Anticipation builds as Benfica prepare to host Sporting Lisbon at Estádio Nacional on 2025-05-25 (kick-off 17:15 GMT), in the Final of the 2024-2025 Taça de Portugal.
Over the past 10 outings, Referee Luis Godinho has shown 4-5 yellows and 0 reds, and 22 fouls each fixture.
Of the past 4 meetings, both Bruno Lage and Rui Borges are level at 1-1.
There are no injury or suspension concerns for either Benfica or Sporting Lisbon.
Our forecast has Benfica in a 4-man backline (4-3-3), with Sporting Lisbon set to counter in 3-4-2-1.
In their last outing, Benfica's highest-rated performer was N. Otamendi (7.6), while Sporting Lisbon's standout was V. Gyökeres (8.7).
Contrast in results: Benfica had to share the points 1-1 with Sporting Braga, whereas Sporting Lisbon claimed victory 2-0 vs. Vitoria Guimaraes.
Benfica (3-2-0) and Sporting Lisbon (4-1-0) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
Dominance for Benfica: across 53 clashes, they've won 22 games and only lost 15 games to Sporting Lisbon, with 16 stalemates.
1-2 leads the pack at 26% of all our users' guesses, with 2-1 next on 21.9%.
With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (3-0-0 vs 3-0-0) and scoring roughly 4.00-3.33 goals, a 2-2 draw seems on the cards.
Benfica is going head to head with Sporting Lisbon on 25/5/2025 16:15 GMT at Estádio Nacional for the Portugal Taça de Portugal. Our users most predicted score for this game is 1 - 2. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Benfica v Sporting Lisbon H2H statistics!