Sporting hold Benfica in derby draw, stay top of the league | OneFootball

The Sporting U15 team drew 1-1 against Benfica this Saturday, October 18, in a match for the eighth round of the Under-15 First Division - South Series Phase 2025/26. The Lions failed to win for the first time this season, after having beaten Barreirense in the previous round.

Playing at the Benfica Campus in Seixal, Sporting started the match well, eager to show why they had only victories so far. The green and whites took the lead in the 15th minute, through Capendja da Silva, but would concede the equalizer still in the first half. The match reached halftime with the score level at one goal apiece.

In the second half, the Lions again started strong, not wanting to settle for just a point against their big rival. Although Sporting had some chances to regain the lead, the green and white side could not finish effectively and ended up drawing the match.

With this draw—the first in eight games this season—António Cruz’s team now has 22 points and sits at the top of the table, five points ahead of Benfica (17). In the next round, Sporting will host Académico de Santarém. The match is scheduled for Sunday, October 26, at 11:00 am, at the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy.

The team fielded by the Alvalade club consisted of: Joaquim Cabeçana, Dinis Oliveira, Salmán Umarji, Nicolas Aparício, Martim Sousa, Jacobo Aparício, Igor Ribeiro, Laurindo Mendonça, Capendja Silva, Bernardo Busatori, and Aladje Conté. On the substitutes’ bench were Gustavo Teixeira, Borine Nanque, Daniel Lopes, Duarte Gomes, and David Makinde.

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