Benfica vs Sporting Braga

Taça de Portugal - Quarter-finals 26 Feb 2025, 20:45
Benfica
Benfica
1–0
HT 1–0
FULL TIME
Sporting Braga
Sporting Braga
🏟 Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz) (Lisboa) 👤 João Pedro Pinheiro Round Quarter-finals

Match report

Benfica edged past Sporting Braga 1-0 in the Taça de Portugal - Quarter-finals on 26 February 2025.

Sporting Braga failed to register a single shot on target, while Benfica had 19 shots to Sporting Braga's 6.

The match was played at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz) (Lisboa), with João Pedro Pinheiro in charge.

Half-time 1-0 Possession 47% - 53% Shots 19 - 6 On target 7 - 0 Corners 3 - 6 Fouls 8 - 10 Yellow cards 5
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Player of the match
Vangelis Pavlidis
Benfica · 1 goal
8 Nicolás Otamendi captained the side
8 Kerem Aktürkoğlu captained the side
8 Lukáš Horníček 6 saves
7 Samuel Soares captained the side
First half vs second half
  1st half 2nd half
Shots Total 10–3 9–3
Shots On Goal 3–0 4–0
Ball Possession 51–49 —
Corners 0–4 3–2
Attacks 70–33 50–49
Match statistics
3 Corners 6
5 Substitution 5
120 Attacks 82
49 Dangerous Attacks 32
8 On Target 0
12 Off Target 7
19 Shots Total 6
7 Shots On Goal 0
10 Shots Off Goal 4
2 Shots Blocked 2
11 Shots Inside Box 2
8 Shots Outside Box 4
8 Fouls 10
3 Corners 6
3 Offsides 1
47% Ball Possession 53%
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Saves 6
420 Passes Total 462
341 Passes Accurate 368
Line-ups 3-4-2-1  vs  4-2-3-1
Goalkeeper Defender Midfielder Forward
Benfica · 3-4-2-1
24 S. Soares
4 A. Silva 30 N. Otamendi 3 Á. Carreras
44 T. Araújo 8 F. Aursnes 10 O. Kökçü 26 S. Dahl
17 K. Aktürkoğlu 27 Bruma
14 V. Pavlidis
Sporting Braga · 4-2-3-1
91 L. Horníček
2 V. Gómez 15 P. Oliveira 26 B. Arrey-Mbi 55 F. Chissumba
29 J. Gorby 8 J. Moutinho
11 R. Fernandes 10 U. Račić 21 R. Horta
9 A. Ouazzani
Benfica
Coach
Bruno Lage
Substitutes
  • 1 Anatoliy Trubin
  • 71 Leandro Santos
  • 18 Leandro Barreiro
  • 60 Nuno Félix
  • 84 João Rêgo
  • 7 Zeki Amdouni
  • 9 Arthur Cabral
  • 19 Andrea Belotti
  • 21 Andreas Schjelderup
Sporting Braga
Coach
Carlos Carvalhal
Substitutes
  • 12 Tiago Sá
  • 19 Adrián Marín
  • 3 Robson Bambu
  • 13 João Ferreira
  • 80 João Vasconcelos
  • 77 Gabriel Martínez
  • 50 Diego Rodrigues
  • 20 Ismael Gharbi
  • 39 Fran Navarro
Substitutions
  • 46' ↑ Robson Bambu ↓ B. Arrey-Mbi Sporting Braga
  • 46' ↑ Fran Navarro ↓ A. El Ouazzani Sporting Braga
  • 57' ↑ Ismaël Gharbi ↓ João Moutinho Sporting Braga
  • 66' ↑ A. Belotti ↓ Bruma Benfica
  • 66' ↑ L. Barreiro ↓ Tomás Araújo Benfica
  • 79' ↑ Z. Amdouni ↓ V. Pavlidis Benfica
  • 79' ↑ A. Schjelderup ↓ S. Dahl Benfica
  • 84' ↑ Diego Rodrigues ↓ U. Račić Sporting Braga
  • 84' ↑ Gabri Martínez ↓ Ricardo Horta Sporting Braga
  • 90+2' ↑ João Rêgo ↓ K. Aktürkoğlu Benfica
Cards
  • 47' A. Carreras Benfica
  • 68' R. Horta Sporting Braga
  • 78' F. Navarro Sporting Braga
  • 90+1' Robson Bambu Sporting Braga
  • 90+4' N. Otamendi Benfica
Head-to-head
Benfica 9 3 draws 7 Sporting Braga
2026-05-10 Benfica vs Braga 0 - 0
2026-01-07 Benfica vs Braga 1 - 3
2025-12-28 Braga vs Benfica 2 - 2
2025-05-17 Sporting Braga vs Benfica 1 - 1
2025-02-26 Benfica vs Sporting Braga 1 - 0
2025-01-08 Benfica vs Sporting Braga 3 - 0
Recent form
Benfica D D D W D
Sporting Braga L D D D D
Frequently asked questions
What was the final score in Benfica vs Sporting Braga?
Benfica won 1-0 against Sporting Braga on 26 February 2025.
Who won Benfica vs Sporting Braga?
Benfica won the match 1-0.
Where was Benfica vs Sporting Braga played?
The match was played at Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (da Luz) (Lisboa).
Who had more possession in Benfica vs Sporting Braga?
Sporting Braga had 53% of possession, compared to 47% for the other side.