Vizela supporters should be happy with one point when Sporting CP comes to town

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Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga
Competition: Sun 16.January
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Do Vizela (3500 seats)

This league season has been demanding for Vizela so far, while Sporting CP have played well. Will the visiting team take another scalp at Estádio Do Vizela?

Insights:
  • Vizela have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals (10) in Primeira Liga

These are active days for the team playing at home, as they played only four days ago in the Taça De Portugal. Thankfully the previous game, versus Porto, was also a home game here at Estádio Do Vizela. The away team is better rested.

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Vizela form and stats

2-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Primeira Liga numbers at home for Vizela so far this season.

Vizela's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Porto (placed 1st).

Preceding that match was the home Primeira Liga game against Moreirense that was lost 0-1.

Vizela have scored 8 league goals here from 9 matches, not a lot. Vizela's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sporting CP form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Primeira Liga.

It's the second away game in a row for Sporting CP, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Leca in the Taça De Portugal last time out. As you can tell from the results above, Sporting CP was very dominant against Leca, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Tabata (2), Santos and Nunes providing the goals.

It was a Primeira Liga defeat before that one as the away game against Santa Clara wasn't a success with a 2-3 loss.

The Sporting CP manager Amorim has got the team scoring on the road, with 16 away goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Sporting CP are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head game ended Sporting CP - Vizela 3-0, played this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Vizela victories, zero draws and three Sporting CP wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting CPJ. Dias Fernandes
J. Dias Fernandes
6 goals
VizelaG. Schettine Guimarães
G. Schettine Guimarães
5 goals
Sporting CPP. Pereira Gonçalves
P. Pereira Gonçalves
4 goals

Vizela missing players

Sporting CP missing players

Vizela Sporting CP
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 3 Played P 3 8 17
3 2 0 Won W 1 6 14
7 4 1 Drew D 1 1 2
7 3 2 Lost L 1 1 1
16 8 1 Scored S 5 16 32
28 11 6 Conceded C 5 7 10
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 76%
41% 22% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 41%
29% 11% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 18%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 12%
53% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 41%
12% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 59%
41% 33% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.2 6.4 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.7 6.1 6.2
6.1 5.9 8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.8 2.9
2.8 2.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.3 3.8 3.2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
13.2 15.7 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13.4 15.6
3.9 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 5.9 6.4
24% 20% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 34% 30%
 
14.1 12.1 12.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.5 8
4.7 4.1 6.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.2 2.6
Key stats in Primeira Liga this season:
  • Sporting CP have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 (10) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Primeira Liga
  • Sporting CP have the most clean sheets (10) 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.
  • Vizela have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Primeira Liga
  • Vizela have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Vizela haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 17 15 2 0 44 11 8 8 0 0 22 4 9 7 2 0 22 7 33 47
2 Sporting CP 17 14 2 1 32 10 9 8 1 0 16 3 8 6 1 1 16 7 22 44
3 Benfica 17 13 1 3 49 15 8 6 0 2 23 8 9 7 1 1 26 7 34 40
4 Sporting Braga 17 9 5 3 32 18 9 5 3 1 18 8 8 4 2 2 14 10 14 32
5 Gil Vicente 17 7 5 5 26 20 9 3 2 4 14 13 8 4 3 1 12 7 6 26
6 Estoril 17 6 7 4 23 19 8 1 5 2 11 12 9 5 2 2 12 7 4 25
7 Portimonense 17 7 3 7 18 18 9 2 2 5 6 11 8 5 1 2 12 7 0 24
8 Vitoria Guimaraes 17 6 5 6 24 20 8 4 2 2 15 9 9 2 3 4 9 11 4 23
9 Maritimo 17 5 5 7 22 27 8 3 3 2 12 8 9 2 2 5 10 19 -5 20
10 Boavista 17 3 8 6 19 27 9 3 5 1 12 9 8 0 3 5 7 18 -8 17
11 Pacos de Ferreira 17 4 5 8 13 22 9 2 3 4 8 11 8 2 2 4 5 11 -9 17
12 Tondela 17 5 1 11 22 34 9 4 0 5 14 17 8 1 1 6 8 17 -12 16
13 Vizela 17 3 7 7 16 28 9 2 4 3 8 11 8 1 3 4 8 17 -12 16
14 Santa Clara 17 4 4 9 17 34 9 4 2 3 10 16 8 0 2 6 7 18 -17 16
15 Moreirense 17 3 6 8 17 26 8 2 3 3 11 12 9 1 3 5 6 14 -9 15
16 Arouca 17 3 5 9 17 33 8 3 1 4 10 18 9 0 4 5 7 15 -16 14
17 Famalicao 16 2 6 8 21 32 7 0 3 4 5 13 9 2 3 4 16 19 -11 12
18 Belenenses 16 2 5 9 9 27 8 2 2 4 7 16 8 0 3 5 2 11 -18 11

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.