Porto vs Sporting CP match preview

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Date: Sun 19.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Dragão (50399 seats)

A key match in Primeira Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 2nd position and the visitors placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Porto form and stats

This stadium, Estádio Do Dragão, has been a fortress for Porto so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 14-0-2. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Porto after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Porto are returning here after visiting Nacional in a Primeira Liga game and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Desportivo Aves.

The Porto manager Sérgio Conceição has got the team scoring with 39 from 16 home games. As for guarding their own goal, Porto have only let in 8 goals at home.

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Sporting CP form and stats

The visitors are W9-D3-L4 on the road this term. In general it has been a productive period now for Sporting CP as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games. Sporting CP are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

There were no winners in Sporting CP's previous match, a Primeira Liga home game that ended 1-1 vs Tondela. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Belenenses at their stadium, the result 8-1.

With an average of more than two away goals per game, Sporting CP are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Sporting CP have seen the ball go into their own net 18 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Sporting CP - Porto 0-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Porto victories, 4 draws and 3 Sporting CP wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bruno Fernandes
20 goals / 13 assists
Tiquinho
15 goals / 2 assists
B. Dost
15 goals

Porto missing players

Sporting CP missing players

Porto Sporting CP
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
33 16 4 Played 4 16 33
26 14 2 Won 1 9 23
4 0 0 Drew 1 3 5
3 2 2 Lost 2 4 5
72 39 7 Scored 4 33 71
19 8 5 Conceded 4 18 31
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 94% 94%
76% 81% 75% Over 1.5 50% 75% 79%
58% 62% 75% Over 2.5 25% 62% 64%
30% 31% 25% Over 3.5 25% 44% 33%
18% 19% 25% Over 4.5 0% 12% 15%
36% 31% 50% BTTS 50% 75% 64%
61% 69% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 12% 30%
9% 0% 0% Failed To Score 50% 19% 12%
 
6.6 7.1 8.2 Corners For (avg) 4 6.3 6.5
3.2 2.5 3.8 Corners Against (avg) 8 5.7 4.6
1.8 1.4 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.8 3.2 2.9
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 4 6
Key stats this season:
  • Porto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Porto have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Porto have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Porto have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Porto haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sporting CP have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

Porto
All Primeira Liga Taça De Portugal Champions League League Cup Super Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
05-04-19 PL Porto 2 - 0 Boavista
09-04-19 CL Liverpool 2 - 0 Porto
13-04-19 PL Portimonense 0 - 3 Porto
17-04-19 CL Porto 1 - 4 Liverpool
20-04-19 PL Porto 1 - 0 Santa Clara
26-04-19 PL Rio Ave 2 - 2 Porto
04-05-19 PL Porto 4 - 0 Desportivo Aves
12-05-19 PL Nacional 0 - 4 Porto
19-05-19 PL Porto 15:00 Sporting CP
25-05-19 TDP Sporting CP 16:15 Porto
Sporting CP
All Primeira Liga Taça De Portugal Champions League Europa League League Cup Club Friendlies
All Home Away
03-04-19 TDP Sporting CP 1 - 0 Benfica
07-04-19 PL Sporting CP 3 - 0 Rio Ave
13-04-19 PL Desportivo Aves 1 - 3 Sporting CP
19-04-19 PL Nacional 0 - 1 Sporting CP
27-04-19 PL Sporting CP 2 - 0 Vitória Guimarães
05-05-19 PL Belenenses 1 - 8 Sporting CP
11-05-19 PL Sporting CP 1 - 1 Tondela
19-05-19 PL Porto 15:00 Sporting CP
25-05-19 TDP Sporting CP 16:15 Porto
25-07-19 CF Liverpool - Sporting CP

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Benfica 33 27 3 3 99 30 16 13 2 1 59 16 17 14 1 2 40 14 69 84
2 Porto 33 26 4 3 72 19 16 14 0 2 39 8 17 12 4 1 33 11 53 82
3 Sporting CP 33 23 5 5 71 31 17 14 2 1 38 13 16 9 3 4 33 18 40 74
4 Sporting Braga 33 20 4 9 54 37 16 12 1 3 30 15 17 8 3 6 24 22 17 64
5 Moreirense 33 16 4 13 38 41 16 8 3 5 17 16 17 8 1 8 21 25 -3 52
6 Vitória Guimarães 33 14 7 12 43 33 17 10 4 3 27 12 16 4 3 9 16 21 10 49
7 Santa Clara 33 11 9 13 42 41 17 5 5 7 24 26 16 6 4 6 18 15 1 42
8 Rio Ave 33 11 9 13 47 51 17 5 6 6 26 28 16 6 3 7 21 23 -4 42
9 Boavista 33 12 5 16 33 40 17 10 1 6 20 13 16 2 4 10 13 27 -7 41
10 Belenenses 33 9 13 11 39 51 16 5 5 6 22 26 17 4 8 5 17 25 -12 40
11 Portimonense 33 11 6 16 44 57 17 8 4 5 29 24 16 3 2 11 15 33 -13 39
12 Marítimo 33 12 3 18 26 43 16 8 2 6 17 16 17 4 1 12 9 27 -17 39
13 Vitória Setúbal 33 8 12 13 27 36 16 4 6 6 12 15 17 4 6 7 15 21 -9 36
14 Desportivo Aves 33 10 6 17 34 47 17 5 3 9 20 23 16 5 3 8 14 24 -13 36
15 Tondela 33 8 8 17 35 52 16 6 3 7 17 22 17 2 5 10 18 30 -17 32
16 Chaves 33 8 8 17 32 52 17 4 6 7 20 23 16 4 2 10 12 29 -20 32
17 Nacional 33 7 7 19 33 70 17 5 3 9 12 22 16 2 4 10 21 48 -37 28
18 Feirense 33 2 11 20 25 63 16 1 6 9 17 30 17 1 5 11 8 33 -38 17

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