Tempo is expected at Estádio José Alvalade when Sporting CP host Famalicão in what promises to be a splendid match. Read the preview!
- Sporting CP have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Famalicão have scored away.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Taça De Portugal game only four days ago.
Sporting CP form and stats
34 points is a decent return from 14 Liga Portugal games here at Estádio José Alvalade for Sporting CP. The data says 11 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
It's back home for Sporting CP, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Vitoria Guimaraes away with the result 2-0. Gonçalves and Gomes found the net in that victory. Coates was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.03 out of 10. The defender Coates hit two key passes and won 11 of 14 duels.
A 1-1 result against Juventus before that one, played at home in the Europa League. Sporting CP are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 16 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 15, drew 1 and lost 0.
Sporting CP are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (36 goals in 14 games). 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 8 from 14 matches.
Famalicão form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Famalicão so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 4-2-8 (win-draw-lose). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Famalicão are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
This fixture can not go any worse than the last one, a Taça De Portugal home defeat versus Porto with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Youssouf was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.25/10. Youssouf hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 27 successful passes (of 30 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Maritimo in the Liga Portugal.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Famalicão played away with similar odds. This revealed 4 games. The visitors overcame the odds to win 0 times, 1 were draw and the home team won as expected 3 times.
Famalicão have another match that requires travelling in just four days, a Taça De Portugal match versus Porto. A demanding diary for the visitors!
The visiting Famalicão have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 14 games. Famalicão struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Sporting CP have avoided a loss in the last 6 matches (3-3-0) versus Famalicão.The latest past scoreline involving both these sides is the Famalicão - Sporting CP 1-2 played previously this season.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Gonçalves 15 goals |  F. Machado Mota de Castro Trincão 8 goals |   I. Jaime Pajuelo 8 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
Famalicão missing players
| Sporting CP | Famalicão | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 59 | 36 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 33 |
| 27 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 14 | 24 | 37 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 90% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 59% |
| 66% | 79% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 48% |
| 28% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 43% | 28% |
| 14% | 7% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 75% | 29% | 17% |
| 41% | 36% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 41% |
| 45% | 57% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 31% |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 43% | 38% |
| 7 | 7.9 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 16.7 | 19.4 | 21.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.2 | 12.7 |
| 6.1 | 6.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 33% | 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 32% | 32% |
| 8.1 | 6.2 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 15.1 | 14.4 |
| 3 | 2.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
- All of Sporting CP's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Famalicão have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sporting CP have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Famalicão have scored away.
- Sporting CP have the fewest matches under the total-line (10) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting CP have the most matches over the total-line (19) in Liga Portugal
- Sporting CP have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Sporting CP haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 69 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 52 | 74 |
| 2 | Porto | 29 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 43 | 70 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 29 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 38 | 68 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 29 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 32 | 61 |
| 5 | Arouca | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 48 |
| 6 | Famalicão | 29 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 33 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -4 | 42 |
| 7 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -8 | 41 |
| 8 | Vizela | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 39 |
| 9 | Casa Pia | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -6 | 39 |
| 10 | Chaves | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 37 |
| 11 | Boavista | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -12 | 37 |
| 12 | Rio Ave | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -5 | 35 |
| 13 | Portimonense | 29 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -13 | 33 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 31 |
| 15 | Estoril | 29 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 22 | -22 | 25 |
| 16 | Maritimo | 29 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 35 | -28 | 22 |
| 17 | Pacos de Ferreira | 29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | -30 | 17 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 29 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 45 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 18 | -26 | 16 |
