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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio António Coimbra da Mota (8000 seats)

Look at this absorbing match in the Primeira Liga. Estoril is in the 2nd position after participating in five fixtures. They receive Sporting CP who are placed 4th after five matches.

Insights:
  • Estoril have not yet lost a game.
  • Sporting CP have not yet lost a game.

The visiting Sporting CP played their last game only four days ago, a Champions League match.

W W W D W

Estoril form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Estoril's two home games in the Primeira Liga so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Estádio António Coimbra da Mota. The Estoril fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estádio António Coimbra da Mota and will expect new points from this game. Estoril has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.

Happy days for Estoril in their previous game, a Primeira Liga match away at Tondela (placed 16th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Chiquinho, an attacker, was the highest rated player for the side in that fixture, earning a rating of 8.01 (out of 10). Chiquinho scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match, Estoril won a home game hosting Maritimo (2-1).

Early season league goal statistics from Estoril's 2 home games: 2 goals, 1 conceded.

L D D W W

Sporting CP form and stats

Four points from two away games for Sporting CP, meaning one draw and one victory in the Primeira Liga so far.

Sporting CP failed to get anything from their last game, a Champions League home match vs Ajax that ended with defeat 1-5. Attacker Paulinho got a player rating of 7.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Paulinho scored one goal and hit one key pass. Sporting CP lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Porto in the Primeira Liga.

Sporting CP have the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Estoril wins - draws - Sporting CP wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CPP. Pereira Gonçalves
P. Pereira Gonçalves
3 goals
EstorilChiquinho
Chiquinho
2 goals
EstorilA. Russo Franco
A. Russo Franco
2 goals

Estoril missing players

Sporting CP missing players

Estoril Sporting CP
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 1 2 5
4 1 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
9 2 0 Scored S 2 3 9
3 1 0 Conceded C 1 2 3
80% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 60%
40% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
20% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.2 2.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 7 6.4
5.4 6.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4 3.4
4.4 4.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4.5 3.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.2 8.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 5 9 13.6
2.8 1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.5 5.2
64% 100% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 33% 35%
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • All of Sporting CP's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Estoril have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Estoril have not yet lost a game.
  • Estoril have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Estoril have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Estoril Last season Sporting CP
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
20 10   Won W   13 26
10 6   Drew D   3 7
4 1   Lost L   1 1
55 33   Scored S   31 65
26 15   Conceded C   10 20
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
62% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 76%
35% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 38%
26% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 24%
15% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 6%
44% 59%   BTTS BTTS   35% 41%
50% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   65% 59%
12% 6%   Failed to Score F T   6% 3%
 
4.6 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.9
4.2 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.6 3.3
2.8 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.6
4 3   Red cards R C   3 3
 
9.9 10.5   Shots (avg) S (   13.3 13.7
4.2 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.6
38% 41%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 41%

  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 5 5 0 0 13 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 3 0 0 9 1 11 15
2 Estoril 5 4 1 0 9 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 7 2 6 13
3 Porto 5 3 2 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 1 2 0 4 3 6 11
4 Sporting CP 5 3 2 0 9 3 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 11
5 Boavista 5 2 2 1 7 5 3 2 1 0 6 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 8
6 Sporting Braga 5 2 2 1 6 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 8
7 Portimonense 5 2 1 2 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 7
8 Gil Vicente 5 2 1 2 6 5 3 1 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 7
9 Pacos de Ferreira 5 2 1 2 4 6 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 3 -2 7
10 Vitoria Guimaraes 5 1 3 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 6
11 Maritimo 5 1 2 2 6 8 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 -2 5
12 Vizela 5 1 2 2 5 11 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 1 2 2 9 -6 5
13 Arouca 5 1 1 3 4 10 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 2 7 -6 4
14 Santa Clara 5 1 1 3 3 12 3 1 1 1 3 7 2 0 0 2 0 5 -9 4
15 Moreirense 5 0 3 2 8 10 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 0 2 0 3 3 -2 3
16 Tondela 5 1 0 4 6 9 3 1 0 2 4 5 2 0 0 2 2 4 -3 3
17 Famalicao 5 0 2 3 5 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 3 6 -4 2
18 Belenenses 5 0 2 3 2 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 1 2 0 4 -5 2

Read more about Primeira Liga

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.