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Sporting Lisbon
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Sporting Lisbon
Primeira Liga | Gameweek 26
Apr 1, 2023 at 8.30pm UK
Estádio José Alvalade
Santa Clara

Sporting Lisbon
3 - 0
Santa Clara

Paulinho (14'), Trincao (22'), Edwards (52')
FT(HT: 2-0)

Sagna (45+2'), Misao (77'), MT (81'), Adriano (85'), Babi (90')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Sporting Lisbon

All competitions
Primeira Liga
Last Game: Arsenal 1-1 Sporting Lisbon (3-5 pen.)
Thursday, March 16 at 8pm in Europa League

Santa Clara

All competitions
Last Game: Santa Clara 0-2 Rio Ave
Friday, March 17 at 8.15pm in Primeira Liga

We said: Sporting Lisbon 3-0 Santa Clara

 Given the gulf in quality and experience between the two sides, Sporting Lisbon will fancy their chances against bottom-dwellers Santa Clara. Buoyed by their impressive result over Arsenal in Europe, we predict that Amorim's men will continue where they dropped off last time out and claim a comfortable home victory. 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 Sporting Lisbon win with a probability of 78.95%. A draw had a probability of 14.4% and a win for Santa Clara had a probability of 6.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Lisbon win was 2-0 with a probability of 14.5%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (11.93%) and 1-0 (11.74%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.77%), while for a Santa Clara win it was 0-1 (2.74%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with an 11.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 3-0 win for Sporting Lisbon in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Sporting Lisbon.

Result
Sporting LisbonDrawSanta Clara
78.95% (0.046999999999997 0.05) 14.35% (-0.032999999999999 -0.03) 6.7% (-0.013999999999999 -0.01)
Both teams to score 40.08% (0.041000000000004 0.04)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
58.69% (0.1 0.1)41.31% (-0.1 -0.1)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
36.29% (0.101 0.1)63.71% (-0.099999999999994 -0.1)
Sporting Lisbon Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
91.53% (0.033000000000001 0.03)8.47% (-0.034000000000001 -0.03)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
70.63% (0.085999999999999 0.09)29.37% (-0.085000000000001 -0.09)
Santa Clara Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
43.79% (0.030000000000001 0.03)56.21% (-0.029999999999994 -0.03)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
11.41% (0.016999999999999 0.02)88.59% (-0.01700000000001 -0.02)
Score Analysis
    Sporting Lisbon 78.93%
    Santa Clara 6.7%
    Draw 14.35%
Sporting LisbonDrawSanta Clara
2-0 @ 14.5% (-0.02 -0.02)
3-0 @ 11.93%
1-0 @ 11.74% (-0.039999999999999 -0.04)
2-1 @ 8.36% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)
4-0 @ 7.37% (0.013999999999999 0.01)
3-1 @ 6.88% (0.0090000000000003 0.01)
4-1 @ 4.25% (0.012 0.01)
5-0 @ 3.64% (0.013 0.01)
5-1 @ 2.1% (0.0099999999999998 0.01)
3-2 @ 1.98% (0.004 0)
6-0 @ 1.5% (0.008 0.01)
4-2 @ 1.22% (0.0050000000000001 0.01)
Other @ 3.47%
Total : 78.93%
1-1 @ 6.77% (-0.014 -0.01)
0-0 @ 4.76% (-0.022 -0.02)
2-2 @ 2.41% (0.00099999999999989 0)
Other @ 0.42%
Total : 14.35%
0-1 @ 2.74% (-0.0099999999999998 -0.01)
1-2 @ 1.95% (-0.002 -0)
Other @ 2.01%
Total : 6.7%

How you voted: Sporting Lisbon vs Santa Clara

Sporting Lisbon
96.2%
Draw
0.0%
Santa Clara
3.8%
26
Head to Head
Oct 8, 2022 3.30pm
Santa Clara
1-2
Sporting Lisbon
Tagawa (90+5')
Morita (29'), Santos (90')
May 14, 2022 8.30pm
Sporting Lisbon
4-0
Santa Clara
Tabata (41'), Porro (51'), Sarabia (56'), Edwards (78')
Braganca (71')

Oliveira (69'), Gomez (75')
Jan 26, 2022 7.45pm
Semi-Finals
Sporting Lisbon
2-1
Santa Clara
Villanueva (40' og.), Sarabia (65' pen.)
Esgaio (23'), Esteves (90+8')
Lincoln (32')
Carvalho (24'), Crysan (34'), Henrique (90+8')
Costa (63')
Jan 7, 2022 6.30pm
Santa Clara
3-2
Sporting Lisbon
Patric (30'), Lincoln (51'), Antonio (78')
Boateng (60'), Carvalho (62'), Mansur (75'), Costa (79'), Bouldini (88'), Pereira (90+4')
Palhinha (10'), Sarabia (50')
Reis (14'), Paulinho (17'), Esgaio (82')
Braganca (90+3')
Mar 5, 2021 8.45pm
Sporting Lisbon
2-1
Santa Clara
Goncalves (22'), Coates (90+3')
Costa (84')
Carvalho (41'), Cardoso (62')
rhs 2.0
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Tables header RHS
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Sporting Lisbon1111003953433
2Porto119022882027
3Benfica108112872125
4Santa ClaraSanta Clara117041412221
5Braga116231911820
6Vitoria de GuimaraesGuimaraes115331211118
7FamalicaoFamalicao11452129317
8MoreirenseMoreirense115241514117
9Casa Pia113441014-413
10Rio AveRio Ave113351020-1012
11Gil Vicente112451419-510
12Estoril PraiaEstoril11245816-810
13AVS11245919-1010
14BoavistaBoavista11236715-89
15Estrela Amadora112361020-109
16Nacional10226615-98
17AroucaArouca11227619-138
18SC FarenseFarense11128518-135
> Primeira Liga Full Table


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