Sporting CP welcome Famalicão with belief in taking all three points. Can they? Read our in-depth preview!
- Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals (13) in Primeira Liga
- Famalicão have the most conceded goals (22) away in Primeira Liga
Only a few days to rest for the team playing at home, as they played a Primeira Liga match only four days ago. That game was an away game at Belenenses, so at least Sporting CP are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Sporting CP form and stats
Sporting CP have been very solid at home in the Primeira Liga so far, with 25 points collected from 10 matches (8-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table.
Happy days for Sporting CP in their previous game, a fixture away at Belenenses (placed 18th) that ended with a 4-1 victory. The striker Sarabia was declared "man of the match" for Sporting CP with a rating of 8.8/10. Sarabia scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).
Sporting CP are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found twelve matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won eleven, drew one and lost zero.
Sporting CP have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio José Alvalade with 17 goals in 10 league matches. Sporting CP have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Famalicão form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Famalicão so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
Famalicão's last game was the home draw against Arouca (0-0). Defender Nascimento was the best team player with a rating of 7.21. Nascimento won 6 of 10 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Porto wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.The travelling fans enjoy Famalicão's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 10 league matches away. The Famalicão manager Costa has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels. Famalicão has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Famalicão - Sporting CP 1-1 was the output when these contenders formerly met, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these participants: Sporting CP won five, Famalicão were winners in two and we saw three draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Dias Fernandes 8 goals |   S. Banza 8 goals |  P. Pereira Gonçalves 6 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
Famalicão missing players
| Sporting CP | Famalicão | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 39 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 23 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 9 | 22 | 35 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 85% |
| 80% | 70% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 45% | 30% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 20% | 10% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 70% | 40% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 15% |
| 45% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 70% | 60% |
| 55% | 70% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 10% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | 30% |
| 5.8 | 6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 15.7 | 17.5 | 19.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 11.1 | 11.9 |
| 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| 31% | 25% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 35% | 26% |
| 7.8 | 6.1 | 4.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.7 | 15.3 | 12.1 |
| 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9.3 | 5.6 | 4.5 |
- All of Famalicão's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Famalicão have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Famalicão have the most conceded goals (22) away in Primeira Liga
- Famalicão have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Famalicão haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 the fewest conceded goals (13) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP have the most clean sheets (11) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP have the most matches under the total-line (8) in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 39 | 56 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 26 | 50 |
| 3 | Benfica | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 53 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 35 | 44 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 38 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Estoril | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | -2 | 25 |
| 9 | Maritimo | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -5 | 24 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -14 | 23 |
| 11 | Vizela | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 22 |
| 12 | Pacos de Ferreira | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 20 |
| 13 | Tondela | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -12 | 20 |
| 14 | Boavista | 20 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 19 |
| 15 | Arouca | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -17 | 18 |
| 16 | Famalicão | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -12 | 17 |
| 17 | Moreirense | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -25 | 12 |
