Sporting CP are huge odds-on favourites to win home game vs Belenenses

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio José Alvalade (50044 seats)

This should be yet another action-packed battle at Estádio José Alvalade in the Primeira Liga. Sporting CP is in 1st position and host Belenenses in 16th spot. Read about the match here!

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sporting CP form and stats

Sporting CP have only played one Primeira Liga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 13 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats from 17 matches.

Sporting CP enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Sporting Braga's place. The match ended 2-1 with Pedro Gonçalves and Jovane Cabral scoring. The attacker Jovane Cabral was "man of the match" for Sporting CP with a rating of 8.33/10. Cabral scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Vizela.

Early season league goal statistics from Sporting CP's 1 home game: 3 goals, 0 conceded.

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Belenenses form and stats

Belenenses have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Primeira Liga were 3 victories, 8 draws and 6 defeats from 17 fixtures.

Belenenses's previous game was their home loss versus Maritimo (1-2). The attacker Alioune Ndour got a match rating of 7.45 in that game. Ndour scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Porto wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.

The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Belenenses we find six games. Results are zero Belenenses wins, two draws and four defeats.

Belenenses have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head to head data (for the former ten meetings): Sporting CP won eight games, two matches ended in a draw and Belenenses have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CPP. Pereira Gonçalves
P. Pereira Gonçalves
3 goals
Sporting CPJ. Dias Fernandes
J. Dias Fernandes
1 goals
Sporting CPJ. Borges Cabral
J. Borges Cabral
1 goals

Sporting CP missing players

Belenenses missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting CP Belenenses
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
5 3 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 2 2 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 50%
 
4 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 3
5.5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8 6
2.5 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 3.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6 5.5
4 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2
62% 60% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
Sporting CP Last season Belenenses
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
26 13   Won W   3 9
7 4   Drew D   8 13
1 0   Lost L   6 12
65 34   Scored S   10 25
20 10   Conceded C   17 35
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   71% 76%
76% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   41% 59%
38% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   24% 29%
24% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   24% 12%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
41% 47%   BTTS BTTS   24% 32%
59% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   41% 38%
3% 0%   Failed to Score F T   65% 53%
 
5.9 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   3.4 4.4
3.3 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 5.8
2.6 2.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.6
3 0   Red cards R C   4 5
 
13.7 14.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.2 10.1
4.6 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 3.3
41% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 23%

  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 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 6
2 Gil Vicente 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 Benfica 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
4 Porto 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
5 Estoril 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
6 Tondela 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
7 Sporting Braga 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
8 Boavista 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 3
9 Portimonense 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Maritimo 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 3
11 Pacos de Ferreira 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
12 Vizela 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
13 Moreirense 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
14 Vitoria Guimaraes 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
15 Santa Clara 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
16 Belenenses 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Famalicao 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
18 Arouca 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
Last season 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 34 26 7 1 65 20 17 13 4 0 34 10 17 13 3 1 31 10 45 85
2 Porto 34 24 8 2 74 29 17 13 3 1 40 15 17 11 5 1 34 14 45 80
3 Benfica 34 23 7 4 69 27 17 12 3 2 31 15 17 11 4 2 38 12 42 76
4 Sporting Braga 34 19 7 8 53 33 17 11 3 3 27 15 17 8 4 5 26 18 20 64
5 Pacos de Ferreira 34 15 8 11 40 41 17 10 3 4 23 19 17 5 5 7 17 22 -1 53
6 Santa Clara 34 13 7 14 44 36 17 7 5 5 26 16 17 6 2 9 18 20 8 46
7 Vitoria Guimaraes 34 12 7 15 37 44 17 7 1 9 21 27 17 5 6 6 16 17 -7 43
8 Moreirense 34 10 13 11 37 43 17 4 10 3 24 23 17 6 3 8 13 20 -6 43
9 Famalicao 34 10 10 14 40 48 17 4 7 6 19 24 17 6 3 8 21 24 -8 40
10 Belenenses 34 9 13 12 25 35 17 6 5 6 15 18 17 3 8 6 10 17 -10 40
11 Gil Vicente 34 11 6 17 33 42 17 4 4 9 13 20 17 7 2 8 20 22 -9 39
12 Tondela 34 10 6 18 36 57 17 8 2 7 18 21 17 2 4 11 18 36 -21 36
13 Boavista 34 8 12 14 39 49 17 5 4 8 17 22 17 3 8 6 22 27 -10 36
14 Portimonense 34 9 8 17 34 41 17 6 5 6 20 17 17 3 3 11 14 24 -7 35
15 Maritimo 34 10 5 19 27 47 17 5 3 9 10 21 17 5 2 10 17 26 -20 35
16 Rio Ave 34 7 13 14 25 40 17 4 6 7 12 18 17 3 7 7 13 22 -15 34
17 Farense 34 7 10 17 31 48 17 4 6 7 19 20 17 3 4 10 12 28 -17 31
18 Nacional 34 6 7 21 30 59 17 4 3 10 19 30 17 2 4 11 11 29 -29 25

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

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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.