica wins when scoring first
50%
Sporting CP wins when scoring first
57%
Benfica BTTS rate · last 10
80%
Sporting CP BTTS rate · last 10
70%
Benfica Over 2.5 · last 10
90%
Sporting CP Over 2.5 · last 10
70%
Benfica comeback rate · last 10
Sporting CP comeback rate · last 10
0%

🔥 Goal timing

Benfica · last 10 at home

0–15 23%
16–30 12%
31–45 15%
46–60 19%
61–75 4%
76–90 27%

Sporting CP · last 10 away

0–15 0%
16–30 10%
31–45 20%
46–60 35%
61–75 15%
76–90 20%
Second-half-heavy — most goals come after the break.

Top scorers

V. Pavlidis
BEN · Attacker
4 G · 2.31 g/90
G. Prestianni
BEN · Midfielder
2 G · 1.05 g/90
F. Ioannidis
SPO · Attacker
2 G · 1.32 g/90
R. Zalazar
SPO · Midfielder
1 G · 0.50 g/90