Our model scores this match once both teams have enough recent form to work from, predictions publish in the days before kickoff. Form, head-to-head and season stats are available in the tabs above now.
How this scoreline is calculated
Where those opponents sat in the table: strong means they averaged roughly the top 40%, weak roughly the bottom 40%, mixed in between.
Opposition faced: Sporting Lisbon mixed, Santa Clara mixedThe form score weights every result and every goal by where the opponent sat in the table, so five wins over the bottom of the table score below five over the top.
Sporting Lisbon take a form score of 6.9 out of 10 into this Primeira Liga fixture, against 5.4 for Santa Clara. Sporting Lisbon have 4 wins and 1 defeat in their last 5, while Santa Clara have 2 wins and 3 defeats in theirs. Across the season Sporting Lisbon average 1.7 goals scored and 1.0 conceded per game, Santa Clara 1.5 and 0.9. Sporting Lisbon have kept a clean sheet in 40% of their matches this season, Santa Clara in 50%. In their last 10 meetings Sporting Lisbon have won 9, drawn 0 and lost 1. Sporting Lisbon sit 3rd on 24 points, Santa Clara 4th on 21.
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