A key match in Primeira Liga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Vitória SC in 5th position and Sporting CP placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
Vitória SC and Sporting CP should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Vitória SC form and stats
Three Primeira Liga home games done for Vitória SC, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
It's back home for Vitória SC, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Gil Vicente away with the result 2-1. Rochinha and Bruno Duarte found the net in that victory. Ahead of that match, Vitória SC lost 0-1 at home to Sporting Braga.
Manager T. Cardoso Mendes felt very clever after Rochinha scored the winning goal against Gil Vicente, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 75th minute.
The lack of attacking qualities in Vitória means that they have only scored 1 goal in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Vitória are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estádio Dom Afonso Henriques in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Sporting CP form and stats
Sporting CP are yet to lose a point on their Primeira Liga travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.
Sporting CP go into this game after a win, the home game against Tondela that ended 4-0. Before that, Sporting CP secured a home win against Gil Vicente with the score 3-1.
As mentioned above, Sporting CP was the only team on the pitch versus Tondela in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task.
The Sporting CP manager E. Ferro dos Santos has got the team scoring on the road, with 6 away goals in 3 league matches. Sporting CP are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 1 goal away.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Vitória victories, four draws and four Sporting CP wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Pereira Gonçalves 5 goals |  A. Šporar 2 goals |  N. Gomes dos Santos 2 goals |
Vitória SC missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Vitória SC | Sporting CP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | 30 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 18 | 44 | 96 |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 12 | 38 |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 50% | 39% |
- All of Sporting CP's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Sporting CP has the most points (9) away in Primeira Liga
- Sporting CP has the most scored goals in the second half (9) in Primeira Liga
- 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 scored more than double the goals of Vitória SC.
- Sporting CP have won all their away games so far.
- Sporting CP haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sporting CP is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | Benfica | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 15 |
| 3 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Santa Clara | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Vitória SC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Sporting Braga | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Rio Ave | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Pacos de Ferreira | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Moreirense | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | Nacional | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Marítimo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Famalicão | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 14 | Gil Vicente | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 15 | Tondela | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 17 | Boavista | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Farense | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 2 |