Does a Sporting starter wobble against Benfica? The numbers | OneFootball

Luis Suárez missed from the penalty spot again at a decisive moment for Sporting. After the penalty he failed to convert against Porto at the Dragão — although he scored on the rebound — the Colombian striker repeated the scenario in the defeat to Benfica (2-1).

Suárez was unable to beat Anatoliy Trubin, who came out on top in the duel and kept the score level.

This was the third match in which the striker has faced Benfica without scoring, the only one of Portugal’s big three against whom he has yet to find the net since arriving in the summer from Almería for around €23 million.

In total, Sporting have already missed three penalties in 2025/26. In addition to Luis Suárez’s two, Morten Hjulmand also failed to convert against Kairat Almaty in the Champions League. In that match, despite the miss with the score at 0-0, the Lions still went on to win 4-1.

Moreover, you have to go all the way back to 1982/83 to find a Sporting player missing a penalty in a derby. Back then, Rui Jordão missed from the spot in a 1-0 defeat to Benfica at the Estádio da Luz.

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