Our model scores this match once both teams have enough recent form to work from, predictions publish in the days before kickoff. Form, head-to-head and season stats are available in the tabs above now.
How this scoreline is calculated
Where those opponents sat in the table: strong means they averaged roughly the top 40%, weak roughly the bottom 40%, mixed in between.
Opposition faced: Benfica mixed, Sporting Lisbon mixedThe form score weights every result and every goal by where the opponent sat in the table, so five wins over the bottom of the table score below five over the top.
Benfica take a form score of 9.1 out of 10 into this Primeira Liga fixture, against 6.9 for Sporting Lisbon. Benfica have 5 wins in their last 5 competitive matches, while Sporting Lisbon have 4 wins and 1 defeat in theirs. Across the season Benfica average 2.6 goals scored and 1.0 conceded per game, Sporting Lisbon 1.7 and 1.0. Benfica have kept a clean sheet in 30% of their matches this season, Sporting Lisbon in 40%. In their last 10 meetings Benfica have won 2, drawn 4 and lost 4. Benfica sit 2nd on 28 points, Sporting Lisbon 3rd on 24.
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