Primeira Liga 2024/2025: Sporting-Benfica, the likely formations

Primeira Liga 2024/2025: Sporting-Benfica, the probable formations

Sporting and Benfica face each other Sunday night in the highly anticipated Lisbon derby, valid for the 16th day of the Primeira Liga, Portugal’s top soccer league. Kickoff at the José Alvalade stadium scheduled for 9:30 p.m., with the two teams chasing top-seeded Porto and potentially both capable of overtaking it. The guests are in fact -2 points off the top, the hosts -3 but with an already favorable goal difference.

Sporting on the pitch with Gyokeres as center forward and the pair of trequartists consisting of Harder and Trincao behind him. Dense midfield of four, with old Serie A acquaintance Hjulmand in the center with Joao Simoes.

Benfica is also banking on one heavyweight striker – Pavlidis. A few meters behind him will act as a three-man battery composed of Akturkoglu, Beste and the eternal Angel Di Maria. Lateral defenders Bah on the right and Carreras on the left lane.

Sporting-Benfica, the likely lineups:

SPORTING (3-4-2-1): Israel; Quaresma, Diomande, Debast; Quenda, Hjulmand, Joao Simoes, Araujo; Trincao, Harder; Gyokeres. All.:Rui Borges.

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BENFICA (4-2-3-1): Trubin; Bah, Araujo, Antonio Silva, Carreras; Aursnes, Kokcu; Di Maria, Akturkoglu, Beste; Pavlidis. All.:Bruno Lage.

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