The visiting Sporting CP side should be favourites in this visit to Boavista, as the away team holds a 25 point advantage from their 14 league games this season.
- Boavista has the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP has the fewest conceded goals (9) in Primeira Liga
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Boavista form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Primeira Liga this season. Boavista have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses from their games here at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI.
Boavista lost their last game at Tondela (placed 11th) after a 1-3 scoreline. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Santa Clara.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Boavista here at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 11 goals have been conceded.
Sporting CP form and stats
Sporting CP, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) in Primeira Liga, have been very strong on the road so far with a massive 19 points collected from 7 Primeira Liga games. 6 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats is the record so far. Sporting CP love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Sporting CP go into this game after a win, the home game against Porto that ended 2-1. A draw for Sporting CP before that, at their own venue hosting Rio Ave (1-1).
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager R. Marques Amorim when Jovane Cabral scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 77th minute. Late drama in the previous game, when Jovane Cabral scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Porto.
The Sporting CP manager R. Marques Amorim has got the team scoring on the road, with 16 away goals in 7 league matches. It's not easy to score on Sporting CP as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: zero - two - eight (Boavista wins - draws - Sporting CP wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Gonçalves 12 goals |  N. Gomes dos Santos 4 goals |   A. Gomes 3 goals |
Boavista missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Boavista | Sporting CP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 5 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 31 |
| 24 | 11 | 10 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 79% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 50% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 57% | 57% |
| 43% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 29% | 36% |
| 21% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 33% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 43% | 50% |
| 29% | 33% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 57% | 50% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 14.3 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.3 | 15.1 | 14.9 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 23% | 17% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 48% | 41% |
- All of Sporting CP's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Boavista has the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in Primeira Liga
- Boavista have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Sporting CP has the fewest conceded goals (9) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP has the most clean sheets (7) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP has the most points (19) away in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP has the the best goal difference (+12) away in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP has the the best goal difference (+22) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP have not yet lost a game.
- Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sporting CP have scored in all their matches so far.
- Sporting CP have scored more than double the goals of Boavista.
- 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 | Sporting CP | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 36 |
| 2 | Porto | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | Benfica | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Pacos de Ferreira | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Maritimo | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Moreirense | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -4 | 17 |
| 9 | Santa Clara | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 | Rio Ave | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Tondela | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 15 |
| 12 | Portimonense | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 13 | Famalicao | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Nacional | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 13 |
| 15 | Gil Vicente | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 13 |
| 16 | Farense | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
| 17 | Belenenses | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 12 |
| 18 | Boavista | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 11 |