Sporting Lisbon vtake on the visitors Benfica in the first leg of Taca de Portugal. The match will be played on Thursday, February 29th at Estádio José Alvalade (Lisbon).
Sporting (Lisbon) are striving to achieve maximum results this season. The Lions finished only 4th in the final standings last season, even allowing Braga to surpass them. Clearly, if Ruben Amorim has retained his position, he must justify such trust – and he is doing so. Yes, it doesn't go without buts, and the same archbishops knocked out the capital's grand in the League Cup semifinals. But they managed to perform well in the Europa League – the Portuguese team advanced from the group stage along with Atalanta and then won 3-1 against Young Boys in Bern. They pragmatically ended in a draw at home with the Swiss team after that. Well, they managed to distance themselves from Porto in the Primeira Liga. And now it's a one-on-one battle – precisely with Benfica. In this regard, a 3-3 draw with Rio Ave is a clear setback.
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Benfica made a bet on Roger Schmidt in the summer of 2022 in hopes of finally regaining the championship title. The German, who arrived from the Netherlands, quickly justified the trust, confidently winning the Primeira Liga with good progress in the Champions League. But in the summer, they sold leaders again, earning good money from it – note that this opened up the opportunity to move to Portugal for Trubin. He quickly became a key player in his new place, although in the Champions League with the new team, Anatoliy only managed to secure 3rd place in the group (and only surpassed Red Bull thanks to a win in Salzburg in the final round). In the Europa League, the Portuguese team started not so easily: they beat Toulouse at home thanks to Angel Di Maria's penalty kicks. In France. In the League Cup, the red and whites also made it to the semifinals, but there they were sensationally eliminated by Estoril – the latter turned out to be luckier in the penalty shootout in Leiria. Well, the race in the Primeira Liga has already been mentioned. In the last round, the capital's grand played against Portimonense – and didn't leave them any chance, winning 3-3.
Despite the principled nature of the derby, the eagles have not lost to their neighbors four times in a row now. And this season they even won 2-1 in the championship – but that time they played on their field. The Lions playing at home have a noticeable advantage. But the guests are also on par with the opponent, so let's bet on total over 2.5 goals.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
