Soccer match preview: Home supporters have high hopes when Sporting CP welcome Vizela

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Competition: Portugal Liga Portugal
Competition: Fri 20.January
Match begins: 21:15 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio José Alvalade (50044 seats)

Liga Portugal: Sporting CP receive Vizela in what could be an engaging football game. Tipsway gives you a thorough preview!

Insights:
  • Sporting CP have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Liga Portugal
  • Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vizela have scored away.

Sporting CP and Vizela 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.

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Sporting CP form and stats

Home games in the Liga Portugal have been a walk in the park for Sporting CP so far, with 18 points won from 7 matches; 6 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. Ever since the Chaves game Sporting CP has been unbeatable here at Estádio José Alvalade producing five straight wins.

The Sporting CP manager Amorim and his pawns return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Benfica (placed 1st). The Sporting CP goalkeeper Adán was crucial in the match against Benfica last time out, making six saves.

Heartbreak before that as Sporting CP lost 0-1 at Maritimo's place.

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 18 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 17, drew 1 and lost 0.

Goal fest? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league games with this side has had three goals or more.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sporting CP as they are travelling to their away game against Arouca in the League Cup. That match is four days after this one.

Sporting CP are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (19 goals in 7 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 4 from 7 matches.

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Vizela form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Vizela playing as the away team in the Liga Portugal this season.

Vizela go into this game after a win, the home game against Maritimo that ended 3-0. Defender Wilson was the best team player with a rating of 8.5. Wilson served one assist, hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.

Prior to that match, the Vizela manager da Silva faced defeat when travelling to Famalicao and losing 1-2.

Highlight this: 9 of the last 11 league matches involving this side have had only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

Vizela have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Vizela have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The 4 most recent meetings involving these sides have all ended as Sporting CP wins. More of the same or streak broken?

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CPP. Pereira Gonçalves
P. Pereira Gonçalves
8 goals
Sporting CPN. Gomes dos Santos
N. Gomes dos Santos
5 goals
Sporting CPM. Edwards
M. Edwards
5 goals

Sporting CP missing players

Vizela missing players

Sporting CP Vizela
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 7 3 Played P 3 8 16
9 6 2 Won W 1 3 6
2 0 0 Drew D 0 2 3
5 1 1 Lost L 2 3 7
31 19 7 Scored S 2 9 18
18 4 2 Conceded C 4 9 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 56%
75% 86% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 38% 38%
31% 43% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 29% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 31%
31% 57% 67% Clean Sheets C S 33% 38% 38%
25% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 12% 31%
 
6.7 7.6 9.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 5.2
3 2.6 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 10.3 7.9 6.7
3.3 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 4.4 3.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
16.2 19.6 20.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12.1 14.8
5.7 7.3 7.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 5.1 5.6
34% 37% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 22% 20%
 
8.9 6.3 5.3 Shots against (avg) S A 21.7 16.1 14.2
3.3 1.7 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 4.8 3.9
Key stats in Liga Portugal this season:
  • All of Sporting CP's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • 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 at home.
  • Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Vizela have scored away.
  • Sporting CP have the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Liga Portugal
  • Sporting CP have the most matches over the total-line (12) 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.
  • Vizela have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Vizela 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 16 13 2 1 40 12 9 8 1 0 29 8 7 5 1 1 11 4 28 41
2 Sporting Braga 16 12 1 3 37 12 8 5 1 2 15 5 8 7 0 1 22 7 25 37
3 Porto 16 11 3 2 40 11 8 7 0 1 28 5 8 4 3 1 12 6 29 36
4 Sporting CP 16 9 2 5 31 18 7 6 0 1 19 4 9 3 2 4 12 14 13 29
5 Casa Pia 15 8 3 4 15 11 8 3 2 3 5 4 7 5 1 1 10 7 4 27
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 15 7 3 5 14 16 8 5 2 1 9 5 7 2 1 4 5 11 -2 24
7 Arouca 16 6 5 5 18 25 8 4 1 3 11 12 8 2 4 2 7 13 -7 23
8 Vizela 16 6 3 7 18 15 8 3 1 4 9 6 8 3 2 3 9 9 3 21
9 Chaves 16 5 6 5 15 20 8 1 5 2 7 8 8 4 1 3 8 12 -5 21
10 Rio Ave 16 5 5 6 17 20 8 4 1 3 9 7 8 1 4 3 8 13 -3 20
11 Portimonense 16 6 2 8 13 17 9 3 2 4 7 9 7 3 0 4 6 8 -4 20
12 Boavista 15 6 2 7 15 24 8 4 2 2 10 12 7 2 0 5 5 12 -9 20
13 Famalicao 16 5 2 9 16 23 7 4 0 3 10 8 9 1 2 6 6 15 -7 17
14 Estoril 14 4 4 6 14 20 6 1 2 3 6 12 8 3 2 3 8 8 -6 16
15 Santa Clara 16 3 5 8 11 18 8 2 3 3 9 12 8 1 2 5 2 6 -7 14
16 Gil Vicente 15 3 3 9 12 22 8 2 2 4 5 8 7 1 1 5 7 14 -10 12
17 Maritimo 16 2 4 10 10 31 7 1 2 4 5 8 9 1 2 6 5 23 -21 10
18 Pacos de Ferreira 16 1 3 12 9 30 8 0 2 6 4 15 8 1 1 6 5 15 -21 6

Read more about Liga Portugal

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.