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Sporting – Benfica
Model updated 4 October, 00:30 Odds not yet available
What the model expects
- Sporting
- 37%
- Draw
- 32%
- Benfica
- 32%
| Sporting | Draw | Benfica | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair odds | 2.72 | 3.16 | 3.16 |
- Total goals
- 2.50
- Over 2.5 goals
- 46%
- Both teams to score
- 57%
Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.
Model vs market
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Why the model leans Sporting
37% Sporting to win
- Attack
- 2nd vs 4th
- Sporting attack v Benfica defence
- Defence
- 2nd vs 1st
- Sporting defence v Benfica attack
- Recent xG form
- +1.16 vs +1.62
- xGD per match, last 6
- Projected goals
- 1.30 – 1.20
- Sporting v Benfica
Team comparison
Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.
| Reading | Sporting | Benfica |
|---|---|---|
| xG / match | 2.01 · 3rd | (better) 2.32 · 1st |
| xGA / match | 0.79 · 5th | (better) 0.65 · 2nd |
| xGD / match | +1.22 · 3rd | (better) +1.66 · 1st |
| xPts / match | 2.17 · 3rd | (better) 2.40 · 1st |
| Last 6 xGD / match | +1.16 | (better) +1.62 |
The scorelines behind the model's numbers
No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 35% of the model's distribution.
- Sporting clean sheet
- 27%
- Sporting 2+ goals
- 38%
- Under 2.5 goals
- 54%
- Both teams to score: no
- 43%
Most likely scorelines
- 1:1
- 16.2%
- 2:1
- 9.7%
- 1:2
- 8.8%
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- the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
- Sporting sample
- 20 matches
- Benfica sample
- 20 matches
- Home xG sample · Sporting
- 4 matches
- Away xG sample · Benfica
- 4 matches
- Computed
- Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 00:30
Limitations
The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.