On Saturday evening, in the central match of the fifth round of the Portuguese Primeira Liga, the national champion Sporting will play Porto at home. The forecast for this meeting is presented to your attention.
Sporting
Ruben Amorim's team has already managed to win the first trophy this season, beating Braga (2:1) in the Super Cup match. After that, the Lions successfully began defending their trophy in the Primeira Liga, defeating Vizela (3:0) and Belenenses (2:0) at home, and beating the same Braga (2:1) on the road. But before the international break, Sporting almost lost, pulling out a draw with Famalikan (1:1) at the end of the away match.
Porto
The vice-champion of Portugal also did not have to overexert himself in August, as he did not have to overcome the qualification of the Champions League. But the "dragons" still didn't look too convincing. Belenenses was beaten at home in the class (2: 0), but then only thanks to VAR, they managed to keep the victory over Famalikan (2:1) on the road. In the third round, Porto was satisfied with an away draw with Maritimo (1: 1), after which they defeated Aroca at home (3: 0).
Statistics and figures
- Sporting has a 5-match unbeaten streak (4 wins + 1 draw);
- In four of the last six matches of Sporting, the Total bet was more than 2.5;
- Sporting has a 23-match unbeaten streak in home matches (19 wins + 4 draws);
- In six of the last seven full-time matches of Sporting with Porto, the bet "Both will score + Total more than 2.5"was held;
- Porto has a 14-match unbeaten streak (11 wins + 3 draws);
- In five of the last seven matches of Porto, the Total bet was more than 2.5;
- Porto has a 9-match unbeaten streak in away matches (6 wins + 3 draws).
Forecast
It is very difficult to predict which of the teams will be in better shape and fresher after the international break. So here it is better to pay attention to the bet on the total, rather than on the outcome. In recent years, Sporting and Porto have not been afraid to demonstrate aggressive attacking football against each other. We are waiting for the standard total to be broken in this meeting as well.