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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Mon 25.April
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (28263 seats)

Boavista will hope to make use of their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opposition. The hosts are currently 40 points behind Sporting CP.

Insights:
  • Boavista have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sporting CP have the most clean sheets (16) in Primeira Liga

The visiting Sporting CP played their last game only four days ago, a Taça De Portugal match. That game, against Porto, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sporting CP.

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Boavista form and stats

When playing at home in the Primeira Liga, Boavista have managed 4 wins, 9 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 15 games.

The followers are hoping that Boavista will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the game against Maritimo (placed 7th). As you see from the result above, Boavista suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. The attacking player Makouta was announced as "man of the match" for Boavista with the rating of 7.11/10. Makouta dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

Before that, Boavista had a home game versus Arouca which ended with a victory 1-0.

The Boavista fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Boavista have conceded 16 goals.

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Sporting CP form and stats

Sporting CP's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Sporting CP collect 36 points from their 15 away matches in the Primeira Liga. 11 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Sporting CP are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

Two away matches in a row for Sporting CP, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 vs Porto in the Taça De Portugal. Reis got a match rating of 7.63 in that game, top player of the team. Reis hit one key pass and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).

A loss against Benfica was the result prior to that, in a Primeira Liga home game.

Sporting CP have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 33 goals from 15 away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).

Head 2 Head

The fixture lists shows this result when the teams met earlier this campaign; Sporting CP - Boavista 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Boavista zero wins, one draw and Sporting CP nine victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CPJ. Dias Fernandes
J. Dias Fernandes
11 goals
Sporting CPP. Sarabia García
P. Sarabia García
11 goals
BoavistaP. Musa
P. Musa
10 goals

Boavista missing players

Sporting CP missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Boavista Sporting CP
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
6 4 0 Won W 2 11 23
15 9 3 Drew D 1 3 4
9 2 1 Lost L 1 1 3
34 19 4 Scored S 6 33 59
45 16 5 Conceded C 4 13 20
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 73% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 93% 87%
43% 27% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 60% 43%
27% 20% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 40% 23%
10% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 13% 10%
67% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 43%
20% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 53%
20% 13% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 3%
 
4.1 5.3 6 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 5.6 5.7
5.1 4.7 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 3.5 2.9
3.6 3.6 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 3.4 3
8 5 0 Red cards R C 1 6 6
 
11.6 12.4 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 16 13.9 15.4
3.4 3.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 5.8 6
34% 34% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 32% 38% 33%
 
11.8 10.2 9 Shots against (avg) S A 8.2 10.1 8.2
4.3 3.1 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.7 2.8
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Boavista have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Sporting CP have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Sporting CP have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have the most clean sheets (16) in Primeira Liga
  • 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 Porto 30 26 4 0 79 19 15 13 2 0 44 9 15 13 2 0 35 10 60 82
2 Sporting CP 30 23 4 3 59 20 15 12 1 2 26 7 15 11 3 1 33 13 39 73
3 Benfica 30 21 4 5 75 29 15 10 2 3 36 15 15 11 2 2 39 14 46 67
4 Sporting Braga 30 16 8 6 47 28 15 8 4 3 25 13 15 8 4 3 22 15 19 56
5 Gil Vicente 30 12 11 7 42 32 15 5 5 5 21 18 15 7 6 2 21 14 10 47
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 30 12 6 12 42 38 15 8 2 5 28 19 15 4 4 7 14 19 4 42
7 Maritimo 30 9 9 12 36 39 15 4 6 5 19 15 15 5 3 7 17 24 -3 36
8 Pacos de Ferreira 30 9 9 12 27 38 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 4 7 9 19 -11 36
9 Estoril 30 8 11 11 32 36 15 3 7 5 18 19 15 5 4 6 14 17 -4 35
10 Santa Clara 30 8 11 11 33 47 15 7 5 3 20 21 15 1 6 8 13 26 -14 35
11 Boavista 30 6 15 9 34 45 15 4 9 2 19 16 15 2 6 7 15 29 -11 33
12 Portimonense 30 8 8 14 27 41 15 3 4 8 12 19 15 5 4 6 15 22 -14 32
13 Famalicao 30 6 11 13 36 46 15 3 7 5 16 18 15 3 4 8 20 28 -10 29
14 Vizela 30 6 11 13 31 48 15 3 6 6 13 19 15 3 5 7 18 29 -17 29
15 Arouca 30 6 9 15 28 51 15 4 3 8 14 29 15 2 6 7 14 22 -23 27
16 Moreirense 30 6 8 16 28 46 15 4 3 8 17 20 15 2 5 8 11 26 -18 26
17 Tondela 30 7 4 19 37 60 15 4 2 9 21 30 15 3 2 10 16 30 -23 25
18 Belenenses 30 5 9 16 19 49 15 5 3 7 13 26 15 0 6 9 6 23 -30 24

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 Porto 30 26 4 0 79 19 15 13 2 0 44 9 15 13 2 0 35 10 60 82
2 Sporting CP 30 23 4 3 59 20 15 12 1 2 26 7 15 11 3 1 33 13 39 73
3 Benfica 30 21 4 5 75 29 15 10 2 3 36 15 15 11 2 2 39 14 46 67
4 Sporting Braga 30 16 8 6 47 28 15 8 4 3 25 13 15 8 4 3 22 15 19 56
5 Gil Vicente 30 12 11 7 42 32 15 5 5 5 21 18 15 7 6 2 21 14 10 47
6 Vitoria Guimaraes 30 12 6 12 42 38 15 8 2 5 28 19 15 4 4 7 14 19 4 42
7 Maritimo 30 9 9 12 36 39 15 4 6 5 19 15 15 5 3 7 17 24 -3 36
8 Pacos de Ferreira 30 9 9 12 27 38 15 5 5 5 18 19 15 4 4 7 9 19 -11 36
9 Estoril 30 8 11 11 32 36 15 3 7 5 18 19 15 5 4 6 14 17 -4 35
10 Santa Clara 30 8 11 11 33 47 15 7 5 3 20 21 15 1 6 8 13 26 -14 35
11 Boavista 30 6 15 9 34 45 15 4 9 2 19 16 15 2 6 7 15 29 -11 33
12 Portimonense 30 8 8 14 27 41 15 3 4 8 12 19 15 5 4 6 15 22 -14 32
13 Famalicao 30 6 11 13 36 46 15 3 7 5 16 18 15 3 4 8 20 28 -10 29
14 Vizela 30 6 11 13 31 48 15 3 6 6 13 19 15 3 5 7 18 29 -17 29
15 Arouca 30 6 9 15 28 51 15 4 3 8 14 29 15 2 6 7 14 22 -23 27
16 Moreirense 30 6 8 16 28 46 15 4 3 8 17 20 15 2 5 8 11 26 -18 26
17 Tondela 30 7 4 19 37 60 15 4 2 9 21 30 15 3 2 10 16 30 -23 25
18 Belenenses 30 5 9 16 19 49 15 5 3 7 13 26 15 0 6 9 6 23 -30 24

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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.