FC Twente W 1, Sport Lisboa e Benfica W 1

LISBON, Portugal (Interstat) — In a tightly contested UEFA Women’s Champions League group stage match that defied pregame projections, Sport Lisboa e Benfica and FC Twente played to a 1-1 draw on Wednesday at a rain-slicked Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica. The result, a stalemate that saw both teams open their European campaigns with a single point, was a far cry from the offensive explosion forecast by statistical models. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 3-0 victory for the Dutch visitors, while its ELO rating system gave the Portuguese hosts only a slight 54 percent probability to win. Instead,… Read more...