Liga Portugal preview and numbers: Sporting CP - Famalicão at Estádio José Alvalade

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Sun 27.Aug
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio José Alvalade (50095 seats)

Look at this action-packed match in the Liga Portugal. Sporting CP is in the 2nd position from participating in two games. They greet Famalicão who are placed 6th from two fixtures.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Sporting CP form and stats

Sporting CP have only played one Liga Portugal game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 13 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats from 17 matches.

It's back home for Sporting CP, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Casa Pia away with the result 2-1. Paulinho (2) found the net in that victory. The attacker Paulinho was announced as "man of the match" for Sporting CP with the rating of 8.43/10. Paulinho scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 22 successful passes (of 27 total).

Before that, Sporting CP had a home game versus Vizela which ended with a victory 3-2.

Early season league goal statistics from Sporting CP's 1 home game: {3 goals}, 2 conceded.

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Famalicão form and stats

Only one away game in the Liga Portugal so far for Famalicão and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 9 losses from 17 travels.

Famalicão's last game was the home draw against Moreirense (0-0). Goalkeeper Júnior got the top player rating of the team with 8.34/10. Júnior topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Sporting Braga with the score of 2-1.

The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Famalicão we find 4 games. Results are 0 Famalicão wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Famalicão has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Sporting CP have been victorious in all of the 4 most recent matches against this side. Can they do it again?

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CPJ. Dias Fernandes
J. Dias Fernandes
3 goals
Sporting CPV. Gyökeres
V. Gyökeres
2 goals
FamalicãoA. de Oliveira Rodrigues
A. de Oliveira Rodrigues
1 goals

Sporting CP missing players

Famalicão missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting CP Famalicão
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 3 0 Scored S 0 2 2
3 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
6.5 8 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 3.5
3.5 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 4.5
2.5 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 4 3.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
20.5 24 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13 9.5
6 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 3
42% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 33%
 
11 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12 15
3.5 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.5
Sporting CP Last season Famalicão
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
23 13   Won W   4 13
5 2   Drew D   4 5
6 2   Lost L   9 16
71 42   Scored S   18 39
32 12   Conceded C   28 47
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   82% 88%
85% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 62%
71% 82%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 53%
29% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   41% 29%
12% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 18%
47% 47%   BTTS BTTS   53% 47%
41% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 29%
15% 6%   Failed to Score F T   41% 35%
 
7.1 7.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.4
2.7 2.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.4
2.6 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.6
3 2   Red cards R C   4 7
 
16.6 18.8   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 12.8
6.1 6.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.6
34% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 31%
 
8.2 6.9   Shots against (avg) S A   15.1 14.6
3.1 2.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.1 4.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Boavista 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
2 Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Porto 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
4 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Arouca 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
6 Famalicão 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Gil Vicente 2 1 0 1 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 3
8 Casa Pia 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
9 Estoril 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 3
10 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 3
11 Benfica 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3
12 Rio Ave 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
13 Vizela 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
14 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Estrela Amadora 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Chaves 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
17 Farense 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
18 Portimonense 2 0 0 2 1 9 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 -8 0
Last season 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 34 28 3 3 82 20 17 15 1 1 48 12 17 13 2 2 34 8 62 87
2 Porto 34 27 4 3 73 22 17 15 0 2 44 11 17 12 4 1 29 11 51 85
3 Sporting Braga 34 25 3 6 75 30 17 13 2 2 40 11 17 12 1 4 35 19 45 78
4 Sporting CP 34 23 5 6 71 32 17 13 2 2 42 12 17 10 3 4 29 20 39 74
5 Arouca 34 15 9 10 36 37 17 10 2 5 22 17 17 5 7 5 14 20 -1 54
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 16 5 13 34 39 17 10 3 4 18 12 17 6 2 9 16 27 -5 53
7 Chaves 34 12 10 12 35 40 17 6 5 6 20 21 17 6 5 6 15 19 -5 46
8 Famalicão 34 13 5 16 39 47 17 9 1 7 21 19 17 4 4 9 18 28 -8 44
9 Boavista 34 12 8 14 43 54 17 8 6 3 23 21 17 4 2 11 20 33 -11 44
10 Casa Pia 34 11 8 15 31 40 17 6 5 6 18 17 17 5 3 9 13 23 -9 41
11 Vizela 34 11 7 16 34 38 17 5 4 8 18 19 17 6 3 8 16 19 -4 40
12 Rio Ave 34 10 10 14 36 43 17 8 3 6 18 14 17 2 7 8 18 29 -7 40
13 Gil Vicente 34 10 7 17 32 41 17 6 6 5 15 14 17 4 1 12 17 27 -9 37
14 Estoril 34 10 5 19 33 49 17 7 2 8 20 24 17 3 3 11 13 25 -16 35
15 Portimonense 34 10 4 20 25 48 17 6 3 8 14 21 17 4 1 12 11 27 -23 34
16 Maritimo 34 7 5 22 32 63 17 6 3 8 21 23 17 1 2 14 11 40 -31 26
17 Pacos de Ferreira 34 6 5 23 26 62 17 3 2 12 13 33 17 3 3 11 13 29 -36 23
18 Santa Clara 34 5 7 22 26 58 17 4 5 8 18 29 17 1 2 14 8 29 -32 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Boavista 2 2 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 4 6
2 Sporting CP 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Porto 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
4 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Arouca 2 1 1 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
6 Famalicão 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Gil Vicente 2 1 0 1 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 3
8 Casa Pia 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 3
9 Estoril 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 1 3
10 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 3
11 Benfica 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 3
12 Rio Ave 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
13 Vizela 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
14 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Estrela Amadora 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
16 Chaves 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
17 Farense 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
18 Portimonense 2 0 0 2 1 9 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 5 -8 0

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The Primeira Liga, also known as Liga NOS, is the top level of football in Portugal. It has 18 teams each playing 34 fixtures to decide the final league table. Portuguese football is dominated by “The Big Three”: Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP (Lisbon). These three clubs generally end up in the top three positions.