Sporting CP visit Chaves and Estádio Municipal Eng. Manuel Branco Teixeira loaded with happy thoughts, but the team playing at home is not easy meat. More info on the game here!
- Sporting CP have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Liga Portugal
The visiting Sporting CP played their last game only four days ago, a Europa League match.
Chaves form and stats
When playing at home in the Liga Portugal, Chaves have managed 2 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 9 games.
An away draw last time out for Chaves, facing Vizela in a game that ended 0-0. Defender Langa got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.15/10. Langa hit two key passes and won 9 of 11 duels.
Ahead of that match, Chaves won a home game hosting Maritimo (2-1).Early season league goal statistics from Chaves's 9 home games: {9 goals}, 9 conceded.
Sporting CP form and stats
4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Sporting CP playing as the away team in the Liga Portugal this season.
Sporting CP delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Midtjylland in their previous game; a Europa League fixture. Coates was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.13. The defender Coates scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and won 10 of 14 duels.
A 1-2 loss hosting Porto before that.Goal hungry football fans should note that 12 of this team's 15 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Europa League trip to Midtjylland.
Sporting CP are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Sporting CP have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Sporting CP - Chaves 0-2 was the product when these contenders last met, also in this season. Previous eight meetings involving these sides: Chaves won two, Sporting CP were winners in five and we saw one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 8 sending-offs from the last eight duels.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Gonçalves 10 goals |  M. Edwards 6 goals |   H. Hernández Marrero 5 goals |
Chaves missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Chaves | Sporting CP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 40 |
| 24 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 14 | 21 |
| 90% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 70% | 85% |
| 35% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 75% |
| 10% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 10% |
| 55% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 45% |
| 20% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 35% |
| 35% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 20% |
| 4.3 | 4.6 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 5.6 | 6.8 |
| 7.4 | 6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.3 | 15.6 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.3 | 13.1 | 16.4 |
| 4.2 | 4.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.7 |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 32% | 35% |
| 16.4 | 15.3 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.7 | 10.6 | 8.7 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
- Sporting CP have scored more than double the goals of Chaves.
- Sporting CP have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting CP have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting CP have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sporting CP have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sporting CP haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 39 | 53 |
| 2 | Porto | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 35 | 48 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 20 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 25 | 46 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 38 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -1 | 33 |
| 6 | Casa Pia | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 31 |
| 7 | Arouca | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -5 | 30 |
| 8 | Chaves | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 26 |
| 9 | Boavista | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 26 |
| 10 | Vizela | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | Rio Ave | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 23 |
| 13 | Gil Vicente | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 22 |
| 14 | Estoril | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -8 | 22 |
| 15 | Famalicao | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -10 | 21 |
| 16 | Santa Clara | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 | Maritimo | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 25 | -24 | 13 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | -24 | 9 |
