Sporting CP and Tottenham Hotspur get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
Tottenham Hotspur have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Not a lot of time to rest for the home team, as they had a Primeira Liga fixture only three days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Portimonense, was also a home game here at Estádio José Alvalade. The away team is better rested.
Sporting CP form and stats
Sporting CP was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Champions League. Manchester City was too strong.Sporting CP have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Primeira Liga. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Sporting CP, as their goalkeeper Antonio Adan Garrido has completely shut out the opponents for 207 minutes in the Primeira Liga.
Sporting CP's last game was hosting Portimonense and winning 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Sporting CP played a great game against Portimonense and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Gonçalves (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.21/10. Gonçalves served one assist, hit three key passes and had 48 successful passes (of 53 total).
Before that game, a nice away win at Eintracht Frankfurt. A Champions League match.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sporting CP as they are travelling to their away game against Boavista in the Primeira Liga. That match is four days after this one.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (7 in 3 games), Sporting CP's attacking play is working. Sporting CP are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio José Alvalade in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Tottenham Hotspur form and stats
Tottenham Hotspur was sent out of Europa League in the 8th finals last season, when Dinamo Zagreb turned out to be too strong.Tottenham Hotspur are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
The followers enjoyed Tottenham Hotspur's previous game versus Olympique Marseille, a Champions League win (2-0) played at home. Attacker Richarlison got a player rating of 8.25 in the game. "Man of the match" Richarlison scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Fulham in the Premier League.A quick return to home after this game, as Spurs are hosting Leicester City in the Premier League only four days away.
The travelling fans enjoy Tottenham Hotspur's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  H. Kane 5 goals |   Pote 3 goals |  N. Santos 2 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
Tottenham Hotspur missing players
| Sporting CP | Tottenham Hotspur | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Scored | S | 21 | 57 | ||
| 24 | 13 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 5.9 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.5 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 13.6 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | ||
| 8.4 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.1 | 11.3 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 2.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting CP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 18 |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 13 |
| 4 | Portimonense | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Boavista | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 9 |
| 8 | Casa Pia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Chaves | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Estoril | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Arouca | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 7 |
| 12 | Vizela | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Rio Ave | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 5 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Santa Clara | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -9 | 0 |
| 18 | Maritimo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -12 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | Brentford | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Leeds United | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Fulham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Southampton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | AFC Bournemouth | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | -13 | 7 |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | Everton | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -10 | 4 |
| 20 | Leicester City | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -8 | 1 |
