WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

• This will be the seventh time the two Lisbon rivals meet in the Super Cup, with both teams having won three trophies a piece in their head to head contests.
• Benfica go into the game with a few key members of their starting eleven having departed as winger Angel di Maria, Orkun Kokcu and Alvaro Carreras are no longer with the club.
• Benfica and Sporting have won the Super Cup nine times each with Benfica last winning the trophy in 2023 and Sporting in 2021.
• Sporting go into the game having sold their star striker Viktor Gyokeres to Arsenal earlier this week and have replaced him with newly acquired striker Luis Suarez.
• Benfica and Sporting are meeting for their third straight trophy in the past eight months, having played in the Taca da Liga and Taca de Portugal Finals.

POTENTIAL STARTING ELEVEN

HEAD TO HEAD IN SUPER CUP FINALS

06/10/1944	Benfica	2-3 (AET)	Sporting
03/29/1964	Benfica	5-0	Sporting
1980 (2-LEG)	Benfica	2-2 / 2-1	Sporting
1987 (2-LEG)	Benfica	0-3 / 0-1	Sporting
08/09/2015	Benfica	0-1	Sporting
08/04/2019	Benfica	5-0	Sporting