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Sporting Lisbon
Primeira Liga | Gameweek 20
Feb 12, 2023 at 6pm UK
Estádio José Alvalade
Porto

Sporting Lisbon
1 - 2
Porto

Chermiti (90+7')
Reis (42'), Ugarte (68'), Edwards (77'), Adan (90+6')
FT(HT: 0-0)
Uribe (60'), Pepe (90+4')
Galeno (44')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Primeira Liga clash between Sporting Lisbon and Porto, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Sporting Lisbon

All competitions
Primeira Liga
Last Game: Rio Ave 0-1 Sporting Lisbon
Monday, February 6 at 9.15pm in Primeira Liga

Porto

All competitions
Primeira Liga
Last Game: Viseu 0-1 Porto
Wednesday, February 8 at 8.45pm in Taca de Portugal

We said: Sporting Lisbon 1-2 Porto

 This will be an intriguing battle between a side very strong at home against a side who have been unbeatable for months now. Sporting have struggled to get the upper hand against the other two Portuguese giants this season though, so Porto may just have the edge. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Porto win with a probability of 42.12%. A win for Sporting Lisbon had a probability of 31.59% and a draw had a probability of 26.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Porto win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.6%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (8.78%) and 0-2 (7.44%). The likeliest Sporting Lisbon win was 1-0 (8.91%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.5%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with an 8.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 1-2 win for Porto in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Porto.

Result
Sporting LisbonDrawPorto
31.59% (-0.324 -0.32) 26.29% (-0.104 -0.1) 42.12% (0.436 0.44)
Both teams to score 52.24% (0.225 0.23)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
47.73% (0.343 0.34)52.27% (-0.335 -0.34)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
26.03% (0.294 0.29)73.97% (-0.28700000000001 -0.29)
Sporting Lisbon Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
69.26% (-0.046000000000006 -0.05)30.75% (0.053000000000001 0.05)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
32.99% (-0.057000000000002 -0.06)67.01% (0.064000000000007 0.06)
Porto Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
75.43% (0.378 0.38)24.57% (-0.372 -0.37)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
40.95% (0.524 0.52)59.06% (-0.518 -0.52)
Score Analysis
    Sporting Lisbon 31.59%
    Porto 42.11%
    Draw 26.29%
Sporting LisbonDrawPorto
1-0 @ 8.91% (-0.132 -0.13)
2-1 @ 7.37% (-0.04 -0.04)
2-0 @ 5.25% (-0.086 -0.09)
3-1 @ 2.9% (-0.02 -0.02)
3-0 @ 2.07% (-0.037 -0.04)
3-2 @ 2.04% (0.008 0.01)
Other @ 3.06%
Total : 31.59%
1-1 @ 12.5% (-0.050000000000001 -0.05)
0-0 @ 7.55% (-0.101 -0.1)
2-2 @ 5.18% (0.028 0.03)
3-3 @ 0.95% (0.014 0.01)
Other @ 0.11%
Total : 26.29%
0-1 @ 10.6% (-0.030000000000001 -0.03)
1-2 @ 8.78% (0.059000000000001 0.06)
0-2 @ 7.44% (0.061 0.06)
1-3 @ 4.11% (0.071000000000001 0.07)
0-3 @ 3.48% (0.066 0.07)
2-3 @ 2.42% (0.039 0.04)
1-4 @ 1.44% (0.04 0.04)
0-4 @ 1.22% (0.036 0.04)
Other @ 2.62%
Total : 42.11%

How you voted: Sporting Lisbon vs Porto

Sporting Lisbon
27.8%
Draw
16.7%
Porto
55.6%
90
Head to Head
Jan 28, 2023 7.45pm
Final
Sporting Lisbon
0-2
Porto

Ugarte (32'), Paulinho (63'), Goncalves (67'), Reis (90+6')
Paulinho (72')
Eustaquio (10'), Marcano (86')
Pepe (63'), Wendell (67'), Borges (90+6')
Aug 20, 2022 8.30pm
Porto
3-0
Sporting Lisbon
Evanilson (42'), Uribe (78' pen.), Galeno (86' pen.)
Sanusi (41')

Ugarte (16'), Neto (40'), Morita (42'), Reis (76')
Porro (75')
Apr 21, 2022 8.15pm
Semi-Finals
Porto
1-0
Sporting Lisbon
Martinez (83')
Evanilson (31')

Porro (89')
Mar 2, 2022 8.45pm
Semi-Finals
Sporting Lisbon
1-2
Porto
Sarabia (49')
Paulinho (33'), Adan (56'), Coates (57'), Slimani (90+1'), Reis (90+4'), Porro (90+8'), Amorim (90+8')
Taremi (59' pen.), Evanilson (64')
Marchesin (78'), Vitinha (80'), Pepe (90+3')
Feb 11, 2022 8.15pm
Porto
2-2
Sporting Lisbon
Vieira (38'), Taremi (78')
Pepe (42'), Otavio (45'), Vieira (82'), Pepe (90+1')
Marchesin (90+10'), Pepe (90+10')
Paulinho (8'), Santos (34')
Reis (1'), Coates (27'), Esgaio (45'), Paulinho (54'), Santos (63'), Palhinha (71')
Coates (49'), Tabata (90+10'), Palhinha (90+10')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Sporting Lisbon18142251143744
2Benfica18132342113141
3Porto18131441142740
4Braga18104431191234
5Santa ClaraSanta Clara1810172019131
6Casa Pia187652222027
7Vitoria de GuimaraesGuimaraes186842824426
8MoreirenseMoreirense186572225-323
9Gil Vicente185762227-522
10Estoril PraiaEstoril185672130-921
11FamalicaoFamalicao184862024-420
12Rio AveRio Ave185581831-1320
13Nacional185491624-819
14Estrela Amadora1844101630-1416
15AroucaArouca1844101530-1516
16SC FarenseFarense183691123-1215
17AVS182971427-1315
18BoavistaBoavista1826101329-1612
> Primeira Liga Full Table


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