Porto vs Sporting Lisbon Prediction & Betting Tips - Liga Portugal

Prediction published on 17/08/2022, 06:43  by Indran in Liga Portugal Predictions

Porto welcomes Sporting to the Estádio do Dragao for this match in the Portuguese Primera Division. Defending champions Porto started their season with three straight wins, with two coming in the league and another victory in the Portugal Super Cup. They will be up against the team that finished in second position last season therefore this match could be an early indicator as to which team is in better form. Porto only played two matches during their pre-season, winning both. They are on a nine game unbeaten run across all competitions dating back to last season. Porto are unbeaten in their last five matches against Sporting with two wins and three draws. Porto went through the entire of last season unbeaten at home, winning 17 of their 19 home matches with two draws.

Sporting started the season with a 3-3 draw against Braga but bounced back with a 3-0 win over Rio Ave in their last match. They had an unproductive pre-season playing six matches but only winning one of them. Sporting lost both their matches against Porto last season and this ultimately cost them the title as they finished six points behind Porto. They have only won two of their last eight matches with four draws and two losses. Sporting however have been brilliant away from home and have only lost one of their last 14 matches across all competitions.