Struggling Portimonense will hope to pull off a surprise when they welcome hard-driving Sporting CP in the next league fixture. It’s 14th vs 4th and the home supporters will have so-so expectations.
- Sporting CP have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Liga Portugal
Portimonense and Sporting CP should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Portimonense form and stats
All-inclusive Liga Portugal stats playing at home this season for Portimonense are 5-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). Two home wins in a row for Portimonense bring valid hopes of a third.
In their previous game, the manager Brito led his Portimonense to a defeat away at Famalicao. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Maritimo in a game that was won 2-1.No one expects the home team to get anything from this game. It's not often a home team are such massive outsiders as in this game. We've searched our database for matches where Portimonense had similar winning odds as today, and found 4 games. In these, the hosts won 0, drew 0 and lost 4. Betting people looking at handicaps might be interested to know that Portimonense lost 3 similar games by at least two goals.
Portimonense aren't scoring a lot here at Estádio Municipal de Portimão in the league, with only {10 goals} from 11 games. From these home matches, Portimonense have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Portimonense hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Pacos de Ferreira, Santa Clara, Maritimo, Estoril and Chaves), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Sporting CP form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Liga Portugal travels is 5 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Sporting CP has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
Sporting CP won their last game, 2-0 versus Estoril played at home. Trincão, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.41. Trincão scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 30 successful passes (of 35 total).
Previously, the Europa League win away at Midtjylland.
Observe that 13 of this side's 17 most recent league matches have ended with at least three goals.
Sporting CP find the net regularly in their away games. 16 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Sporting CP have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Sporting CP have won all of the 9 latest fixtures versus this team. Another win today?Sporting CP - Portimonense 4-0 was the scoreline in these teams' latest head-to-head match, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Gonçalves 12 goals |  N. Gomes dos Santos 6 goals |  M. Edwards 6 goals |
Portimonense missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Portimonense | Sporting CP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 16 | 45 |
| 28 | 10 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 23 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 55% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 86% |
| 41% | 36% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | 73% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 27% | 32% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 14% |
| 32% | 45% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 45% |
| 27% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 18% | 36% |
| 45% | 27% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 27% | 18% |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | 7 |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.2 | 13.8 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13.4 | 16.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.5 | 5.9 |
| 22% | 24% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 33% | 35% |
| 15.6 | 13.4 | 17.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 10.8 | 8.7 |
| 5.7 | 4.7 | 7.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.2 |
- Sporting CP have scored more than double the goals of Portimonense.
- Sporting CP have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting CP have the most matches over the total-line (16) 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 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 43 | 59 |
| 2 | Porto | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 35 | 51 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 26 | 49 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 44 |
| 5 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 37 |
| 6 | Arouca | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 33 |
| 7 | Casa Pia | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 32 |
| 8 | Boavista | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -8 | 29 |
| 9 | Rio Ave | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Famalicao | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -7 | 27 |
| 11 | Vizela | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 12 | Gil Vicente | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -6 | 26 |
| 13 | Chaves | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 26 |
| 14 | Portimonense | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 26 |
| 15 | Estoril | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 22 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 27 | -23 | 16 |
| 17 | Santa Clara | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | -16 | 15 |
| 18 | Pacos de Ferreira | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -24 | 12 |
