While Famalicao will be looking to pick up where they left off in the Taca de Portugal and extend their snap their five-game winless run league, they are in for a tough 90 minutes against a Sporting Lisbon side currently firing on all cylinders.
With an in-form Gyokeres leading their attack, Amorim's men have been lethal in front of goal this season, netting 27 goals in the league alone, and we fancy them to extend their dominance over the Vila Nova this weekend.
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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 Sporting Lisbon win with a probability of 58.43%. A draw had a probability of 22.7% and a win for Famalicao had a probability of 18.93%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Lisbon win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.5%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (10.53%) and 1-2 (9.86%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.77%), while for a Famalicao win it was 1-0 (5.88%). The actual scoreline of 0-3 was predicted with a 6.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 0-3 win for Sporting Lisbon in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Sporting Lisbon.