This Thursday, Sporting receives the Benfica for the first leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-finals. The ball will roll from 5:45 pm (Brasília time).
Where to watch
The match will be broadcast on ESPN 2 e no Star+.
Retrospective of the teams in the last five games
Sporting: three wins and two draws.
Benfica: Three wins and two draws.
Probable lineups
Sporting: Franco Israel; Ousmane Diomande, Sebastián Coates and Gonçalo Inácio; Geny Catamo, Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita and Nuno Santos; Marcus Edwards, Pedro Gonçalves and Viktor Gyokeres.
Technician: Rúben Amorim.
Benfica: Anatoliy Trubin; Alexander Bah, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi and Fredrik Aursnes; Orkun Kokcu, João Neves and João Mário; Ángel Di Maria, Rafa Silva and David Neres.
Technician: Roger Schmidt.
Arbitration
Fábio Veríssimo is the referee of the match. Pedro Martins and Hugo Marques are the assistants. Fábio Melo will be in charge of VAR.