Thursday night at Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Derby between Sporting and Benfica in the first leg of Taca de Portugal semifinals. Both teams are in good form, and we expect an exciting match.

Let's analyze the statistics of the two teams:

Sporting CP:
- In the last match on February 25, 2024, drew with Rio Ave 3-3.
- In the last 5 encounters, won 3 times, drew 2 times, unbeaten, with an average of 2.8 goals scored per match and 1 goal conceded.
- Scored at least one goal in the last 40 matches.
- At least 1.5 goals were scored in the last 31 matches.
- At least one goal has been scored in the first halves of the last 7 out of 8 matches.
- Won the last 4 matches in Taça De Portugal.
- The team has not lost in 19 of the last 20 home matches.

Benfica:
- In the last match on February 25, 2024, defeated Portimonense 4-0.
- In the last 5 encounters, won 3 times, drew 2 times, with an average of 2.8 goals scored per match and 0.8 goals conceded.
- Unbeaten in the last 20 matches.
- Won the last 6 matches in Taça De Portugal.
- Scored at least 2 goals in the last 5 matches in Taça De Portugal.
- In 7 of the last 8 matches, at least 2.5 goals were scored.

Head to Head:
In the last clash on November 12, 2023, Benfica defeated Sporting CP at home by 2-1.
In the last 5 direct clashes, Sporting CP won 1 time, Benfica 2 times, and 2 matches ended in draws. The average goals per match were 1.6 for Sporting CP and 1.8 for Benfica.

PROBABLE LINEUPS
SPORTING CP
A. Adan; G. Inacio, S. Coates, O. Diomande, G. Catamo; M. Hjulmand, H. Morita, N. Santos, Trincao; V. Gyokeres, P. Goncalves
BENFICA
A. Trubin; A. Bah, A. Silva, N. Otamendi, F. Aursnes; O. Kokcu, J. Neves, D. Neres, J. Mario, A. Di Maria, R. Silva

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